Guyana Times Final

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Sugar industry can be saved – GAWU

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Nationwide coverage from the best news team in Guyana Issue No. 2069 guyanatimesgy.com

THE BEACON OF TRUTH

AFC has betrayed sugar workers – Ramsammy – party joins APNU's call for closure of industry Thursday, March 13, 2014

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Granger says not afraid of Rodney CoI By Alexis Rodney

Former Commander of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and now Opposition Leader, David Granger said he was not fearful of the outcome of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI)into the killing of Dr Walter Rodney, stating that he was on travel duties overseas when the incident occurred. Granger, the leader of the People’s National Congress (now Reform) under whose administration Rodney was killed, is seen as a key witness in the incident. It was widely alleged that then President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham used GDF Sergeant Gregory Smith to hand Rodney a bomb which exploded in his lap while he was sitting in a car outside the Camp Street Prison. In an interview with Guyana Times on Wednesday, Granger said the establishment of the Rodney Inquiry may very well be a political move by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) to tarnish the reputation of the PNCR, a few years before the general elections. He deemed the timing of the inquiry’s establishment subtle, pointing out that the government, which has been in office for more than 21years, had previous opportunities to set up the Commission. Granger said the PPP/C’s decision to establish the inquiry, apart from what has been fed

Lowenfield is new Chief Elections Officer See story on page 3

to the public, may have stemmed from its realisation that “the tide of public opinion is turning against” the administration. However, he maintained that he was not afraid of the truth. “What I’m afraid of, however, is a tendentious Commission of Inquiry, which seems to have determined guilt even before evidence has been collected,” he told Guyana Times in the interview. Granger believes that the alleged plan by the Government to stain the political movement will eventually backfire. “If the Commission of Inquiry does its work, it may arrive at conclusions, which might be contrary to what they (the PPP/C) expect,” Granger said.

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In Belgrade

Reflecting on Rodney’s assassination, the retired Brigadier explained that he was on travel duties in Belgrade, Yugoslavia at the time. He said he was made aware of the incident through the news. Granger said the PNCR and now A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) never had any qualms over the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry. What the coalition is concerned about, he reiterated, was the appointment of GuyaneseTrinidadian Senior Counsel Jairam Seenath, which has been described as contentious. Turn to page 3

Buxton man chops wife, commits suicide See story on page 17

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Guyanese dies on St Vincent cargo vessel P17


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