Government changes composition of Zongo commission

In a related development, the government decreed changes to the composition of the independent commission of inquiry it set up to investigate Zongo’s death. The change gives greater representation to non-government bodies on the 14-member commission, reducing from two to one the number of justice ministry officials, PANA reported. Representatives of the victims’ families will now have three places rather than one, news reports say. Representatives of human rights movements now get three rather than two places on the commission and international human rights organs and the Association of Journalists five rather than three places. PANA reported that the commission had been given five rather than eight months to complete its work. The changes reflect public demands for the truth into Zongo’s death and those of his colleagues.