Bar Association to participate in prison inquiry

Christopher Ram (extreme left) making submissions before Commissioners Dale Erskine (second from left) and Merle Mendonca (right) and Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Justice James Patterson (second from right). (Photo by Keno George)

The second hearing of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal Camp Street prison unrest was yesterday deferred until Monday after President of the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) Christopher Ram successfully moved for its members to have full participatory rights instated.

These rights include the right to have counsel present at the inquiry, the right to participate in the process,