Dear Editor,
In response to Mr Bisram’s letter this week (‘Several aspects of the NACTA poll were spot on’ SN, June 8) when he states that it is indeed I who got it all wrong, I would just like to state that all the nonsense he places before the public is just camouflage for his failure as a pollster. The citizens of Guyana are quite aware of Mr Bisram and his opinionated positions and boastful attitudes because his letters reflect those weaknesses, leading to the conclusion that here is a person of definite bias. How can a pollster be balanced and truthful to a certain trend of citizens’ thoughts when he is so bent in the direction of a one-track mind? How can a pollster be effective and productive when he is not properly equipped to handle the job, and who works with staff who are not trained professionally to render a proper poll? How can a pollster be effective if he’s sitting in New York with no real contact and ‘feel’ for the way the citizens are thinking in Port Mourant or Anna Regina? How can Mr Bisram begin to comprehend the day-to-day frustrations of living in Guyana and understand the needs and wants of the citizens, when he’s trying to ‘poll’ them in a very irregular sequence?
Editor, the facts are, as I contended, Mr Bisram got it wrong, just as he did many times before. His explanations of the errors in his polling and the excuses he presents are all in character with his approach to this essential aspect of political analysis and political planning; an approach which gives us, the public, just ‘Bisram says’ and that’s it. No Editor, we cannot accept his word any more. After many years of convoluted politics in this country, are we, the citizens of Guyana, willing to put this critical modern tool of political polling in Mr Bisram’s hands? I don’t think so.
Yours faithfully,
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr)
