‘Draft’ terms of Linden probe create unease

Rapheal Trotman

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Commission of Inquiry into the Linden shooting was presented to the National Assembly last evening but it could be some time yet before the Commission begins to probe the shooting which left three persons dead as the composition and other factors are still to be decided.
Attorney General, Anil Nandlall read the TOR to the House and the Alliance For Change (AFC) immediately expressed reservations while Opposition Leader, David Granger said that there is “a danger” in having “things which are written, produced, edited and delivered by one side” presented to the Assembly.
However, APNU’s Joseph Harmon who was one of the keys drafters said that it could later be amended. In an invited comment he told reporters that although what was presented was a “final draft”, issues such