–President Ali tells voters not to gamble with their future
–VP Jagdeo says Azruddin Mohamed will vanish after losing elections

WHILE positioning his party as the only credible guardian of Guyana’s future, President Dr. Irfaan Ali joined Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo in delivering a stinging rebuke to those “one day” political parties, especially US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed’s We Invest in Nationhood (WIN).
Speaking before a roaring crowd at the PPP/C’s rally in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Saturday, President Ali said his party would not insult voters’ dignity by offering them money for their vote or support.
A video surfaced on social media showing Mohamed distributing cash to residents in an indigenous community and making certain promises.
Dr. Ali told residents to ask themselves when that “one day” money finishes, which political party will stand by their side and work with them. The only party that continues to do that, the President said, is the PPP/C.
“Do not put any community at risk by gambling with the ‘blue clue’ or any other party, the APNU/AFC; they are one and the same. Do not put your communities at risk; do not put this country at risk. Do not put this region at risk,” the President said.
Azruddin, along with his father, Nazar Mohamed and their businesses, namely Mohamed’s Enterprise, Hadi’s World and Team Mohamed’s Racing, on June 11, 2024, were sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which oversees sanctions against individuals and entities tied to illicit activities and hostile foreign governments.
In a June 2024 statement, the OFAC stated, “Azruddin and Mohamed’s Enterprise evaded Guyana’s tax on gold exports and defrauded the Guyanese government of tax revenues by under-declaring their gold exports to Guyanese authorities”.
President Ali said that Mohamed could have crippled the entire mining sector. Further, PPP General Secretary and Guyana’s Vice-President Dr. Jagdeo urged residents not to accept money for their votes.
He told citizens, especially those in Amerindian communities, that when Mohamed loses the elections, he will leave them drifting in the wind.
“They will come to Bartica and to communities across the region; they will promise money if you support them, but after September 2, Azruddin Mohamed will disappear. Who will be there to pay the money? You’re not going to get your money,” he said.
Dr. Jagdeo was referencing the incident involving a key organiser of WIN who violently assaulted a woman over alleged payment for attending a WIN event.
“Don’t let your village on September 2 be considered a pariah village,” he said, adding: “We are the only party that did what we said; we reject those who divide our people… We’re the only national party in this country, a party that brings together people of every race.”