COI Update

President of the Republic of Guyana David Granger terminated the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry. The commissioners are expected to provide a report on 30th November, 2015. There has been an international outcry to the early termination of the Inquiry and a petition requesting an additional two weeks to hear evidence was circulated.

As Dr Robert Hill (University of California, Los Angeles) writes,

“[W]here time is really at issue is not in regard to the two-week extension of time for the Commission of Enquiry to wrap up its work; rather, it is time for the Government of Guyana to stop re-assassinating Walter Rodney and let the world know once and for all what happened and who was responsible for Rodney’s assassination. Walter Rodney was not just a great scholar and acclaimed intellectual; he was one of the greatest sons of Guyana and its people. Any disrespect of his memory is disrespect shown to the people of Guyana. It is time for the Government to do the right thing and let the Commission of Enquiry complete its work!”

--- taken from "'And Even Death Cannot Silence Him': What Will it Take to Establish the Truth of Rodney's Assassination?" originally published at Stabroeknews.com.