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Gov't talks with US over 'Dudus' issue
Published: Thursday | September 24, 2009
Daily Gleaner
The Government has confirmed that it is engaged in talks with the United States on the extradition order against west Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
A statement on the matter was forthcoming only days after former national security minister, Dr Peter Phillips, accused the Bruce Golding administration of abandoning the country to dons.
In clear reference to the Government's failure to effect the extradition order against Coke, Phillips told People's National Party supporters that the Government had failed to carry out its international obligations.
Impatient public
The terse statement which was read by Information Minister Daryl Vaz at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing suggests that the Government appeared to be buying time from an impatient public in the high-profile extradition matter.
Hit by stinging public criticisms over its silence on the issue, Vaz yesterday made an unsolicited statement on the matter.
Vaz said, "The matter is the subject of formal communi-cations between the Govern-ment of Jamaica and the United States Government. The Government's position in this matter is in keeping with the Mutual Assistance Treaty, otherwise called the Extradi-tion Treaty."
The information minister promised that more informa-tion would be forthcoming as soon as a position was taken.
Vaz did not encourage questions on the issue and declined to give a time frame within which the matter would be resolved.
Published: Thursday | September 24, 2009
Daily Gleaner
The Government has confirmed that it is engaged in talks with the United States on the extradition order against west Kingston strongman, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
A statement on the matter was forthcoming only days after former national security minister, Dr Peter Phillips, accused the Bruce Golding administration of abandoning the country to dons.
In clear reference to the Government's failure to effect the extradition order against Coke, Phillips told People's National Party supporters that the Government had failed to carry out its international obligations.
Impatient public
The terse statement which was read by Information Minister Daryl Vaz at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing suggests that the Government appeared to be buying time from an impatient public in the high-profile extradition matter.
Hit by stinging public criticisms over its silence on the issue, Vaz yesterday made an unsolicited statement on the matter.
Vaz said, "The matter is the subject of formal communi-cations between the Govern-ment of Jamaica and the United States Government. The Government's position in this matter is in keeping with the Mutual Assistance Treaty, otherwise called the Extradi-tion Treaty."
The information minister promised that more informa-tion would be forthcoming as soon as a position was taken.
Vaz did not encourage questions on the issue and declined to give a time frame within which the matter would be resolved.
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