I BELIEVE Dr Irfaan Ali will be re-elected with more seats than the PPP had in the last parliament. I do not want to put a number on the increase.
I would welcome a two/thirds majority for Ali, but I think he may fall short of that. But he will win and there are myriad reasons why he will be re-elected; his style, personality, achievements will propel him to victory.
There is however another factor unrelated to the positive accumulations of Ali that will ensure a victory of the PPP as a political party.
It has to do with the enormity of hypocrisy, double standards and unmitigated political miasma coming from people who run down the government on a daily basis, but they are unfit to lecture to even a school child about governance, because they lack the moral portrait to criticise the government.
To date, one of the anti-government haters, the Stabroek News (SN), is yet to pen an editorial of the most atrocious intervention in politics never seen before in any country. I am referring to Azruddin Mohamed’s entry into politics.
Mr Azruddin’s background is something you only find in a paperback novel or in a sci-fi-movie.
This gentleman is currently under investigation by the US government that could possibly lead to extradition from Guyana and prosecution.
Long before the 2025 election was upon Guyana, the US had sanctioned Mr Mohamed for grave financial crimes that injured the economy of Guyana. One suspects that the US Treasury Department is painstakingly investigating Mohamed for financial crimes that violated US laws, not only Guyana’s.
It is not only the international investigation of Mohamed that disgusts the nation, it is his lifestyle. This man lives the life of a super-playboy.
He spends his father’s billions buying the world’s most expensive cars that the entire ensemble of the Public Service would not earn literally in a million years. Then there is the Main Street incident that left one speechless when one heard that he entered the 2025 election contest to seek the presidency.
Against this incredibly bizarre, Mephistophelean world of Mr Mohamed, the gentleman decides that he wants to become president of Guyana. No academic, no newspaper, no political observer, no patriotic Guyanese should tolerate this ghoulish circus. After all, Guyana is the main country in the CARICOM family of nations.
The citizens of this country ought to show more respect for Guyana and themselves by ostracising Azruddin Mohamed.
So, the question stares each of us in the face right now and it will not go away. Why those who broadcast to the world when a minister is allegedly questioned by US authorities, are silent on the presence of Azruddin in the election ring?
Why was Nigel Dharamlall crucified by the SN when the accusations against him becomes a child’s play toy in comparison to what Mohamed is being accused of?
Don’t get me wrong. If there were accusations against Dharamlall and other actors in the corridors of power then Guyana should not rush into emotional support without a dispassionate evaluation of the accusations. In Mohamed’s case, the accusations against him are a billion times more serious than any minister accused of wrong-doing.
To date there is no editorial from SN on the unadulterated ignominy facing Guyana with someone like Mohamed wanting to become president. But the editorials flow each day in which ministers and the president are singled out for brutal propagandistic rituals.
Mr. Christopher Ram went insanely overboard when weeks after he published a letter opining that Dr. Ali should not be reelected.
He wrote another letter a few days ago showering praise on a suspicious character like Mohamed. Ram, a financial expert has to be familiar with the fine details of the American sanctions against Mohamed and the financial implications for Guyana.
It is astounding that a financial expert could simply overlook the consequences of a politician in Guyana who has been sanctioned by the US Government.
This is the very gentleman that thinks Dr. Ali should not be reelected. Should Mohamed be elected?
Then there is the column in the SN titled, “In The Diaspora” (ITD) edited by Dr. Alissa Trotz. Ms. Trotz’s strap line is that ITD serves Guyanese in the diaspora who are interested in knowing what takes place in their homeland.
But the aberration of Mohamed does not seem to be a story Ms. Trotz interested in because Ms. Trotz is yet to publish a commentary on the surreal politics of Mohamed. The Guyanese people look at mountainous episodes of hypocrisy of those to beat up on the government and it is obvious how they feel. How they feel will cause Dr. Ali to win big on September 1.

DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited.