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Mr. Bisram please answer the questions

Sep 22, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am writing to follow up on the requests of Messrs. Anand Daljeet and Freddie Kissoon for Mr. Bisram to answer their questions which will help to give legitimacy to the NACTA polls.
These are two reputable men. Kissoon tells us that “Daljeet has a PhD in Science” from a Toronto university and Daljeet tells us he is an expert in polls. I don’t think Kissoon and Daljeet’s questions are unreasonable.
These are their simple questions: Was the July poll done from NY or in Guyana? Did Bisram travel to Guyana for the poll – it is an important question because as Kissoon said, he did not see Bisram in Guyana?
Was the poll done over the phone or were people contacted in person because Kissoon said he was not telephoned?
Did Bisram consult pollsters in Guyana? Kissoon said he was not consulted. Were cell phones included in the sample because as Daljeet said if cell phones are not included then the findings are biased? Were Guyanese not living in Guyana also included in the poll because Daljeet said he was not interviewed?
Were the interviewers or poll takers Guyanese or did they come from America? Did Bisram pay the interviewers? If the interviewers come from America, did Bisram pay their transportation – that is an important question because it can lead to bias?
Did Bisram withhold taxes from the staff and did he turn over the tax to the government? Did Bisram pay the workman’s compensation tax so that the staff can claim benefits when they retire?
Where does Bisram get the money to do the poll – it is an important question because if he uses his own money it can lead to bias and it is unprofessional, an anomaly, as Kissoon rightly penned, to use your own money? Is Bisram a teacher – an important question because pollsters are supposed to be teachers? Did Bisram graduate from any polling university – an important question because as Daljeet tells us Canada has several universities of polling and pollsters attend them before they do polls?
What is NACTA? – an important question because if NACTA has a lot of executives, members and board of directors, the poll will be credible. In Canada , as Daljeet tells us, pollsters have a very complex business organization. If NACTA does not exit, Bisram should call his poll, “Bisracta”.
Did Bisram follow the Daljeet’s protocols of conducting polls like the pollsters do in Canada ?
Why doesn’t Bisram want to give us the names and telephone numbers and addresses of the 700 people he claims the poll interviewed – in Canada , as Daljeet tells us, the newspapers publish the names and contacts of people interviewed? It is important so the country knows how their neighbors think how the government and opposition.
Why doesn’t Bisram want to give us the names and phone and address contacts for the poll takers?
In Canada , as Daljeet reminds us, the newspapers publish this information which is important so that they can be publicly known and no one will want to harass or intimidate them?
Mr. Bisram, please answer the questions – they are very important for the credibility of the poll for Daljeet and Kissoon. I am deeply impressed in Daljeet.
I too feel I can get a PhD in Science. Please be so kind to tell me the name of the university. I will apply right away although I ain’t finish high school.
Cynthia London

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