A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has written to the Secretary of the Linden Commission of Inquiry objecting to the appointment to the commission of two attorneys who it says are closely connected to Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
In a letter dated September 6th 2012, the same day that the two attorneys, Euclin Gomes and Ganesh Hira, appeared at a press conference with the commissioners, APNU’s Joseph Harmon formally registered the coalition’s disenchantment with the two in a letter to inquiry secretary, Ronald Burch-Smith.
The letter , released by APNU, stated that it was a known fact that Gomes is attached to the Chamber of Nandlall and Associates and that Hira uses the said address for his legal matters.
“The A Partnership for National Unity finds it unacceptable for an inquiry of this nature, where a term of reference requires the commission to pronounce on the involvement of the Minister of Home Affairs in the event being inquired into that persons so closely connected to the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs will have such a pivotal role in the work of the Commission of Inquiry.
“We urge that the Commis-sion engages in a wider process of advertisement and consultation in the legal community before these appointment(s) are made”, the letter stated.
It is unclear whether the commission has responded to Harmon.
