JUSTICE GODFREY SMITH: ALLEGIANCE IS TO LAW, NOT GOVERNMENT

LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN: Rejecting public skepticism regarding state influence over executive inquiries, Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the deadly MV Barima tragedy, Justice Godfrey P. Smith, declared unequivocally on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, that the five-member panel will not function as an arm of the Government.