Dear Editor,
I write in response to the letter from Mr. Jailal T. Kissoon, published on November 8, 2025 in the national press in response to my orginal letter published earlier. Firstly, I want to thank Mr. Kissoon for taking the time to respond. While Mr. Kissoon presents a passionate defense, his arguments, unfortunately, conflate personal grievance with public duty and fail to address the fundamental concerns raised by me and at the heart of the public’s unease.
There is no need to regurgitate our positions, our points are made. Mr. Kissoon’s letter, though framed as a defense of integrity, ultimately demonstrates why personal relationships and historic political loyalties are so detrimental to resolving Guyana’s constitutional crises. The debate has once again been shifted from the substantive issues— the prolonged vacancy in the Chancellor’s post, the process of judicial appointments, and the performance of high judicial officers—to a cycle of personal attacks and historical finger-pointing. I will have no part in energizing such a demented process by going tit-for-tat with Mr. Jailal T. Kissoon who was one of the principle architect of this demented system.
The Guyanese people deserve a judiciary that is not only independent but is also seen to be above the fray of familial and political defenses. They deserve a government and an opposition that place the nation’s interest above partisan brinkmanship to finally fill the top judicial posts. Until the conversation is steered back to these constitutional imperatives and away from personal vested interests, the public discourse will remain, as Mr. Kissoon finds it, “disappointing.” I am also disappointed in my elders like Mr. Jailal T. Kissoon, who have by and large, collectively failed us as a community. This is my last correspondence on this matter as I am choosing to not follow Mr. Jailal T. Kissoon on that road to Damascus that he is on in a bias defence of his son-in-law.