His brother Donald, who was injured in the explosion, said that a sergeant in the Guyana Defence Force and a member of the House of Israel, named Gregory Smith, had given Rodney the bomb that killed him. In 2014, Donald Ramotar launched an inquiry into the murder of Rodney despite resistance from the PNC. In 2016, the Commission of Inquiry released findings that state that President Forbes Burnham, aided by the Guyana Defence Force and Guyana Police Force, was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Dr. Walter Rodney. Rodney was the leader of the Working People's Alliance (WPA) which posed a threat to Burnham. Rodney's WPA believed that different ethnic groups (including Afro-Guyanese and Indo-Guyanese) historically disenfranchised by colonialism should all have a part in the governance of Guyana, a position that challenged Burnham's hold on power. Last years of Presidency In the last years of Burnham's presidency, his quasi-socialist policies led to economic stagnation. Guyana was not able to export sufficient goods (especially Guyana's main exports, bauxite, rice and sugar) to earn the foreign exchange for vital imports, leading to a trade deficit and massive foreign debt. Commodity shortages and a near-breakdown in public services occurred, and Burnham enforced austerity measures and looked for economic support from Soviet-leaning countries. Burnham's authoritarian policies continued to lead to mass emigration, contributing to a net decrease in the population of Guyana that continued throughout the 1980s. In Burnham's state-controlled economy, Afro-Guyanese held most jobs and the media was government-controlled. Jagan claimed that in addition, economic suppression was also in place, as people remained politically inactive in fear of losing their jobs. Burnham would remain president until his death in 1985. Political philosophy Burnham's leadership was characterized by authoritarian rule. According to Dr. Walter Rodney, "Burnham's style of rule has many similarities with that of the late Nicaraguan dictator, Anastasio Somoza. Somoza oppressed not only the exploited classes of his country but also sectors of his own class (the bourgeoisie) who refused to go along with his personal style of political domination." Walter Rodney referred to Burnham's political philosophy as "pseudo-socialism". Rival Cheddi Jagan said that "Burnham is like a cork in the ocean and moves with the tides." According to Manning Marable, "The Carter Administration viewed Guyana in the same political league as Somalia and Communist China, a nominal socialist regime which outlawed democratic rights at home and was willing to become