Donald Rodney to mount vigil for hearing date from Appeal Court

Donald Rodney, the brother of slain  WPA Leader Dr Walter Rodney, will mount a vigil from tomorrow outside of the Guyana Court of Appeal for a date of the hearing of his appeal against his 1982 conviction for the possession of explosives.

That conviction which stemmed from the death of his brother in the June 13, 1980 explosion, had always being challenged as trumped up to fit the narrative of the day for the death of Dr Rodney.

In a statement today, Donald Rodney said that tomorrow he will be mounting a vigil outside of the Court of Appeal building, High Street, Kingston, as action for a date to be fixed for his appeal in the Court of Appeal to proceed, and calling for a thorough probe into the previous, unlawful High Court hearing which purported to dismiss his appeal to the 1982 conviction.  He said that the vigil will be held one day per week in the first instance.

In connection with the matter, he is also launching an ‘I am Walter Rodney” petition to be signed and submitted to the Court of Appeal Registry and the Chancellor.