GUYANESE should know about both the life and the politics of Azruddin Mohamed even though his stay in politics is about to come to an end. I cannot write about what I know about the non-political aspects of Mr. Mohamed because I simply do not have the time to attach any importance to a libel case with Mohamed. Once he is extradited (which is an inevitability about to dawn on Guyanese politics) and beyond the reach of Guyana, I will describe the Land-of-Canaan incident.

For now, I will quote what Mohamed’s former political comrade, Dr. Mark Defrance, said to me on the Freddie Kissoon Show about Mohamed. It was shown yesterday (Wednesday evening) and now that Mr. Mohamed is facing extradition, Guyanese ought to hear what Dr. Defrance said. Mohamed has to respond to Dr. Defrance. He has an obligation to his voters to do so.

Before we get to the analysis of the horrible politics of Mohamed, a note about the asininity of David Hinds. It is time the stupid people who assign praise to Hinds below his podcast see him for what he is – someone who thinks African Guyanese are gullible so he can serenade them  (not the African Guyanese people but the fools who praise him) with sordid fictions.

Hinds praised WIN as an African party. Here is how Africanised WIN is. When the first set of negotiations began between WIN and ANUG, they met at Mohamed’s business place on Lombard Street. Present were Mohamed, his two sisters, his brother-in-law, and only one African, Odessa Primus. Dr. Defrance said on the show that Mohamed is WIN and WIN is Mohamed.

Those who praise Hinds as a man who defends African Guyanese interests should ask Hinds to describe the African content of this new African party. What needs to be said about WIN is that Mohamed and his sisters are the only authoritative voices in WIN. Primus is peripheral.

Here is what Dr. Defrance revealed about Mohamed:

1– Both parties signed an agreement to share parliamentary seats based on the numbers secured. If five, ANUG gets one, and the numbers for ANUG increase based on seats acquired. WIN got 16 but ANUG was only given one seat.

2- ANUG submitted a list of two ANUG members to go to parliament. WIN only allowed ANUG one parliamentarian and Mohamed made that choice. Defrance openly said that it was WIN that chose Ms. Singh to go to parliament. But Defrance did go on to say that ANUG executives accepted Singh.

There seems to be some controversy as to when Singh was admitted as a member of ANUG. Mr. Javeed Ally sent me documents that seem to generate confusion about her membership date. Mr. Ally was the executive in charge of the entire membership logistics. He said he accepted for me to quote him. I can send his correspondence to anyone who would like to see it. My email is fredkissoon@yahoo.com. My phone is 614-5927.

3 – Dr. Defrance said that during the campaign, ANUG speakers used their flag and wore their party colours. They were told to discontinue it. What that meant was that Mohamed did not want any visibility of ANUG.

4- Dr. Defrance said WIN hampered his campaign in Amerindian districts; even in his own hometown, they curtailed his activities.

It is relevant to mention a Facebook post of Dorwain Bess of VPAC. He described how he was invited to have talks with WIN but the WIN people did not want a coalition. They wanted VPAC to disappear into the identity of WIN. Defrance told me that the submersion of ANUG into WIN was a collective decision. And he was honest enough to tell me on a different occasion that he agreed to that. At the time he said that to me, his rationale was that in collapsing ANUG into WIN, ANUG will be in parliament. Well, ANUG barely made it to parliament, with Mohamed giving them just one seat.

What Defrance has described about the conduct of WIN is something the electorate never knows about political parties and party leaders until they show their true colours after they are successful. Defrance’s disclosure of the mistreatment of ANUG by WIN should be an eye-opener for all those who voted for Mohamed.

Mr. Mohamed is set to be extradited to the US and Defrance said that he doubts very much that WIN will survive the extradition of Mohamed. But extradition or no extradition, Azruddin Mohamed is no democratic person and has no moral right to be in Guyanese politics. I hope we see the end of him in politics within the coming weeks.

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