I pen this letter to register my disappointment at the misrepresentation of an interview that I gave to the Stabroek News which implied in its Sunday July 15 2012 article that I sought to justify the opinions expressed in the letter, and by extension, the Guyana Chronicle editorial of July 3 for which I had earlier offered an apology.
Please be advised that when I spoke to the reporter I was not aware of the letter to which the person might have referred.  I was speaking in a broad and general sense when I gave my comments about the policy regarding letters and I was not in any way making reference to any specific letter that was published in the Chronicle subsequent to the editorial.

I would like to state that my apology as Chairman of the Board for the offensive editorial stands and I am seeking to in no way to defend or justify the contents of the letters that appeared.

I wish to repeat, for the record, the policy of the Guyana Chronicle is to carry all letters –based on availability of space – except in cases where they may be libellous. This cannot be interpreted to mean that the newspaper, and by extension, its Board and I, as Chairman of that Board, support the content of letters that may be published.

I am asking that the Stabroek News clarify its article based on the interview they had with me. I was willing to let the article go with the inaccuracy but I felt compelled to send this response after reading GHK Lall’s letter in the Stabroek News of today July 19, 2012.