Freddie’s tale of fiction

Mar 18, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am responding to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s article of March 15, 21018, titled “What was Colvin Heath-London doing at a PNC meeting?” First, it should be made clear that the article is fraught with errors thereby rendering its historical analogy incorrect, and its conclusion, equally wrong.
According to Mr. Kissoon, ” Last week, the North American Chapter of the PNC had its Congress.” There was no such congress of the chapter last week in any part of North America.
Continuing his tale of fiction, Mr. Kissoon wrote, “Party leaders like Joe Harmon addressed the meeting.” What party leaders is the columnist referring to? Mr. Harmon was in New York last week and addressed several packed town hall meetings where he spoke as a representative of the government. In several of his responses to questions, Mr. Harmon stated that he was speaking as a government official. Having made Mr. Harmon’s public engagements PNC meetings, Mr. Kissoon charges “Also … Mr. Colvin Heath-London… a technical employee of GuySuCo … now the Chairman of the Board.”
Mr. Heath-London made remarks at one public gathering in his capacity as the lead person attempting to fix the myriad of problems facing our sugar industry. He did not speak on behalf of the PNC, and he could not, for he had no such authority. Guyanese in the New York Diaspora are starved for first hand information on events in their native land. The expertise of Mr. Heath-London was helpful to many in sorting out the perplexing and controversial problems in the sugar industry. Most, I believe, are thankful that he was present.
Secondly, there is this lurking implication in the piece that government ministers should not be invited by the PNC or any affiliated organisation to discuss the affairs of the country with Guyanese here. Why so? There are hundreds of thousands of Guyanese residents in New York. Many remain committed to assisting the country in various forms. Many are just as nationalistic as those who on a daily basis benefit from the greenery, diversity, and beauty of Guyana. And so, many are contemplating returning, given the promise of the oil discoveries and the creeping return of lawfulness, decency and order in the society.
Finally, NAR fervently embraces as does the PNC the principle that government is the servant of the people, and it must at all times be guided by the laws and Constitution of the country. Your extrapolation of the nature of the meetings and the participants as indicative of paramountcy of the Party is woefully misplaced.

Beni Rayman

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