Guyana minister offers to step down to answer death-squad allegations
Saturday, May 8, 2004
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Guyana Home
Affairs Minister Ronald Gajraj said Friday he would step down temporarily to
rebut allegations he was a key player in an extra-judicial death squad that
hunted wanted men. Gajraj said he has asked
President Bharrat Jagdeo to open a fair and impartial inquiry into the
allegations made by self-proclaimed death-squad informant George Bacchus, the
political opposition and news media reports.
"I am prepared to proceed on leave upon such a mechanism being put in place to
facilitate a fair and impartial inquiry and to allay fears of interference
with the process that warped and corrupt minds may harbour," Gajraj said.
Chief government spokesman Robert Persaud did not say whether Jagdeo would
accept Gajraj's request. The request comes
after three months of refusal by the government to hold a public inquiry into
the allegations. The government has said it would only agree to a criminal
probe if a crime is reported to police.
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