DEMERARA WAVES, FEB 8 --- The presentation of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry Report to President David Granger on Monday hit a snag because the ink being used to print the document has finished.
“Commissioner of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry,Sir Richard Cheltenham did not submit the COI Report to President David Granger, as was scheduled to happen today.
Sir Cheltenham reported that he was unable to make the 12:00 pm scheduled time because he had run out of ink to print the document. A detailed release will be sent out on the matter shortly,” the Ministry of the Presidency said in a brief statement.
Sir Richard and the two other Commissioners arrived in Guyana last week to complete the writing of the report for its presentation to the Guyanese leader on 8th February, 2016.
The report should have been presented to Granger since 30th November, 2015 but there have been several delays.
Rodney was killed near the Georgetown Prison on 13th June, 1980 when a bomb-in-walkie talkie, which was given to him by a Guyana Defence Force electronics expert Sergeant Gregory Smith, exploded in his lap.
At that time, Rodney and his Working People’s Alliance had been leading a civilian rebellion against what his party had called the Forbes Burnham-led dictatorship of the then People’s National Congress (PNC).
GILBAKKA'S COMMENT: The Ramotar regime had spent over $300 million on the Rodney COI with the intention of scooping dirt to throw on PNC Leader David Granger in the lead up to the 2016 general elections. Sir Richard Cheltenham and those commissioners collected fat pay checks but still they don't have money for printer ink. Incredible!!!
