The Las Alturas Commission of Enquiry is expected to start sitting by month-end or early December, says Attorney General Anand Ramlogan. Government announced the formation of the commission two weeks ago. Commissioners have not yet been sworn in.
The commission will be headed by retired Justice of Appeal Mustapha Ibrahim and includes structural engineering expert Anthony Farrell, and a past president of the Association of Professional Engineers, and structural engineering consultant and retired UWI lecturer Myron W Chin.
The team’s mandate includes determining whether there are grounds for criminal or civil action over the $40 million project, built during the past PNM tenure. It subsequently had to be demolished owing to myriad structural irregularities.
Ramlogan said arrangements were being put in place for a secretariat and staff after Cabinet approved this and counsel for the commission has been appointed. Hearings will be held at the Caribbean Court of Justice.