Dear Editor,
Of all the letters that Mr. Eusi Kwayana has ever written in these columns, letters which stand out from the mass of mediocrity to which we are often subjected, his letter, “Pandit Gossai is involved in court proceedings concerning the affairs of a Florida Mandir,” (SN, 6/3/2007) constitutes a precipitous descent into vindictiveness and cheap sensationalism, unworthy of this revered veteran.
Mr. Kwayana’s challenge to the Pandit’s appointment as Presidential advisor in his earlier letter took a decidedly principled position with which no one could disagree. It was honest, sincere and above all it had a clear purpose.
What might one ask is the purpose of Mr. Kwayana’s present letter? Is it meant to buttress his disagreement with the Gossai appointment? Does the appointment become any more questionable because of Pandit Gossai’s alleged involvement in the affairs of the Florida mandir?
If the appointment is wrong it has to be so for the reasons Mr. Kwayana offered in his earlier letter, and certainly not because Pandit Gossai may be in court over an alleged wrongdoing.
The least that the writer could have done was to wait for the outcome of the case if he wanted to use it as a broadside in his condemnation. For once it seems that the virtue of patience eluded Mr. Kwayana who writes with such relish of Pandit Gossai’s involvement, one would think, reading his present letter that allegation is tantamount to conviction.
Yet, Mr. Kwayana, more than anyone else, who has spent a virtual lifetime in the courts of Guyana, fighting for the causes he espoused, must have an appreciation for the ways of the law.
Is the old warrior losing his edge and his reputation for fairness?
Yours faithfully,
Ravindra Jagnandan
