The Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of Dr. Walter Rodney is surely a ‘plus’ for the governing PPP/C administration.

The time is long overdue for all those who conspired to kill Dr.Rodney to be exposed and if the statute of limitation permits, be criminally charged. Even though some key players have died, there are still some alive holding constitutional positions and at least two sitting in front benches of Parliament.
 
Guyanese and the world will be shocked at the revelations coming out of the enquiry. I am sure many in positions of influence will seek political  favours to stall or derail the enquiry, as the time draws nearer.
 
I further  state that I am  privy to information that will be given to the commission in the form of evidence by witnesses even though there will be hard evidence against the  then president, there will be strong circumstantial  evidence against him and his lieutenants, those of that era are well aware Burnham  and three well trained intelligence agencies working for him all of whom operated on a “need to know basis”. Agents never knew each other and in most cases only knew their relay officers by code names such as ‘CONDOR’, ‘MOONRIVER’, ‘SATELITE’ and ‘EAGLE’.
Burnham also skilfully created  an atmosphere of distrust among the three heads of intelligence agencies operating at the time, as each was asked to monitor  the activities  of the other. Burnham was also well aware, via intelligence, that Rodney had successfully infiltrated key state apparatuses and their personnel and his support base was dwindling, thus his overthrow was imminent.
 
We are talking here of Motive and Opportunity; and finally I am responsible for a prominent W.P.A  leader being alive today as he, too, was marked for execution. The order to kill him did not come from President Burnham as it was rumoured. He was the godson of Burnham. That order came from one of Burnham’s top lieutenants who felt the W.P.A leader may have been  passing information  to Burnham about the top lieutenant passing classified information to Rodney.
 
 I have no evidence that the W.P.A  co-leader was passing information to Burnham, but it was rumoured he and a prominent businesswoman who were/are very close, leaked internal information to Burnham. The Commission of Inquiry will definitely bring out the truth.