APNU welcomes Walter Rodney inquiry

Although surprised at the timing of the decision to set up an international inquiry into the death of renowned academic and political activist Dr Walter Rodney, the main opposition APNU has welcomed the move.

Executive Member of APNU Basil Williams told a news conference yesterday that the coalition was committed to “resolving this matter once and for all” but admitted to being surprised that it came 33 years after Rodney’s death and over 20 years after the PPP/C assumed the government.

“It is strange because the PPP has been in power since 1992 and a motion came in Parliament also for a Commission of Inquiry and they abstained so we are kind of surprised at this juncture that they have agreed,” he said, referring to the motion in the National Assembly in