Freddie does better when Chastising Jagan and the PPP/C

Dear Editor,

He was at his best when he did it. For he now comes over as most farcical. Thus, I keep asking myself what is the role of the now ‘established’ and ‘confirmed’ addled Freddie Kissoon? He has completed his cycle of fatuous galumphing, from one group to another, and I think he still craves ‘undeserved’ recognition. What I find ludicrous is his assumption that ‘his being ignored’ is tantamount to some kind of imposed or projected intimidation or deference where audience response is concerned.

In this missive (thanking in anticipation for its being published), I expect his ‘run-for-cover’ under the guise of writers’ pseudonyms’ and or ‘name-calling’ etc.  I bring to attention how his congenital and incurable vendetta, regarding the late Dr. Cheddie Jagan and the PPP by extension, resulted in numerous ‘hate-pieces’ in the press. Mind you, the plethora of examples, from which I took just a smattering of samples, are quite extant in the repository of the local mediums where he dumped them.

As a caveat, I am responding to his “Cheddi Jagan and his detractors: The fault, dear Brutus-March 22, 2026.” The comical piece, by virtue of its writer, an inveterate PPP and Jagan hater, and self-claimed scholar, stated that “… Cheddi Jagan of Guyana remains one of the world’s most unique, respected, decent and humane persons ever to enter politics. How does he stack up against his detractors in Guyana from the 1950s onwards until 2026?  (Answer) Jagan remains the definitive man of the Guyanese nationality and to understand why his larger-than-life legacy lives on, the researcher has to do use the comparative methodology (Feddie of course).

As stated above, Freddie, the ‘self-claimed’ academic, made this belated analysis (as he has been fortunate) “… to combine (his) academic status with (his) political praxis, (and hence possessing) a priceless microscope to watch Jagan and his detractors and make conclusions.” His conclusion, is that “Jagan was a better political creature and better human than all his detractors from the time the PPP was founded, (as) Dr. Jagan, in terms of morality, humanity, ethnical substance, towers above those in politics who criticised and disliked him.”

First off, give or take a few of Freddies forced encomiums (as exemplified in this piece I am referring to), this is a well-known reality. Only to Freddie this was not so, and can’t be so. Why?

Here it comes, and mind you, I am just grabbing a few examples of his vitriolic spittle that he hurled at Dr. Jagan and the PPP for decades. In his “October 5, 1992 destroyed Guyana; can it be reborn?” Freddie Kissoon stated that “The closest analogy of October 5 in terms of degeneracy is the French Revolution. The rebellion of the oppressed in France (that) led to a revolution that degenerated into psychotic excesses.

This (Guyana) revolution on October 5, 1992 deteriorated into partisan, ethnic politics under Cheddi Jagan and his wife, Janet, then in what was to become the first instance of semi-fascism in the English-speaking Caribbean, it climaxed under the depravity of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabals.” What an inditement! Here is a quick footnote of what Freddie is saying about Jagan, as he paralleled him with the infamous French Revolution (1789–1799) that descended from initial reformist ideals into violent extremism, marked by the Reign of Terror, mass executions of perceived enemies via guillotine, and systemic de-Christianization. It established a totalitarian, totalitarian-style dictatorship, resulting in an estimated 16,000–40,000 deaths.”

According to Freddie, and seeking substantiation, he invokes the French Revolution descent, and stated that Jagan engineered a PPP that is a mirror image of that era. Hence, his attempt to ‘worship’ Jagan now is futile and is a poor act of ingratiation. Further, he wrote that “October 5 dissolved… pillars of democracy. And the erosion did not start with Bharrat Jagdeo. It began the day after October 5. All the reclamations of important values that Hoyte recovered for Guyana that were discarded under Burnham were discarded again under Cheddi and Janet Jagan. (Get this readers) October 5 has lacerated the legacy of Cheddi Jagan.”  As he “practised a vicious form of hogging of power. The WPA, which bore the brunt of State violence under Burnham, was nastily cast aside. (and) naked corruption began to emerge and though he and his wife were against it, he put party before country and did not act.”

I wonder if this lackey still believes that “Today, Guyana is paying horrifically for the failure of October 5.? O yes, Freddie-the froth, evinced those words, claiming ‘intellectual analysis, unique to him, redounded in this pronouncement.

I think the above suffices as it places Jagan in a cauldron of unprecedented corruption, where Freddie Kissoon is concerned.

Now to his piece, “Cheddi Jagan was not interested in power-sharing when in power – Stabroek News July 7, 2015^[1],” (as a response to ‘The PPP has lost its way’, SN, July 5- Mr. Ralph Ramkarran), he chided Ralph by saying that his statement that “The PPP has made, arguably, the most egregious blunder in its entire history by failing to implement Cheddi Jagan’s ‘shared governance’ or ‘winner does not take all’ policies in political conditions in 2011, where it could have been easily sold to its supporters. The PPP would have had to make fundamental concessions and share power in circumstances of equality where it would not ‘dominate or be dominated’- a policy also advocated by Jagan.”

This piqued Freddie avowed that “I honestly believe that Guyana’s historiography cries out for a correction to the many fictions that have been turned into positives in the politics of Cheddi Jagan. It is for this reason, I have attempted to confront these falsehoods for several years now. Too many virtuous things have been attributed to Cheddi Jagan that were absolutely baseless.”

He noted that “An objective and independent-minded historian (like him I guess) would not have written those words because there is nothing in history and the career of Dr. Jagan to support them.”

Finally, how about “Violent when in power, still violent when out of power – Freddie Kissoon^[2]” In this Dec 13, 2017 episode, he asseverates that “In the sixties, the PPP leaders were committing acts of violence against PNC targets, and that he lived to see the PPP hold power in Guyana for twenty-three years, and it was a frightening moment in his life, as he almost lost his life twice, was hunted out of his UG job, and his wife was victimized. Simply put, the “The PPP is a violent party. It cannot reform and will not reform” as it is his opinion, “an irredeemable animal.”

I close by alluding to the people that Freddie sought to brandish for being anti-Jagan and PPP, a list that he tops by far. Here we go: Balram Singh Rai, Moses Bhagwan, Eusi Kwayana, Martin Carter, Rupert Roopnaraine, David DeCaires, Clive Thomas, and Paul Tennessee. I ask, based on the prolixity of his writing, how then can “Dr. Jagan always remain the best human Guyana has crafted.” The opposite is true, according to Freddie Kissoon.

If I have to pick the ultimate paragon for anti Jagan and PPP, it must be Freddie Kissoon. He heads the list and may do better in this role, since it is natural to him. When he seeks to worship and deify anyone or anything PPP, it comes over, not only as hollow and stupid, but also as a ‘failed attempt’ in irony.  Is he senile, mentally confused, or opportunistic (as age take its toll on his modicum of intellectuality)?

References

1. Cheddi Jagan was not interested in power-sharing when in power — www.stabroeknews.com ↩
2. Violent when in power, still violent when out of power – Freddie ... — guyaneseonline.wordpress.com ↩