President Dr Irfaan Ali has pushed back against claims surrounding his private farm, saying the size alleged by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed is exaggerated while denying that he received any preferential treatment from the State.

The President, speaking on his return from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government Meeting, was responding to claims by Mohamed, who alleged that the farm reeks of corruption.

"The size of the farm is not even half of what he said it is," Ali said, accusing his critics of deliberately misrepresenting the facts.

He said the farm had been developed through his own investments and loans, with all financial arrangements disclosed to the Integrity Commission both in and out of government.

According to the President, he can account for every investment made in the farm.

Ali rejected suggestions that the State had provided special treatment for the farm's development, saying the property operated under the same conditions as other agricultural leases along the East Bank Demerara/East Coast Demerara highway corridor.

"Whatever conditions apply to leasehold lands on the highway, the same conditions govern my lands," he said, adding, "My farm is not a discovery. It is public information."

He said Mohamed had long known of the farm's existence.

Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, were sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act in 2024 over allegations of gold smuggling, money laundering and tax evasion.

The President said those sanctions did not come from him or the People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government, but from "the United States of America".

He accused the Mohameds of trying to blackmail him with fabricated records, but said he remains focused on governing, dismissing the controversy as an attempt to distract from his government's work to improve the lives of citizens.