Granger, commissioners trade blame on delayed handover of Walter Rodney inquiry report

From left to right are commissioners Seenath Jairam, SC, and Sir Richard Cheltenham and Jacqueline Samuels-Brown, QC.

Commissioners of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) say that because of a lack of facilities they were made to print their final report at their hotel and when completed it was handed over to the Attorney-General’s secretary following instructions reported to have come from President David Granger.

However, the Ministry of the Presidency last evening said the president was disappointed at the commissioners’ inability to arrange their work so as to enable them to present the report at the agreed time and date after several requests for extensions were granted.

Stabroek News was told up to Friday that the report, which was handed over on