PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to express my views on the personal attacks Freddie Kissoon has been engaged in recently. This confrontational style is a ploy Freddie uses to avoid anwering pertinent questions readers ask. I will now look at a few examples of this poor strategy that Freddie has resorted to.

1. Oscar Ramjeet recently chided APNU’s Greenidge for saying that there has been political interferance in the judiciary. Kissoon decides to attack the character of Ramjeet, rather than respond to the opinion expressed by the latter. In his september 10th feature column, Dave Martins, Oscar Ramjeet,Shaun samaroo and Guyana’s tragedy”, Kissoon calls Ramjeet a “low rated lawyer” and further suggests that Ramjeet, “cannot see beyond his ethnic nose.” I was disappointed in this personal attack on Ramjeet. Is it that Kissoon has no proper response to Ramjeet so he resorts to character attack? If this is so then Freedie has demonstrated poor academic skills.
Another example can be found in Freddie’c feature column of September 11 in the Kaieteur News, titled, “Nigel Hughes,Henry Jeffrey, and Henry’s bucket.” In this column, Kissoon refers to Jeffrey’s profile as, “a terrible mess”, and further describes the latter as a “twin of Ralph Ramkarran.” Here again we see Kissoon resorting to attacking the character of Jeffrey but he(Kisssoon) did not touch on two important issues that Jeffrey raised, that is, Hughes performance in the Lusignan massacre court case and his (Hughes) controversial association with the Amelia Falls Project. Kissoon further extols the virtues of Hughes as “the most active voice in the A.f.C for African rights”. Is this a solid reason why Guyanese should vote for Hughes and the A.F.C. at the next elections? Hughes is Kissoon’s lawyer and as such the latter does not see Hughes doing any wrong. Why is it okay for Hughes to fight for African rights and when Ravi Dev, Vishnu Bisram, Ramracha,etc, speak out against injustices perpretrated against Indian Guyanese, they are labelled as “Indian Supremists.” In fact Kissoon once declared Hughes as one of his persons of the year, some time back.
Kissoon also pronounces on every issue in the country. One example is the Royston King court case, which should be decided by the court, but Kissoon is the judge, jury and executioner. Let the courts do their job! There are other issues, but I would prefer to see Kissoon discuss issues and not attack peoples’ characters in the future.
RAKESH SINGH