The five members of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy was yesterday afternoon sworn in by President David Granger who urged that they be guided by the need for mercy and compassion for those who have broken the law.
“…in Guyana we need that quality of mercy. We need to transform our political culture from this dog-eat-dog mindset that some people seem to have adopted over the years. We need to be more compassionate, more merciful and if you have a president, who is not compassionate, who is not capable of extending mercy, what sort of country are we living in? What sort of country you want our children to grow up in?” Granger said shortly after the oaths were administered.
The members of the council are Dr Carl Hanoman, Justice Duke Pollard and Yvonne Harewood- Benn along with Merle Mendonca and Justice James Patterson, both of whom are members of the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deadly prison fire that
