Rashleigh Jackson and Kissoon’s insufficient knowledge of history

Dec 22, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
I wish to assure Rashleigh Jackson that there was nothing “quite intriguing” in the letter from Dr. Prem Misir, which was the subject of Jackson’s letter of December 12 2009 in the Kaieteur News.
What I do find intriguing is his characterisation of “Misir’s formulations and assertions are on occasions tendentious, incorrect, misleading and not always reflective of the “whole truth”; it’s clear that there is insufficiency in his knowledge of history.
My main reason for this intervention is to put right the wild error on the part of Rashleigh in not being served with pertinent memory and further admission that he consulted eminent jurist, regarding a constitutional amendment that had to be effected to facilitate the then governor to invite LFS Burnham to form a government based on the results of the National Elections of 1964.
My own memory and as one who benefited as a result of being a member of that first parliament, supports the view that indeed the British Parliament was forced to amend the British Guiana Constitution to disregard the fact that Jagan and his PPP did win the 1964 elections and therefore should have been invited to form a government, thus clearing the way for Burnham to form the coalition government with the United Force.
And Freddie Kissoon in his column of December 19, 2009, exposes his poor understanding of history, too; and so, should not jump on Jackson’s bandwagon so fast, as it could be quite slippery; Kissoon should do some serious homework before he enters serious intellectual debates.
David de Groot

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