Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton yesterday stressed that they will not relent in their call for an independent commission of inquiry to be carried out into the Mahdia dormitory fire and according to him $5m is not enough compensation for each of the families of the victims.
At his weekly press conference yesterday, Norton charged that the “government deployed several devious and heartless ploys to avoid taking full responsibility and to brush the matter under the carpet.”
He stated, “Most recently, Guyanese across the social and political spectrum joined in condemning the insulting act by the government to offer the parents the stingy financial compensation and to coerce or intimidate them into signing documents absolving the government from any future potential claims for liability and injury.”