The Alliance For Change (AFC) welcomes and supports the announcement that an international Commission of Inquiry will be appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Dr. Walter Rodney who was killed in a bomb blast 33 years ago today.
The AFC is not satisfied though with the imprecise and vague promise for the establishment of the tribunal and, judging that similar pronouncements since 1992 by the ruling PP have been made, we demand that a time frame be set.
We note that the killing of Dr. Rodney had become a political football being kicked between the PPP and the PNC. The former has accused the latter with assassinating the renowned historian – activist, but failed to investigate its claim over the past 21 years it has been in government.
The prime suspect, Gregory Smith (A.K.A Johnson) has since died. The AFC hopes that this new promise will help Guyana understand the truth behind the June 13, 1980 violent demise of Walter Rodney.
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