GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The presidential candidate of the newly-formed We Make investments In Nationhood (WIN) political social gathering, Azruddin Mohamed, has vowed to clear his identify in an alleged homicide incident and is accusing the ruling Individuals’s Progressive Get together Civic (PPP/C) of being behind the accusation.
“The Guyana Police Power additionally publicly confirmed that I used to be by no means a suspect. This data is publicly identified, and I stay dedicated to clearing my identify,” Mohamed stated in an announcement posted on his Workforce Mohamed’s Fb web page.
Mohamed, who earlier this yr introduced his intention to contest the September 1 regional and common election as a presidential candidate towards the incumbent President Irfaan Ali and the nominee of the primary opposition events, stated he had by no means been named an individual of curiosity or a suspect in any homicide investigation.
He stated {that a} September 2022 report by the Barbados-based Regional Safety System (RSS) clearly states that there was no proof of corruption or cover-up within the investigation into the capturing demise of Ricardo “Paper Shorts” Fagundes exterior Palm Courtroom in March 2021.
“I, Azruddin Mohamed, reiterate my willingness to cooperate with any truthful and credible investigation into any allegations made towards me,” he stated hours after Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo spoke on whether or not there was a police investigation into the incident.
Jagdeo recalled President Ali saying in April this yr that an “necessary piece of proof” had been despatched to the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), from which data had been despatched again to Guyana. So, extra questioning was anticipated to happen.
Jagdeo stated, “I hope we discover out the reality.”
Mohamed wrote on his Fb web page that “over the previous months, I’ve seen steady efforts to assault my character, tarnish my identify, and discredit my household. I strongly reject these actions”.
He urged voters to remain alert and be aware of the continued political efforts to “undermine my credibility and hinder my marketing campaign.
“These assaults are politically motivated, deliberate by the threatened PPP/C, and carried out by their associates to push false narratives,” he stated, including that since he introduced that he would contest the final and regional elections, a number of techniques have been used towards him. He stated they embody defamation of his household within the media, blocking his visits to Indigenous communities, false accusations of tax evasion and rape, “and now reviving baseless homicide allegations.”
Mohammed has been sanctioned by the US Treasury Division’s Workplace for Overseas Property Management for allegedly evading greater than US$50 million in taxes payable to the Guyana Income Authority on the export of 10,000 kilograms of gold.
He’s additionally dealing with fees of tax evasion and false declaration for his Lamborghini luxurious automobile.
