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Kissoon should quit UG board

Oct 02, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
In his response (KN Sep 23) to the retort (KN Sep 16) of Mr. Al Creighton challenging the veracity of accusations leveled by Mr. Freddie Kissoon against Professor Creighton, Kissoon admitted that he hardly attended statutory meetings of the Academic Board of UG. So Mr. Creighton is not lying about Kissoon’s non-attendance at board meetings. I do not know if Kissoon gets paid for serving on the board.
If he does, then he would be paid for a task he is not performing and will be accepting payment under false pretenses.  That is corruption – worse than what the government is being accused of.
Mr. Kissoon says attending meetings is a waste of his time and an insult to his dignity. Why then is he serving on the board. The honorable thing for him to do is resign gracefully and let someone else perform that important role.
I note Mr. Kissoon penned two responses to Professor Creighton.  The first was a very nasty attack on the Creighton’s character (KN Sep 16) and personality that has nothing to with the allegations leveled against Kissoon on his non-attendance at meetings.  I do not know and never met Creighton and this attack does not belong in the public domain from a fellow academic. That personality attack was not necessary and did not address the substantive issues raised by Mr. Creighton. It exposes the character of Kissoon. I note SN did not carry the attack on Creighton but the piece that addressed the issues raised by Creighton.  As everyone else has complained, Kissoon writes non-professionally when it comes to academia and columns in KN. By his writings, Kissoon is lowering his dignity and bringing KN into disrepute. The paper needs to vet his writings carefully.
Vishnu Bisram

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