PRESIDENT ALI REJECTS GODFREY SMITH’S RESIGNATION AFTER U.S. VISA REVOCATION

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA — Retired Justice Godfrey Smith, SC, will remain at the helm of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) investigating the catastrophic MV Barima maritime disaster, after President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali emphatically rejected his offer to step down following the abrupt revocation of his United States visa by the U.S. Department of State.