Hadiyyah Mohamed, the younger sister of the jailed WIN leader Azruddin Mohamed, is expected to enter the National Assembly today to claim the parliamentary seat left vacant by Dr André Lewis.
Lewis stepped down last month under a cloud. Reports emerged that he had been taken into police custody over allegations of sexual activity with a minor, and he didn’t delay his departure. He wrote to Speaker Manzoor Nadir, invoking Article 156(1)(a) of the Constitution, making his resignation effective the moment the letter arrived. Lewis had only entered Parliament after the 2025 General and Regional Elections, representing We Invest in Nationhood.
Hadiyyah’s move into the seat comes at arguably the worst possible time for WIN. The party is already grappling with similar allegations against another of its sitting parliamentarians, a development that has only deepened the scrutiny the opposition group faces from the public and the press.
Then there’s the matter of her brother. Azruddin Mohamed, the man who built WIN, is in custody as multiple legal cases proceed through the courts. One concerns the alleged unauthorised release of police surveillance footage. Another centres on an alleged $800,000 payment. More recently, on October 16th, Azruddin, his driver Eugene Thorne, and videographer Mario Mohamed appeared in court facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and attempting to pervert the course of justice, stemming from an alleged shooting near the Kitty home of Senior Superintendent Prem Narine. The three were granted bail of G$750,000 each, with conditions prohibiting them from visiting Barr Street in Kitty.
As if that weren’t enough, Azruddin and his father, Nazar Mohamed, are separately caught up in extradition proceedings that are still making their way through the courts.
For Hadiyyah Mohamed, entering Parliament under these circumstances means stepping into a spotlight that’s anything but flattering. WIN is navigating a full-blown crisis- legal, political, and reputational- and she’ll be doing it from a front-row seat.