Gov’t votes to examine findings of Walter Rodney inquiry

Challenging the integrity of the work of the Commission of Inquiry into the death of Walter Rodney, government used its majority in the wee hours of Friday morning to rework an opposition motion to have the findings adopted.

The motion, moved by PPP/C Chief Whip Gail Teixeira, originally sought to have the assembly adopt the commission’s report and direct the government “to take measures to implement the recommendations therein in order to ensure that the democratic architecture of the state is preserved and strengthened.”

However, in the end, the APNU+AFC government members