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WIN says democracy under siege in Guyana
(Kaieteur News) – We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), Guyana’s main political opposition party has made a public appeal to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the broader international community to pay keen attention to the slow collapse of democracy in Guyana as the Irfaan Ali-led PPP administration misuses state institutions to target the Leader of the party, Azruddin Mohamed and his family.
Leader of WIN party, Azruddin Mohamed
In a statement, WIN accused the government of Guyana (GoG) of weaponising state institutions, law enforcement, and public office against the group. This follows the recent seizure of vehicles owned by the Mohamed’s for lack of insurance, which the family has been denied in light of sanctions they are faced with from the United States (US) government.
According to the party, “This is not merely a question of insurance, traffic stops, or speeding tickets. It is the steady intrusion of power, the slow but deliberate encroachment on freedom and fairness. This is a politically orchestrated campaign of harassment designed to intimidate and silence.”
It added that Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo’s public threat, directed at Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken, that he will face criminal charges should any vehicle owned by the Leader of the opposition’s family be involved in an accident is egregiously reckless and a blatant abuse of power. WIN said this frightening overreach sends a clear signal to the entire state apparatus that persecution is now policy.
The party highlighted that the vehicles now being instructed to pull over were once used by President Ali, as they described the move as “targeted harassment under the guise of enforcement.”
WIN argued that police force is now investing its time in hunting the vehicles owned by the opposition leader in waiting, but no time to address reports of sexual harassment of female ranks by senior officers. Further, it reasoned, “Guyana’s Vice President openly and publicly threatens police over accidents involving opposition vehicles, but yet has nothing to say when a school child is killed on a pedestrian crossing by a police officer. Is this governance or vengeance?”
The party concluded that Guyana is being placed in the same category as nations where opposition leaders are hunted instead of debated; where police power replaces constitutional power and where the state becomes the weapon of the ruling party.
“We have seen this before in Pakistan, under the persecution of Imran Khan; in nations where the judiciary bends under political pressure; in countries where democracy exists in name but not in practice,” WIN pointed out. Moreover, the main political opposition said it witnessed the international community condemn the lawlessness of Haiti, including the notorious influence of the gang leader ‘Barbecue.’ “Yet here in Guyana, there is a figure whose name begins with the same letter, who wields power with similar disregard for democratic norms, who uses the trappings of office to silence and coerce, rather than serve,” WIN argued.
It questioned whether it was this same government that stood before the world to condemn the creeping dictatorship in Haiti and the same administration that shouted to Canada, Kenya, CARICOM and every democratic partner to intervene, restore order, and defend the rule of law.
The party said, “The international community must now confront a sobering reality. The PPP Government is weaponising state institutions, law enforcement, and public office against the Leader of the Opposition, his family, and political movement.”
WIN questioned the silence of CARICOM on the escalating political victimisation in Guyana as it called on the President of Brazil, Luiz Lula da Silva to shift his attention to the events unfolding here, as a globally respected defender of human rights, democracy, and constitutional order. “We ask Brazil, as a leading voice in South America, to help ensure that the rule of law does not collapse under political ambition,” WIN said as it went on to urge Guyana’s international partners and human rights organisations that the country is in need of intervention, monitoring, and accountability.
“To the international community: do not wait for Guyana to become another cautionary tale…Guyana is entitled to a government that neither trembles before the law nor wields it as an instrument of oppression,” the party concluded.
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