Like many Guyanese, I’ve endured Freddie Kissoon’s petty, venomous attacks on Lincoln Lewis in the taxpayer funded newspaper. I’d vowed to ignore his nonsense, but bullies like Freddie don’t tire or fade away. They feed on malice, and silence only emboldens them. His latest screed isn’t criticism, It’s the tantrum of a bitter man who mistakes cruelty for relevance and it deserves a response.
Lincoln Lewis has what Freddie Kissoon has spent a lifetime chasing but never grasped, respect, relevance, and the loyalty of people who genuinely value his contributions. These things cannot be bought, bullied, or faked, they are earned through decades of consistency, courage, and real service to the people of Guyana.
Kissoon, by contrast, stumbles through his final, forgettable years as a bitter, ineffectual critic, scribbling away for pennies in a desperate bid to remain noticed. Even the PPP, which now employs him as a low-rent propagandist, doesn’t trust him. They pay him just enough to distract from their own corruption, knowing full well he has nowhere else to go.
Our public discourse is already polluted with distractions and cheap shots. We deserve better. We can argue fiercely on facts. We can hold every government to the law. We can demand that our unions, parties, media, and universities meet the same standards of fairness they preach. That is the Guyana we should strive for, one where credibility still means something.
Freddie Kissoon has spent years shouting into the void. Loud is not the same as respected. Relevance is not measured by column inches but by whether people trust you to be fair, steady, and principled, no matter who holds power. On that score, Kissoon has failed spectacularly.
A country needs critics who sharpen its conscience, not those who shift their morals with the political winds. You cannot condemn today what you cheered yesterday and expect people to take you seriously. They see through the act. They always do.
Kaieteur News, perhaps the institution that knew him best, finally had enough of his alleged deceit and demonstrated vulgar mediocrity, they put him out to pasture. Now, he lashes out at Lincoln Lewis, a man whose legacy dwarfs his own, not out of principle, but out of sheer, pathetic envy.
Kissoon could never fill Lincoln Lewis’ shoes, he shouldn’t bother trying. Lewis stands for the people and the rule of law, unwavering in his principles. He has held every government, employer, and opposition to the same standard, proving himself a man of unshakable backbone.
Lewis does not bend with the breeze. Check his record, successive governments, opposition benches, and employers have all faced the same unflinching scrutiny. He calls out what’s wrong and praises what’s right, because that’s his job. That’s leadership. That’s why people still stop him in the street and say, “Keep going.”
What does Freddie Kissoon stand for? Nothing. His political “convictions” have blown in every direction, PPP, WPA, AFC, Coalition, and now back to the PPP. The only party he hasn’t betrayed is the PNC, and they should consider it a badge of honor. No decent institution should want anything to do with a man whose only consistency is his opportunism.
Kissoon has shifted his targets and alliances over time. That’s his right. But every betrayal carries a cost. Credibility is like a savings account, you deposit with integrity and withdraw when you take shortcuts. Drain it too often, and all that’s left is noise.
His attacks on Lewis reek of envy. When you can’t match someone’s credibility, you try to drag them down to your level. But that won’t work on a man like Lewis, who has built his reputation the hard way. He cannot be bullied, bought, or boxed into partisan corners. He shows up for working people, and he keeps his word.
The greatest irony? Lincoln Lewis once defended Kissoon’s job at UG on principle, saving him from the consequences of his own incompetence. Some would say that was a mistake, had Lewis let him fall then, Guyana might have been spared decades of his toxic drivel.
Kissoon is a menace to honest discourse, a bitter relic clinging to relevance through division rather than principle. Like Bharrat Jagdeo, he represents a blight on our nation’s political conscience, where self-interest masquerades as commentary. The day Guyana finally says good riddance will be a day of liberation.
