Buying Time
>> Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The GOJ has "strategically released" detailed information concerning various points taken into consideration in the "Dudus affair".
This action by itself closes the option of going to the courts to have the matter resolved on the current request. The PM, AG, SG, Minister of Justice have held fast to their interpretation/application of the laws they have deemed relevant to the issue. That has been, and continues to be, a very public stand from which there can be no retreat without resignation.
The option of the decision being made by our own DPP, based on evidence supplied by Jamaican and US authorities, to press charges against Dudus in Jamaica is a luxury that the GOJ cannot afford.
International mediation is very expensive and time consuming. The outcome is dependent on the willingness of the contending parties to accept and implement the findings. There are no guarantees that the issue will be resolved.
The solution that seems most likely is the issuing of a "superseding indictment" utilizing the regular channels and devoid of any bases of clarification/delay/rejection.
Irrespective of the option selected, Coke must have his day in court. Unless he waives his rights, then this process should take two to three years to be exhausted. That coupled with the precondition of his arrest would test severely the resolve of the GOJ/LP.
Consider the implications of such a timespan. In 2 1/2 years general elections are due!
Buying time involves hard currency, hard choices and hard consequences.
1 comments:
It would be a wanton waste of time. energy and tax payer's $$$. Would'nt it be prudent to have the Courts decide on this sore issue, thus preventing further damage to the Jamaican image. Bruce and Dorothy could never and should never be the deciding factor, they are not the law of the land regardless of their status. Are they going to appeal to the Hague next? Tell me about it !!
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