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Gov’t stands by position on appointing Jairam on Rodney’s COI
– says APNU clutching at straws
Government stands by its position to appoint Trinidadian Jurist, Senior Counsel Seenauth Jairam as a Commissioner on the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Walter Rodney’s death.
Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira yesterday said that APNU’s call against Jairam being part of the COI speaks volumes. Teixeira said that APNU should not question Jairam’s competence in executing his duties without bias. She stressed that even though the party has a right to its own opinion; government looks at it as being “highly prejudicial”.
Teixeira maintained that the Commission was made of “outstanding jurists” within the Region, whose integrity has not been challenged. She opined that there may be an ulterior motive why some people are uncomfortable with the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry.
Last week A Partnership for National Unity raised questions on the appointment of Jairam as a Commissioner.
Party Member Attorney at Law Basil Williams had raised the issue of Jairam being retained by the Government after the Parliamentary Majority in the National Assembly reduced the Budget.
“Given the very sensitive political nature of this Commission, the Partnership would have hoped that the PPP/C Administration would have selected Commissioners that are politically neutral and individuals with no links to the PPP/C Government so as to at least give the perception of impartiality” Williams stated.
In 1974 Rodney had returned to Guyana from Tanzania. He was due to take up a position as a professor at the University of Guyana but the then Government prevented his appointment. He became increasingly active in politics, founding the Working People’s Alliance, a party that provided the most effective and credible opposition to the PNC Government. In 1979 he was arrested and charged with arson after two government offices were burned.
On 13 June 1980, Walter Rodney at the age of thirty-eight was killed by a bomb in his car, a month after returning from the independence celebrations in Zimbabwe and during a period of intense political activism.
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