The United States has denied seeking to interfere in the September 1 general and regional elections in Guyana.
This, after questions were raised regarding the candidature of Azruddin Mohamed of the We Invest in Nationhood Party for president.
The billionaire businessman had been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in June 2024 for allegedly evading US$50 million in taxes payable to the Guyana government.
US Ambassador to Guyana Nicole Theriot says the Trump administration has no interest in interfering. She insisted that she was stating facts when she said that the election of an OFAC sanctioned person to the executive or opposition could impact the way the US government relates to the country.
She added that if an OFAC sanctioned individual becomes an official within a government, the private sector interests in the United States will start rethinking their relationships within the country.
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