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Sep 17, 2009 Letters
Dear Editor,
Ms. Sheila Holder, Member of Parliament (MP) of the Alliance for Change (AFC), leveled a serious allegation against me and Trinidad pollster Ramsamooch (sic) claiming we are engaged in “fictitious polling for Indian-based parties”.
Holder maintains that she had this discussion with panel members at a meet funded by the OAS and hosted by Miami International Univ. She offered no evidence to substantiate her allegation and she herself said no proof was provided at the Miami meet to give credence to the charge.
Since her allegation surfaced about two weeks ago, the OAS Secretary General, in a written memo, denied such discussion took place. Ramdin was backed by Profs Ramesh Deosaran and Peter Wickham, both from UWI, and who were also panelists at the meeting.
All three said no discussion took place on Ramsamooch (sic) and myself.
In light of the fact that there were denials and repudiations from three credible individuals, it is only appropriate that Ms. Holder offer a retraction and an apology to the pollsters whose reputation have been tarnished by Holder’s unfounded allegation.
I wish to point out that I have never conducted a poll for any Indian-based party and was never involved in any fictitious poll. I spoke with Ramsamooch and he told me he does not conduct polls for Indian based parties, and does not know what a fictitious poll is. I too don’t know what a fictitious poll is.
Perhaps Ms. Holder can define a fictitious poll and tell us whether the polls conducted by Dick Morris and commissioned by her, fall under her definition of a fictitious poll. Just to remind Ms. Holder, Morris’s poll projected the AFC heading for a victory in the 2006 elections. The party won 10% of the votes.
Ms. Holder is a MP and must be held to a higher standard than say a columnist engaged in gossiping. She ought not uttered remarks that cannot be supported by solid evidence. An apology and retraction are appropriate remedies when one errs.
Vishnu Bisram
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