Coalition parties to present views on Rodney CoI report

The parties making up the APNU+AFC coalition government are expected to present their views on the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report later this week, according to President David Granger who still has not said when the document will officially be made public.

Granger told reporters yesterday that given that it was a government report, it was felt that the coalition parties should have the first opportunity to read it. Leaked copies of the report have circulated in public for weeks and the contents were reported on extensively by the press including Stabroek News.

Speaking to reporters after swearing in the five members of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy at the Ministry of Presidency yesterday, the president said every party in the coalition has been given copies of the document for their comments. “It is now freely available anyway because all of the