Duarte Hetsberger, the former personal assistant to ex-Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, has re-entered the public spotlight this time at the political helm of Azrudin Mohamed’s newly minted party, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN).

On Monday, Hetsberger was seen seated beside Mohamed at the Umana Yana, as WIN formally submitted its List of Candidates to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) for the upcoming General and Regional Elections.

Hetsberger was terminated from GECOM in 2022 following a damning internal investigation sanctioned by Chief Elections Officer Vishnu Persaud.

The inquiry found that computers assigned to Hetsberger had been deliberately wiped of sensitive files.

He reportedly failed to provide a satisfactory explanation when questioned by the Commission’s IT Department an incident that raised serious concerns about data integrity and accountability during a politically sensitive period.

Now, just five years later, Hetsberger is not only politically active but also visibly leading a campaign that includes several high-profile figures from the former opposition.

Among the candidates listed on WIN’s slate are former APNU+AFC parliamentarians Dawn Hastings-Williams, Natasha Singh, and Tabitha Sarabo-Halley the latter of whom also once served as the General Secretary of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

Region 10 Vice Chairman and ANUG Leader Dr. Mark France, along with former AFC member Mark Goring, are also on the list.