The commission of enquiry appointed to probe the events surrounding the attempted coup on July 27, 1990, is continuing its deliberations and has requested submissions by the public which "are relevant to the commission's terms of reference."
In an advertisement in the Sunday Guardian, the commission issued its request for submissions. It also invited members of the public to make oral submissions. "Persons who wish to give oral evidence before the commission must clearly indicate their intention to do so, and provide full details with respect to names, addresses and contact numbers," the advertisement read.
The closing date for submissions will be October 29. Commenting on the work of the commission, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley said in an interview that he supported the work of the commission because there was need for closure. "I look forward to seeing what they would treat with...I expect there would be interesting submissions," he said. He said he hoped professionalism would prevail when the inquiry was concluded. "I hope it (the conclusion) doesn't generate into unpleasantries," he said.
"We don't know who are the people who are going to appear before it (the commission)." Rowley said he was looking forward to hearing "what the security services had to say, because that was the biggest failure in the whole thing – that the security services were caught by surprise."
He said: "I am sure they (police officers) are out of the service but those who are around, I want to hear what they have to say. "We need to hear from the insurgents what was the driving force behind this attempted coup," he added.