AS USUAL WITH THINGS NOT GOING THEIR WAY THE OPPOSITION AND THEIR MOUTH PIECES HAVE RESORTED TO ATTACKS AGAINST THE COMMISSIONERS
A failing of the Linden Commission
Dear Editor,
I listened thoughtfully to the interventions of Mr. KD Knight, Commissioner on the Linden Commission of Inquiry, as Attorney at law Mr. Nigel Hughes, counsel for the Linden shooting victims as well as Mr. Basil Williams, counsel for the APNU, as they cross-examined Minister of Home Affairs and National Security Minister, Clement Rohee.
The temperament and content of Mr. Knight’s interventions suggest to me that he in fact abrogated, if not misplaced, his role as a “Commissioner” and “finder of fact” for that of counsel for Mr. Rohee.
I’m led to believe that Commissioner Knight’s previous familiarity with Mr. Rohee may motivate him to demonstrate an measure of loyalty to his alleged friend. But Mr. Knight’s partiality, as well as Commissioner Wolfe’s bizarre rulings, seems to be putting the integrity of the Linden Commission of Inquiry in jeopardy.
Sadly, I must here and now declare that based on the manner in which the inquiry is being conducted, I have lost confidence in the Commission’s ability to be a finder of fact and get to the bottom of what happened in Linden. I now seriously question whether justice will be served!
Rickford Burke
President
Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID)
