I ask Freddie to have Dignity & Respect for himself

By now it is no secret that Freddie Kissoon, UG Lecturer, Kaieteur news columnist and publicity hungry anti-progress protester is a bit loose in his head.

I am not talking about a few screws, Freddie urgently needs a complete brains transplant as his nasty little mind is still stuck in the forgettable periods of the 70's and 80's and he somehow conveniently reminds us when it suits him of how nasty things were back then and the horrible experiences he endured or as in his column recently, how much better off things were back then(if one listens to him they would no doubt feel that Guyana was the land of milk and honey during the Burnham period).

The man could jump from one position to another much better than an Olympic gold medalist long jumper.

What is even more shocking is that Freddie Kissoon somehow prides himself in being an intellectual but in a recent column wants the Berbice people not to be stupid, idiotic and self-destructive ( it appears he feels they might or are stupid but is hoping they will exhibit his excellent senses and accept without question his take on the Jagdeo Government).

What does he use as the blanket argument to justify his alleged horrific atrocities by the Jagdeo Government, well of course the President's sale of his Ogle home and purchase of a portion of land at Spareendam next to the ocean for 5 M.

(So in essence Freddie is saying that the President should not have the right to purchase this land and/or shhould have paid more for the land. Freddie probably would have been happy if the President instead sought one of those lots in the low income section at Tuschen or Bare roots).

This intellectual further goes on to justify his belief by using no other than former Dictator of Guyana LFS Burnham.

I have refused to become angry but rather laugh off this greatest attempt of corruption in Guyana - corrupting the young minds of this nation by no other than Kissoon.

Land and Burnham were best friends during his brutal reign in Guyana, the entire world knows this. There was no need to put his name on all the properties as he was confident that he would be President for life by rigging all the elections as he so successfully did in the past.

State Houses were designed to his liking in various regions and resources of the state had to be lavished on up keeping the aristocratic lifestyle of Burnham and his entourage.

Burnham had his personal estates, such as Hope where he would ride around on his horse (cane in hand - symbol of superiority/royalty) while hundreds of our citizens including those from the public service (and that goes for some of the critics of the Jagdeo Government today maybe even Freddie himself) slaved away on the estates so they could qualify for some soap and oil.

This is not to mention the many estates he personally owned, including the one bought by King Solomon on the Golden Grove Public Road, ECD and another behind the Chinese Embassy in Durban back lands.

Public locations such as Castellani compound, where he personally designed his pool and state house on Main street were places of leisure at the expense of taxpayers.

These are only some of the properties that we know of and ever wonder why his children lead low key lives?

If they were on hard times i am sure that would attract the attention of many. But it appears because they are so well off they have the resources to lead comfortable lives outside the glare of the local populace.

If Burnhan was such as God as two faced Freddie is now making him out to be, why have his children deserted Guyana?

Both the children and grandchildren of Cheddie and Janet Jagan are constantly involved in the further development of this nation in one way or another and while Joey is vocal on issues he observes around the country, his son has taken up the mantle to play a part in the PPP as he demonstrated at the recent memorial service at Babu John in Berbice.

Freddie Kissoon and his handful of like minded colleagues cannot fool Guyanese into believing that they are worse off today when compared to the Burnham and Hoyte periods. And his insistence on continuing with his fairy tales is exactly why only he and his 5 colleagues are the only ones on the picket lines.

The reason why Freddie is tolerated by a few persons is the fact that he could always be used as leverage against the Government to settle vendettas, such as the case between former friends Glen Lall of Kaieteur News and President Bharrat Jagdeo - following the introduction of Guyana Times in the media landscape.

The fact that this lecturer has bought some two house lots in an exclusive housing area, where a lot easily goes for 20M and managed to construct a grand building to call his home has convinced the population that Freddie is the Fox who couldn't reach the grapes so to hide his disappointment he constantly complains that they are bitter.

Freddie's two house lots would amount to around 40M and his home another 60M. When one considers the lawnscaping and other structures around his estate, that's another 10M.

So Freddie would have spent some 110M for his current property not to mention the cost to maintain this lavish lifestyle which was only made possible under the Jagdeo Government.

Another fact that many people are not aware of is that Freddie Kissoon became a great supporter of the PPP, even making several donations to the party somehow wishing that would elevate him in an influential position back in those days. The fact that this never materialised over time has made Kissoon extremely bitter and the end result is what he verbally excretes in his daily columns.