05/09/2025
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, has strongly condemned Hadiyyah Mohamed sister of WIN Party presidential candidate Azruddin Mohamed, and her political group, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), accusing them of waging a deliberate campaign of misinformation designed to sow fear, mischief, and public disorder during the 2025 electoral process.
McCoy said Mohamed and her allies have sought to undermine confidence in Guyana’s elections—even as the polls and recount have been conducted in a manner that is peaceful, transparent, and credible.
“Throughout today’s recount process, Mohamed and her cohorts peddled distortions and outright falsehoods. Their latest fabrication—that ballot boxes were tampered with—is being irresponsibly circulated on social media,” McCoy declared, noting that the video they shared “deliberately breaches procedures outlined by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).”
He stressed that Guyana’s democracy draws strength from the integrity of the electoral process and that the recount only reinforces that credibility.
McCoy added that Mohamed’s attacks are unsurprising, given her history. “When individuals already discredited and sanctioned by the United States for gold smuggling, tax evasion, and other serious crimes attempt to smear the process, their intent becomes transparent,” he said.
Labeling their campaign a product of a “hustler’s mentality,” McCoy said Mohamed and WIN are motivated not by principle or patriotism, but by “a long history of illegality and self-interest.”
