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Mervin’s confused and invented story for propaganda and spin

Jun 05, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
Emile Mervin’s letter in Kaieteur News on June 3, 2009, titled, “President Bharrat Jagdeo needs a viable vision beyond the IMF/WB,” seems to reach saturation.
Mr. Mervin’s letter has nothing substantiated and is based on highly fallacious and generalised perceptions and lots of repetition. He fails to answer the questions posed by Dr. Prem Misir in his letter with the caption, “The Mervin Debt Relief Saga,” and instead pussyfoot by quoting Dr. Misir’s questions and placing another question next to it; Mervin poses questions as responses to Misir’s questions.

Mr. Mervin’s so called rebuttal questions to Dr. Misir’s questions are not answers, instead they are somewhat confusing. I am still trying to figure out Mervin’s technique in answering questions with such falsity; but I remain bedazzled. Hmmm…
Mervin quotes back Dr. Misir, “This letter writer has no comments on the time it took to reach financial viability; this was a period when little or no revenue was available for social sector development. Why did he not make any comments on the lead time for financial viability?”

Mervin’s response: “Let’s examine his reasoning here, which implies developmental gains (automatically) follow financial viability, shall we? Since nine or 10 years subsequent to 1992 would mean he is talking about 2002, is he saying that Guyana achieved financial viability in 2002; 10 years after the PPP returned to power, five years after Dr. Cheddi Jagan died and three years after President Jagdeo took over from Janet Jagan? Or is his spinning making him dizzy and discombobulated?” What sort of answer is that?
Is Mr. Mervin trying to confuse the readers? Where is the evidence of Mervin’s accusations? I see none, but instead just a confused invented story for propaganda and spin.
Elizabeth Daly

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