The most important aspect of Jagan was keeping Guyana out of internal conflict
Dear Editor,
Clement Rohee’s letter debunking the distorted views of Vishnu Bisram, and consequently, Clem Seecharran, whose book slandering my father, President Cheddi, is the basis of Bisram’s connivance to attack Jagan’s role in Guyana’s history. Mr. Rohee’s letter is the truth, especially in the historical context and I congratulate him for his loyalty to his teacher, mentor and true leader, Cheddi Jagan. However, there are other facts that Mr. Rohee should have brought to the public’s attention.
First of all, since Bisram is concerned with Guyanese East Indians and Jagan’s policies (like if the Afro-Guyanese were not affected) it should be noted that Jagan made sure that his party kept Guyana out of a civil war and violent terrorism, even when faced with election rigging and dictatorial governance - this very inference should be the most important aspect of East Indians’ view of President Cheddi because violence would have hurt the Indian communities horribly and destroyed Guyana - especially after the terrible violence of the 1960s.
Cheddi Jagan protected and kept safe, not just East Indians, but all of Guyana from any conflict which would have destroyed our country and would have left a very dark legacy until today. Mr. Vishnu Bisram, instead of whining about Jagan’s Marxism, should be prostrate in thanking that great man for keeping him and his family safe. Bisram is nothing but a false ‘pundit’, trying to influence East Indians to blame and hate Jagan, even when Jagan never lost his allegiance to all Guyanese, to democratic norms in our country and especially to the safety of his East Indian supporters, even with his Marxist views.
Bisram forgets that many leaders of that period of world history were Marxists (of varying stripes), especially “Third World” leaders like Lumumba, Nehru, Nkrumah, Sukarno, Allende and many others. Jagan would never have consented to a Castroite (Cuban) Guyana but would have embraced a more Nyerere (Tanzania) type socialism with honesty, integrity and selfreliance with democracy as the main foci. Today, Tanzania is much better off and governed much better than Cuba all due to the wise leadership of its first leader, President Julius Nyerere.
Secondly, Editor, Bisram also claims to be a “pollster” and recently he said he did a poll of PNC supporters and the poll showed that Mr. Norton would be deposed at the next PNC congress - a laughable claim from a laughable poll because Mr. Norton is going nowhere but up. Bisram, from my observation, conducts fake polls just to get attention for his off-balanced views. As a matter of fact, I believe that Bisram is one of those “intellectuals” who morphs information, facts and figures into
Dear Editor,
Well it is correct when one engages in strike action one cannot be engaging in work/job related matters or activities at the same time. Wasn’t this made clear before embarking on strike action? This would be a glaring conflict of interest and would create problems. One cannot be half in and half out at the same time. It is for this reason the principle of salary deductions apply. I wondered how the strike will affect the Mash activities in schools, particularly the children’s competitions.
With regards to the controversy creating a raging furore beating through the land over the disqualification of a young entrant in the children’s calypso competition (two entries were disqualified), the furore is misplaced and misguided. The explanation offered by the MoE through its Allied Arts Unit details and explains fake analyses like the ones he does on Jagan and Norton; his nonsense is reflected in his past polling and writings - he should go on a sabbatical and hibernate his mindlessness for a couple of years instead of attacking President Cheddi, a true icon and patriot of Guyana. Clem Seecharran should join him.
Sincerely,
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr.) why the child’s entry was found to be unsuitable for a children’s competition, among which, competition rules were breached. Maybe the entry might have been better suited for the junior calypso competition and if the entrant could not enter in that competition because of age, then it was for that reason the entry must be disqualified.
Children must be children. The same analogy can be used with the strikers on the picket line. The strikers feel rules were broken in their employment and through their union disqualified the government from their services, now in its ninth day. It is prudent to mention no furore (at least none I have seen) over the other entry’s disqualification in the calypso competition.
Sincerely,
Shamshun Mohamed