MV Barima tragedy: “Let the CoI work” – President Ali

What this source establishes

State's position: defer to the CoI. The President's answer to three weeks of resignation demands, in a single sentence. Asked about calls for Minister Juan Edghill's removal, Dr Irfaan Ali: "There is a CoI that I've established that is independent. And let the CoI work."

Key claims

• **The President's answer to three weeks of resignation demands, in a single sentence.** Asked about calls for Minister Juan Edghill's removal, Dr Irfaan Ali: **"There is a CoI that I've established that is independent. And let the CoI work."**
• **This is a deferral, not a defence.** It does not address the substance of the demands, and it places the question inside a body that on the following day said it was still organising itself.
• Figures as given by a government-aligned outlet: **179 aboard, 76 survived, 73 confirmed dead, 30 missing**.
• **[DISCREPANCY]** This report says **two** crew members tested positive for marijuana after rescue — Captain Kevin Price and Chief Mate Rondell Dwayne Roberts. Other reporting in this corpus refers to the drug testing of three men. The archive records the difference and resolves nothing.
• **Nothing here bears on guilt.** All three men were charged on 28 July and remanded. They are untried.

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