(Demerara Waves) – The five-member Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the ferry MV Barima has visited the area where the vessel sank on July 18, and has gathered information about its seaworthiness, that body said.
In a notice to the public, Secretary to the Commission Javed Shadick said all persons with information relevant to the Terms of Reference will be required to attend and give evidence before the Commission.
He said the Commission is statutorily empowered to summon any person to attend and give evidence or to produce books, plans or documents at any sitting of the Commission and give testimony connected with the inquiry as the Commissioners shall prescribe.
In a statement, the Commission said it so far “made a preliminary, in-person survey of the site of the accident.”
The vessel sank about nine nautical miles off Pomeroon, Essequibo Coast on July 18 with an estimated 179 passengers and crew.
