MEMBER of Parliament James Bond on the social media INEWSGUYANA.COM made a jaundice- eyed attempt to respond to a letter under my hands which was published in the Stabroek News on Monday July 14, 2014 and at the same time justify the attack on youth by the party leadership.

Fortunately for me, I have a longer tenure in politics and dealing with Industrial Relations issues to view Mr. James Bond attempt on the social media as puerile rhetoric, since as a learned attorney he should have demonstrated better logical analysis.
The fact is, and was again outlined by Mr. Bond, is that the leader acted unilaterally by not having the benefit of a statement from Ms. Kissoon in order to make an informed decision.
Let us for the sake of argument use Mr. Bond analogy of the cashier. The supervisor who discovered the financial irregularity and made the complaint against the cashier may have failed to offer proper guidance and or adequate supervision to the cashier resulting in the financial irregularity. In such a case the supervisor is also culpable and can be sited for dereliction of duty. So suspending the cashier and leaving the supervisor on the job may also compromise the investigation. Therefore, decisions in these instances without all the facts can and usually lead to injustice to one party.
Therefore, in the case of MP Vanessa Kissoon and the General Secretary, any leader worth his or her salt would have acquainted themselves with all the information including statements from witnesses before arriving at a decision. That would have been the moral and more logical thing to do.
Again in his failed attempt to justify the leader’s action, Mr. Bond indicated that the General Secretary made a complaint about actions against him personally by Ms. Kissoon. If that was the view of Mr. Clarke, a former Home Affairs Minister, then he should have made a report to the police who are the competent authority to deal with such cases of assault and at the party level build a case pointing out the serious infractions of the constitution as a result of Ms. Kissoon’s action.
Let me hasten to inform Mr. Bond that I hold no brief for any of the parties involved in this issue under discussion but as leaders we need to be on the side of principle and not political expediency. Gone are the days when young people can be influenced by rationed information, this is the time of the information super highway and young people are engaged in more comparative analysis than before and will judge us from their conclusions.

BEVON CURRIE