Bar Association withdraws from prison unrest CoI

At the height of proceedings yesterday, President of the Guyana Bar Association Christopher Ram withdrew the group’s participation from the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the prison unrest after declaring that he had “had enough” with how the proceedings were being run.

“As I said, I have had enough. The Bar Association will not sit down here and be interrupted unnecessarily. Already we have a serious problem; we are not being allowed a full opportunity to cross-examine,” Ram stated.

This statement followed an objection that was made by Joint Services attorney Selwyn Pieters when a