AG rejects criticisms of Walter Rodney probe

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has sought to dismiss criticisms about the recently-established Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of Dr Walter Rodney, saying concerns about the focus of the investigation and the appointment of a lawyer who recently represented the government were irrational and unfounded.

He was at the time addressing criticisms recently made by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) and the main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU). Similar criticisms were yesterday made by the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), of which Dr Rodney was co-leader at the time of his death in 1980.

In addressing the GHRA’s concern over the implications of the inquiry’s scope extending