Jordan to lobby for revised payouts for victims of fatal Linden protest shootings

Lamenting the fact each member of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the killings that occurred during the July, 2012 protests in Linden was paid more than the total payout to those injured and the families of those killed, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has said that he will be lobbying for a review of the package.

“I am asking my section here to revisit the compensation given to those people because… the total compensation given to those people was less than the compensation given to one commissioner. Shame! I am asking my government to see it in their heart sometime before our term is finished to correct that egregious wrong that was done to those people,” Jordan told the House, as he closed the five-day debate on the proposed 2019 Budget.

The event in question involved protestors being injured and killed, after police fired upon them during a demonstration on July 18th, 2012.