Former Chancellor Justice Cecil Kennard yesterday took the oath of office as a member of the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 Linden protestor shootings and he hoped for it to proceed smoothly so that its work can be completed within a reasonable time.
Kennard, who took the oath of office before President Donald Ramotar at Office of the President (OP), was out of the country when the other four members of the commission took their oath on September 5. They are: Former Justice of Appeal Claudette Singh; Justice Lensley Wolfe and Senior Counsel K.D. Knight of Jamaica; and Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Commission of Inquiry will begin public hearings into