IT was revealed yesterday that a fake proclamation concerning the State of Emergency of May 2010 had been entered into evidence at the Tivoli Enquiry.

The document was on the report of the Office of the Public Defender and was used by Lord Anthony Gifford in his questioning of former Prime Minister Bruce Golding.

Golding’s questioning regarding the document dated March 13, 2010 was that the Government had been planning to call a state of emergency even before the authority to commence with extradition proceedings against then Tivoli Gardens don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was signed.

Demsha Thompson, the supervisor in the Gazette Department of the Jamaica Printing Services (1992) Ltd (Government Printing Office), testified at the enquiry that the document that he described as a “fake” was brought to his attention after it was entered into evidence at the enquiry.

Questioned by Lord Anthony Gifford for the Office of the Public Defender, Thompson said the document didn’t come from his office.

He pointed to a number of errors in the May 13, 2010 document that were not consistent with the format of genuine proclamations.

The genuine document declaring the May 24, 210 state of emergency had also been entered into evidence.

Thompson said the original document came from King’s House and was delivered by members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force to his office.

The state of emergency was called as members of the security forces prepared to enter Tivoli Gardens to apprehend Coke, who was wanted in the United States on drugs and gunrunning charges.

Earlier during the sitting, Commission Chairman Sir David Simmons announced that the commission would conduct a tour of some sections of Tivoli Gardens today as part of its probe into the operation to arrest Coke. The visit to the community is to begin at 9:30 am and conclude around midday.

Also, during yesterday’s morning session of the enquiry, being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre in downtown Kingston, former Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington denied suggestions from Gifford that the police had been shooting at people after the area was brought under the control of security forces.

Gifford also questioned Ellington on post-mortem reports that people had been shot in the back.

But Ellington said that the post-mortem summary he saw suggested that 14, instead of 35, were shot in the back. He said, of the 14, six had injuries to the back alone while the others had gunshot wound to the back and other parts of the body.