(Kaieteur News) – Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed on Monday, accused the PPP/C led government of political corruption and judicial interference after discovering that Daniel Seeram remains unaccounted for in the national prison system despite a high-court-upheld remand order.
Seeram, Guyana’s National Border Patrol Director, was last Friday found guilty of assault causing actual bodily harm against his ex-wife. Following the verdict, Magistrate Abigail Gibbs ordered Seeram remanded to prison, a decision subsequently upheld on appeal by High Court Justice Joy Persaud-Singh.
However, during a direct investigation across state correctional facilities, Mohamed confirmed that Seeram was never processed into custody.
Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed
Standing outside the Lusignan Prison facility, Mohamed revealed that correctional officers confirmed to him Seeram’s absence from the premises. A subsequent check at the Georgetown Prison on Camp Street yielded identical results.
“This is a slap in the face of every domestic violence victim, especially during domestic violence month,” Mohamed declared. “This level of impunity only happens under a PPP administration. They protect abusers; they protect wife-beaters.” Mohamed noted that senior officers within the Guyana Prison Service indicated this incident marks only the second known instance in over two decades where a remanded individual bypassed incarceration entirely. According to prison sources cited by the Opposition Leader, the only prior occurrence involved Kevon Lorrimer, who served no time despite a nine-month fraud sentence.
The opposition leader framed the breach as a symptom of executive overreach and the erosion of democratic institutions in Guyana.
“This is what happens when there is no separation of powers…when the executive meddles in the judiciary,” Mohamed argued. “When courts cannot function independently, court orders cease to mean anything in this country.”
Mohamed directly challenged President Irfaan Ali over previous public commitments regarding equal application of the law, highlighting an apparent double standard between political elites and ordinary citizens. “President Ali previously stated that ‘once you do the crime, you have to do the time.’ Was he speaking only to ordinary Guyanese and not to political associates of the PPP?” Mohamed questioned, calling on international observers to take note of institutional corruption within the administration.
Concluding his address, Mohamed demanded immediate transparency from the head of state “I am calling on President Ali to tell the nation: Where is Daniel Seeram? I hope he is not at state house.”
Source: Kaieteur News
