“THE opposition group ups fight for probe of Govt-Khan ties”, the Stabroek News highlighted in its Friday 14 August edition and Andre Haynes reported what took place at the meeting held at City Hall, Georgetown.

Haynes reported that the resolution supporting then demand for an international Commission of Enquiry to carry out a fair and impartial investigation was passed “with near unanimous support as only one person objected.” The names of several persons were mentioned as being present, but the person who objected to the resolution was not identified. Was this person a government agent or spy who went intended to create confusion among the opposition?

I note that Kaieteur News made no reference to any objection raised, but the Chronicle made reference to the presence of General Secretary of the Caribbean Labour Union, Mr Lincoln Lewis, who is reported to have said that the meeting was just another talk shop that would have little or no results. The newspaper further reported that Lewis’s statement was met with great opposition from PNCR Leader Robert Corbin.

Can the Editor of Stabroek News tell us whether Lincoln Lewis was the person his paper referred to who objected to the resolution, and if that is so, why Mr. Lewis was not identified? It seems as if the policy of Stabroek News is to publish only what the opposition parties proclaim, and ignore the views of prominent and respectable Guyanese whose views may run counter to them?
BRIAN JORDAN