Granger stands by non-cooperation with Walter Rodney inquiry

David Granger

PNCR leader David Granger says that he and his party will not be reversing their position of non-cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of historian Dr Walter Rodney, although he was named during recent testimony.

Granger was named during the testimony of former army chief-of-staff Major General (retired) Norman McLean last Thursday. McLean said during the period 1979 to 1980 Granger was the commander of Camp Ayanganna. The commission has so far heard testimony that the army had supplied the House of Israel with guns and ammunition during that period.

Granger told Stabroek News yesterday that he had written to the president and the commission’s chairman indicating that his party will not be cooperating with the CoI, in the light of the Terms of Reference (ToR), specifically number four, which he said directs the commission’s attention at him because during the period being referred to he was a commander of the