Dear Editor,
Sometimes Freddie Kissoon surprises me. At one time he speaks as though he understands the construct of the Freudian psyche of the Guyanese people and then he immediately switches and becomes immersed in his own whimsical amnesia. Let me say that I admire Freddie. All Guyanese should appreciate what Freddie does. He speaks truth to power and does this to his own peril. There are not many like him. I ‘try-a-thing’ sometimes but it is Freddie who daily goes out on that deadly limb, and regurgitates dates and times and events, in his magnanimous attempt to keep these politicians — most of whom are uncouth and power drunk–in check.
We all know that Freddie does what he does at the constant and flagrant risk to his limb and life. Yet for no other reason that a God-given, deep-seated, patriotic love of Country, my brother Freddie prods on with his historically, fact-based, narrations of the ills of Guyana.
Editor, I am pained to see Bro. Kissoon in public. He looks scared out of his wits. He seems not to know who to talk to, or what to say, or for how long. And the later it is in the day, the more unnerved he seems. Maybe it is just his persona, however, he looks to me like a scared, threatened, soul. And for what? Simply because he has assigned himself the task of addressing the grossest, most unconscionable deeds of those who we elect to lead in this Country. No one should be made to have their life so altered simply by reciting and then dissecting the unpatriotic, corrupt behaviours of the worse amongst us.
But such is the fate of my mentor and friend; comrade Freddie Kissoon.
And for this reason, I am surprised that Freddie continues to subject himself to the wishful thinking that our politicians are mostly people of conscience. Earlier this week, in speaking about a matter concerning Imran Khan, Director of Public Information, Freddie said, “Here is what Khan did and if he thinks I am going to let his moral lapse be forgotten, then he is mistaken. I am going to keep it in the public consciousness until he is forced to resign from his million-dollar-a-month job paid for by the taxpayers.”
It is as if my Bro. Freddie believes that the political powers in Guyana care about logic, or fairness, or fulfilling their promises of transparency and accountability. Does Freddie Kissoon really believes that he will ever receive justice, reprieve or accolades from the halls of political powers in Guyana? If he does, then he is a victim of his own Freudian depiction.
Regards
Wendell Jeffrey