PRESIDENT’S Press Liaison Officer, Kwame McCoy has lodged an official complaint against Kaieteur News columnist Mr. Freddie Kissoon for an article he wrote titled “Ten years of Jagdeo-Faustian journey.”

McCoy told this newspaper that Kissoon, in his Thursday, August 13 article, exhibited racist behaviour when he associated him with a monkey.

McCoy said it is his contention that Kissoon’s article contained language that was unambiguously offensive and repugnant.

According to him, the racist connections between black people and primates are of the past, but hold deep and immediate social implications even today because it reinforces the common, demeaning and dehumanising imagery.

As a young professional, McCoy said he is utterly concerned about Kissoon’s article which has racist connotations and could negatively affect efforts to sustain national unity.

McCoy is requesting the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to examine this complaint.