Moonilal wants answers

The photographs of the two teenagers, identified as the children of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi, were reportedly taken at Camp Cumuto on March 27, 2016. Moonilal raised the incident in Parliament last October and this prompted a police investigation as well as an internal investigation by the Defence Force.

The report from the Defence Force is yet to be made public, but parts were leaked to the media last week in which the Attorney General was said to have been cleared of any wrongdoing. It was unclear from this report whether any member of the Defence Force committed a breach of the Firearms Act by allowing the AG’s children to pose with the high-calibre weapons, which were loaded.

Yesterday, Moonilal said, “Having read the convoluted and confused letter sent to Senator Wayne Sturge and the dramatic denial of Major General Kenrick Maharaj (Ret), I am of the view there are more questions than answers.

This matter is far from dead and will not go away.

“This speaks to the biggest cover-up in the history of the armed forces. The central involvement of the Attorney General and possibly other Cabinet members sends a chill up the body politic.” He said it was frightening that the Defence Force could be accused of collusion and cover-up with the executive.

Moonilal also wanted the authorities to inform the public when the board of inquiry report would be made public, as promised by Minister in the Ministry of National Security David Moses, in the Senate on June 6.

On Thursday, former chief of defence staff Kenrick Maharaj, who was named as having invited the AG and his children to Camp Cumuto in 2016, said he was mounting a legal challenge, to clear his name. Maharaj said at no time did he invite the AG and his family to Camp Cumuto and is now putting in place his evidence, to show other people fabricated this information to protect themselves.