Guyana Observer News

 By Freddie Kissoon

I was having lunch a year ago with Mark Benschop, who rushed from his seat, ran onto the road and yelled out, “come, come” to a passing driver. The female driver pulled up, came into the small cook-shop, and Benschop began to chat with her. Benschop then said to the petite, bespectacled lady; “You know Freddie Kissoon, my friend,” to which she replied, “unfortunately.” I could have fired back to former Magistrate Juliet Holder-Allen but I have mellowed over the years. After she left, Benschop said to me, “Man, don’t worry with her.” On Thursday afternoon, Benschop asked me if I know a good mechanic because his brakes failed him. I took him to my guy and the car had to be left. While driving in my vehicle, I slowed down at Public Road, Kitty and Vlissengen Road because repairs were being done right at that junction to accommodate the celebration of the death anniversary of President Burnham. A mountain of sand was blocking the free flow of traffic. There were a number of PNC leaders on the parapet. Benschop engaged Volda Lawrence who seemed reluctant to respond. The human rights activist then told Lawrence, “You don’t want speak to me?’ Lawrence responded; “Not particularly.”