Dear Editor,
I refer to the words Mr. Alfred Bhulai used in a letter on me in the last Sunday Stabroek to the effect that there are differences between us. I don’t know what he means but I am putting my feelings in print on Mr. Bhulai. I have a positive conceptualization of Mr. Bhulai.
We have met on countless occasions and I once visited his home for assistance in repairing my astronomy equipment. He was kind enough to assist. Mr. Bhulai’s presence on the human rights sphere I recognize and appreciate. But I also have a criticism of Mr. Bhulai.
I believe his activism is genuine and soulful but there are large doses of naivety in the personality of Mr.Bhulai. He is too trusting to see the deviousness of those leaders in the civil society groups that he belongs to. I refer to Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) and the Electoral Reform Group (ERG).
I don’t believe an educated social activist like Mr. Bhulai cannot see that there are disturbing reasons why TIGI never pronounced on the following three national disasters – the opaque administration of former UG Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ivelaw Griffith; the no-confidence rejection by the then APNU+AFC regime; and one of the world’s most disgraceful assaults on a national election, that is, Guyana March 2020.
Mr. Bhulai has to be uncomfortable with the persistent refusal of the ERG’s chairman Dr. Desmond Thomas to offer his comments on what went on in the March 2020 election. Mr. Bhulai must know if an organization calls itself a human rights entity as the Guyana Human Rights Association does, then, it had to be concerned with the disgraceful flippancy of the APNU+AFC regime towards the no-confidence vote and the APNU+AFC role in election rigging.
I wish Mr. Bhulai the very best in his efforts to help bring justice and civilization to the country we both call home and love. I hereby extend an invitation to assist him in any way I can with one caveat. I wouldn’t associate with the company he keeps. I beat my own drum and say that I have a sincere feeling in helping right wrongs and refuse to be part of an environment of activists who do so for opportunistic reasons.
Sincerely,
Frederick Kissoon
