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Who’s paying JLP lawyers?
The Opposition People's National Party's Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is asking several questions about who is footing the legal bill for the attorneys hired to represent several Government Ministers at the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry.
The PNPYO says it has received information which suggests that the lawyers representing Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Information Minister, Daryl Vaz, National Security Minister, Senator Dwight Nelson, and Attorney General, Justice Minister, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne and Solicitor General, Douglas Leys at the Commission are all being paid for by the public.
According to the PNPYO, this information details that the cost of these lawyers to defend the key figures in the Manatt/Dudus extradition affair is costing taxpayers between $500,000 and $1,000,000 daily.
The PNPYO believes that it is unsatisfactory for the public to stand the cost of the defense team of the major players in the Manatt/Dudus Enquiry especially given the particular claims of Mr. Golding and Mr.
Vaz, who both maintained that they acted as functionaries of the Jamaica Labour Party and not as functionaries of the State.
The PNPYO wants the Government to provide answers to the following questions: are the lawyers for the above mentioned or any of the above mentioned being paid for through the public coffers; what is the cost of each lawyer per hour; how many lawyers are assigned to each of these individuals and in particular to Mr. Golding and if the above is true on what basis is the country footing these charges especially at a time when Jamaica is enduring a harsh economic climate.
The Opposition People's National Party's Youth Organisation (PNPYO) is asking several questions about who is footing the legal bill for the attorneys hired to represent several Government Ministers at the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry.
The PNPYO says it has received information which suggests that the lawyers representing Prime Minister Bruce Golding, Information Minister, Daryl Vaz, National Security Minister, Senator Dwight Nelson, and Attorney General, Justice Minister, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne and Solicitor General, Douglas Leys at the Commission are all being paid for by the public.
According to the PNPYO, this information details that the cost of these lawyers to defend the key figures in the Manatt/Dudus extradition affair is costing taxpayers between $500,000 and $1,000,000 daily.
The PNPYO believes that it is unsatisfactory for the public to stand the cost of the defense team of the major players in the Manatt/Dudus Enquiry especially given the particular claims of Mr. Golding and Mr.
Vaz, who both maintained that they acted as functionaries of the Jamaica Labour Party and not as functionaries of the State.
The PNPYO wants the Government to provide answers to the following questions: are the lawyers for the above mentioned or any of the above mentioned being paid for through the public coffers; what is the cost of each lawyer per hour; how many lawyers are assigned to each of these individuals and in particular to Mr. Golding and if the above is true on what basis is the country footing these charges especially at a time when Jamaica is enduring a harsh economic climate.
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