Dear Editor,
THE Kaieteur News of Feb. 29, 2016 carried an Oscar Ramjeet letter captioned “That document should not have been leaked”. In that letter, Mr Ramjeet contended that “so far no government official or anyone from the PPP or WPA has questioned who leaked the COI Report on the death of Walter Rodney.”While he might be right about the named entities not posing the question, let it be known that, as early as Feb. 20th, the Forbes Burnham Foundation raised the question at its annual conference, and also at a subsequent public forum which was covered by the media, and as recent as Feb. 28th on its monthly programme, ‘State of the Nation’.

The Foundation sees it as very conspiratorial that the Report was leaked, and published on Feb. 20th, the birth anniversary of the man whom the reported demonises; and that, but a day after, the Former President, Mr Ramotar, made one of his infrequent forays into the press in an extensive article, claiming that he had been vindicated, as if to suggest that he had established the Commission to verify his stance on the matter, rather than to determine the truth. He was so triumphant he could not allow the Report to speak for itself.

The Burnham Foundation, which had, in June 2014, expressed reservations about the composition and manner of establishment of the Commission before it began its work, was inclined to await its official release before commenting; but in light of others commenting, the Foundation will shortly make its studied position public.

Yours sincerely,
VINCENT ALEXANDER
Chairman, Forbes Burnham Foundation