Muslim leader blanks Commission of Inquiry

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prominent Barbadian jurist Sir David Simmons Monday called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to review the Commission of Inquiry legislation after the leader of the Jamaat-al Muslimeen group failed to appear before the Commission probing the circumstances that led to the failed 1990 coup against the then government of prime minister ANR Robinson.
This is the second occasion that Yasin Abu Bakr has blanked the Commission and Sir David, who is chairing the Commission, said the government should look at similar legislation in Canada in its review of the current act.
“The government should give very serious consideration to reforming the Commission of Inquires Act. The government should look at Canada and see some of the relevant legislation that operates in Canada within the context of the Charter of Rights and within the context the human rights provisions of the Constitution,” he said.