– Rohee exoneratedBy Michael Jordan and Leonard GildarieThe five-member Commission of Inquiry has found the Guyana Police Force culpable in the deaths of three Lindeners who were slain on July 18, 2012, when protests erupted in the bauxite mining town.The report also fully exonerated embattled Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee in the events that led to the tragedy, while chastising the organisers of the protest.President Ramotar committed to making public the report on the Linden shootingsThis was revealed by sources privy to the Commission’s report, which was handed over yesterday to President Donald Ramotar by the Commission’s Chairman, former Chief Justice of Jamaica, Lensley Wolfe.While President Donald Ramotar was yesterday unable to answer questions on the findings as he is still to study it, the Commission’s Chairman, former Chief Justice of Jamaica, Lensley Wolfe, hinted that recommendations made will see justice and once implemented,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, will “positively” impact the relationship between Lindeners and the government and police.COPS ALONE HAD FIREARMSKaieteur News understands that while the Commission unearthed no direct evidence that any individual ranks shot the protesters,Jerseys NFL China, the Commission deemed the Guyana Police Force culpable, since there was no evidence that anyone other than the police ranks were in possession of firearms when protestors and persons in the vicinity were shot.During the hearing, senior police ranks who testified had stated that the civilians were shot with copper-coated shotgun ammunition and claimed that this ammunition was no longer used by the Force. Several civilians, including those who were wounded, had testified to seeing police ranks shooting into the crowd that had gathered near the Mackenzie/Wismar Bridge.Dead: Ron SomersetThis newspaper was also told that the Commission recommended financial compensation to the families of the three slain men, and similar compensation to the wounded, and for those whose properties were destroyed or damaged in the aftermath of the shooting.ROHEE EXONERATEDThe Commission, sources said, concluded that Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was not to blame for the events that led to the shooting of the protesters on July 18.Rohee had testified before the Commission that he only gave general instructions to the Police to maintain law and order. Under oath, he had also vehemently denied suggestions that he was responsible for the Linden shooting, saying he had been made out to be the “villain” by persons who have a political agenda against him.Among other things,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, the Commission of Inquiry would have had to find out whether Minister Rohee gave any general or specific instructions to the Guyana Police Force to maintain law and order in Linden immediately before, during and immediately after the events on July 18.However,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, it was established that phone records tendered indicated that Minister Rohee did not make contact with the then police commander,Cheap China Jerseys, Senior Superintendant Clifton Hicken using his mobile phone, prior to the shooting.PROTEST ORGANISERS CASTIGATEDThe Commission reportedly strongly castigated the individuals who organised the march that led to protesters blocking the Mackenzie/ Wismar Bridge and failing to ensure that the protestors did not obstruct the flow of traffic.According to sources, the Commission’s report was also critical of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament Desmond Trotman for supporting the blocking of the Mackenzie/ Wismar Bridge during his testimony.Trotman had aroused the ire of Commission Chairman Wolfe for saying that he was unapologetic for remarks made in support of protestors blocking the Mackenzie /Wismar Bridge in light of promises made by the government for economic relief in the community.Trotman at the time was replying to Wolfe, as to whether persons had the right to break the law given the problems facing Lindeners.This had caused Wolfe to remark: “It is indeed a disappointment to hear a member of the legislature making such statements.”Dead: Ivan LewisTo which Trotman had replied, “Members of the legislature must understand and emphasize the problems the people are facing, and I say and do so unapologetically.”President Ramotar had ordered the Commission of Inquiry last August following the July 18 shootings which left Lindeners Shemroy Bouyea, Ron Somerset and Allan Lewis dead, following protests in the Region 10 mining community over plans by government to raise electricity rates.The protests continued for a month, virtually shutting down mining and other economic activities to hinterland ar