Dear Editor,
I read with considerable interest the publication in this week’s column ‘In the Diaspora’ of an article headed ‘Would Cheddi have sold his house for $120 Million?’
The article by Dr Arif Bulkan raised legitimate questions about certain real estate transactions involving state, government or publicly held lands.
It was my hope that the response and discussion which would ensue this well-written piece of work would have been informed by facts so that the citizenry might have the benefit of information upon which it could make its own determination of the issues raised.
Regrettably as is frequently the case in Guyana, the response was swift, personal and littered with unrestrained malice.
I read and reread Dr Randy Persaud’s response published in the Chronicle under the heading ‘Dr. Bulkan advocates class warfare’ in the hope that in the maze of vitriol and rants about class warfare one might find some facts or even information upon which one could arrive at some position on the issues raised.
I was unable to locate any. Dr Persaud referred to “a bunch of half-truths, innuendos, outright fabrications.” I am keen to be edified on those aspects of Dr Bulkan’s publication which slipped into this odious category.
Perhaps Dr Persaud may also wish to enlighten the citizenry, who do not enjoy the benefit of access to information which ought to be public, on the aspect of Dr Bulkan’s article which “is nothing short of inciting extremist hatred against the president of Guyana.”
I am reassured by Dr Persaud’s statement that “For years now the president has been cultivating a culture of prosperity.
That opportunity is for all Guyanese” and thus I am looking forward to the opportunity to purchase an acre of ocean front property in the environs of the capital city for $2.5 M.
Yours faithfully,
C A Nigel Hughes
Citizen
