McCoy blasts WIN’s “misinformation campaign”

Kwame McCoy, candidate for the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister has publicly criticised Hadiyyah Mohamed and the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party for spreading misinformation during the ongoing 2025 electoral recount. Hadiyyah Mohamed is the sister of the leader of WIN, United States (US)-sanctioned Azruddin Mohamed.
McCoy said on Thursday evening that Mohamed and WIN have engaged in what he described as a deliberate campaign aimed at creating fear, inciting public disorder, and undermining confidence in the electoral process. “At this stage of the 2025 electoral process, it is abundantly clear that Hadiyyah Mohamed and WIN have chosen a path of deliberate misinformation,” McCoy stated.

The Minister noted that the elections have been conducted in a peaceful, transparent, and credible manner, and he stressed that the ongoing recount only reinforces the integrity of Guyana’s democracy.
According to McCoy, Mohamed and her supporters circulated claims on social media alleging that ballot boxes were tampered with. He said these claims were baseless and accompanied by a video that violated Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) procedures for the recount.
McCoy further criticised the individuals involved, highlighting their prior sanctions by the United States for gold smuggling, tax evasion, and other serious offences. “Their actions are propelled by a hustler’s mentality that is shaped by mistrust as a result of their own long history of illegality and self-interest,” he said.
He added that such attempts to smear the electoral process are transparent and should not detract from the credibility and fairness of the ongoing vote count.