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The “incident” described and embellished in great detail by Freddie Kissoon just did not take place

Feb 18, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

The piece in Monday’s (February 17) edition entitled “Business money, violence, hilarity at midnight outside the AFC office” written by Freddie Kissoon, must have been put together either in a flight of fancy or to interest Hollywood producers.
The “incident” described and embellished in great detail just did not take place.
I was very much present at the AFC office during the planting of a billboard and provided managerial oversight on behalf of the APNU+AFC. Workmen completed their task without incident, but under the watchful eyes of security and other bystanders at the office and then left incident-free.
As to the created details, our General Secretary and Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, was at the time in Atlanta, Georgia in United States of America attending an event, I am prepared to produce the entry/exit ticket stubs. Our Prime Ministerial candidate and Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, was in Corriverton, Berbice attending a public meeting, which is widely circulated on social media.
Neither gentlemen could possibly have been present, as sensationally but erroneously stated. Obviously, the good Freddie was misled by his informants or is a victim of his own fertile and overactive imagination.
In the interest of truth and fairness, we respectfully ask for a withdrawal and an appropriate apology to those who have been obviously slandered in this untruthful article.
Yours sincerely,
Leonard Craig,
Deputy General Secretary
Alliance For Change

EDITOR’S NOTE: It has, and always will be, this newspaper’s obligation to present truth and fairness in publications to its faithful readers. Mr. Kissoon has been informed of the concerns expressed by Mr. Craig, and has indicated his willingness to appropriately address same in his next column.

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