Members of Commission of Inquiry into MV Barima tragedy sworn in

What this source establishes

The five-member Commission was sworn in on Thursday 30 July, with President Ali "vowing that the government would support the work of the body." Ali: "Our nation deserves a full, fair and impartial account of what occurred, why it occurred and what must be done to ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated. The government will provide administrative, technical and financial support necessary. Every resource required will be made available."

Key claims

• The five-member Commission was sworn in on Thursday 30 July, with President Ali "vowing that the government would support the work of the body."
• Ali: "Our nation deserves a full, fair and impartial account of what occurred, why it occurred and what must be done to ensure that such a tragedy is never repeated. The government will provide administrative, technical and financial support necessary. Every resource required will be made available."
• Terms of reference reported as including vessel loading, passenger boarding, onboard conditions, the capsizing and sinking, adequacy of search and rescue, compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and "whether negligence or misconduct by individuals or entities contributed to the disaster", plus seaworthiness, maintenance history and crew competence.
• "At conclusion, the Commission shall provide recommendations for legislative, regulatory, institutional and operational reforms to improve maritime safety and prevent recurrence."
• Ali "believes they are persons of integrity who will investigate thoroughly."
• News Room retains the archive's figure: "The MV Barima tragedy claimed 73 lives, with 30 individuals still unaccounted for and 76 survivors" — directly at odds with the DPI and Demerara Waves figure of 72 recovered on the same day. (iNews Guyana published a third account the same day which the sweep records as giving 72; that article could not be retrieved and is not held in this corpus, so the two iNews documents held here both give 73.)
• No gazetting, secretary, reporting deadline, budget or call for submissions is reported.

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