Slowe leads inquiry into alleged plot to kill president

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan presenting Paul Slowe with the instrument for his appointment to head the inquiry (Photo by Keno George)

Retired Assistant Com-missioner of Police, Paul Slowe was yesterday sworn in to lead the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger and the police force’s handling of the investigation.

Slowe, who was sworn-in by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and said he would begin work as soon as possible, has been mandated to inquire into “the persons, places, time, circumstances and events by and through which allegations and reports came to be made of an intention of a plan to assassinate” Granger.

His terms of reference also include investigating and reviewing the full range of the actions and responses of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to the reports and the extent to which