The family of PPP/C Minister of Agriculture, Satyadeow `Sash’ Sawh, who was murdered in 2006 has rapped Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo for remarks suggesting that vital information from that period will remain undisclosed.
In a letter that appears on page six of today’s edition of Stabroek News, Sawh’s son, Roger, said the remarks were made on August 18 when Jagdeo, also PPP General Secretary, spoke on a night of reflection on the life of the late Dr Roger Luncheon.
The family of Sawh, who had also been a senior member of the party, has waged a 17-year campaign for answers on his murder and those of his brother, sister and a security guard on the night of April 22, 2006. The gruesome murders occurred under the Jagdeo presidency and amid a runaway crime spree. No one was tried for the murders though the authorities had said that prime suspects had died during confrontations with the security forces. With the security forces unable to control the situation several death squads arose. Luncheon, who was Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Presidential Secretariat at the time, famously anointed one as a “phantom” force.
