Government is committed to ensuring that the offices of the Commission of Enquiry into the Paria Diving Tragedy is fully resourced, and has begun to deliver extra resources to the CoE’s offices.
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, Communications, Symon De Nobriga, gave the assurance while responding to a question in the House of Representatives on Friday.
He told Opposition MP Rudranath Indarsingh that there was not an absence of resources, but rather a need for additional resources to ensure optimal operations at the Commission of Enquiry’s offices.
Earlier this week, Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry, Queen’s Counsel Jerome Lynch, told members of the media that his team lacked office furniture, equipment, staff, and even stationery to conduct an efficient probe into the deaths of divers Fyzal Kurban, Rishi Nagassar, Kazim Ali Jr., and Yusuf Henry.
A fifth person, Christopher Boodram, was the lone survivor.