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Apr 05, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
Gentleman and Former Minister Dale Bisnauth died (today) April 4, 2013. I received the sad news at 6:33 am from Khemraj Ramjattan, my party leader.
Guyana has once again lost another truly great son, author, reverend and patriot. Personally I have lost a father figure.
I had planned on my next visit to Guyana to seek an audience with him and to seek copies of his publications including “Cavorting with the Beast”.
We shared many a good time before and after the 1992 General and Regional Elections. We discussed things and had many arguments over cricket and the administration of Sports in Guyana on the advent of the PPP/C Administration in 1992.
Dale used to thoroughly enjoy my wife’s bhoungal pork.
On coming to office Dale took me on many of his outreach tours and would, unannounced, ask me to speak on youth and sports matters. After my presentations he would pontificate and deliver his decisive messages with clarity which I enjoyed. There was always some measure of banter in his presentations.
Little did I know that through this measure he was assessing my qualifications to be appointed as his Director Of Sports.
He offered me the position four times and I declined every time as I knew the position of the Party boys to have Neend Kumar appointed to the position and I did not want Dale to have to counter them. After he finally accepted my position he told me that he would then advertise the position which he did.
Dale was a tremendous Minister of Education, Sports and Culture in those epoch making period of the PPP/C coming to power. He stood out as a calm, educated bright and absolutely ready individual for the task of nation building and he managed to mix his religion with his practice of politics with clarity and love.
My sincerest condolences to his wife, Pat, and his offspring, family and friends. I know that this is a severe body blow to his nephew, Phulandar Kandhai.
May his grand soul rest in peace and here is a cricket ball Buddy! Peace!
Lionel Peters
Please share this to every Guyanese including your house cats.
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