Georgetown : The Family Court in Georgetown has been identified as the headquarters for the Commission of Inquire (COI) into the assassination of political activist and historian Dr Walter Rodney.
Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon said funds will be appropriated to resource the Commission to discharge specific activities.
“Such activities include the collection of data from the variety of sources that have historically been involved in review and judicial revises in some cases, parliamentary review in others, of Dr. Rodney’s assassination,” Dr Luncheon said.
Details of the Terms of Reference (TOR) to guide the commission and the appointment of the Commissioners will also be ironed out. Dr Luncheon said it was agreed that the commission and its work will be supported by initiatives that were not used before such as immunity from prosecution and amnesties.
The President’s announcement of the COI came on the occasion of Rodney’s the 33rd death anniversary of Rodney much to the satisfaction of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA.
Dr. Rodney a political challenger to the then Forbes Burnham administration was killed on June 13, 1980 when an explosive device that was concealed in a walkie talkie radio detonated. The device was given to him by a former GDF Sergeant who later fled to French Guiana where he remained in exile until his death several years ago.
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