FREDDIE KISSOON IS WAY OFF TRACK

Aug 11, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

My respect and admiration of Kaieteur News columnist Freddie Kissoon took a nosedive last week when he asserted that persons not living in Guyana cannot make – or are not entitled to make – any form of comments or analyses of events in the country. He was referring to Paul Tennessee, Vishnu Bisram, Charles Sugrim, and Dr. Asquith Rose – none of whom need any assistance in this matter however, as a commentator on many Globe-Span TV shows I feel compelled to respond to his baseless and wild comments.

Kissoon, who is not a political scientist, but claims to be one should realise that he is a very poor and mediocre political analyst who thinks he is the only person in Guyana who should control the political domain. It is time someone like me tells this columnist to hush and stop making himself a fool. He is yesterday man in his thinking.

Freddie seems to have a problem with his identity as he constantly mentions in his columns that he grew up among blacks in Wortmanville and that his sisters dated and married black men. Apart from his immediate family and his dog, Freddie seems to radiate scant love for anyone else.

Freddie has a deep-rooted hatred for Guyanese who reside in the Diaspora and has stated on several occasions that Guyanese who reside in the Diaspora should not write or discuss anything about the issues in Guyana because according to him, they have abandoned the country when things were bad. He has relegated Guyanese in the Diaspora to second-and third-class citizens by stating that they should not be given jobs in Guyana even though they are qualified. At the same time, he has welcomed non-Guyanese foreigners into the country with open arms. He is also ignorant of the fact that remittances from the Diaspora have contributed to more than 30 percent of Guyana’s GDP.

Yet, this recluse who resides in Guyana writes about issues in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and other countries. What a hypocrite? However, I believe that if Freddie is aware of the worldwide impact and the power of the social media, he would not criticise his fellow Guyanese in the diaspora for their involvement in the country’s affairs.

But many believe that his writings are simplistic and they are based on bogus information.

Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine

Queens, New York

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