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Trafigura Matter Back In Court
Published: Sunday | November 13, 20116 Comments
Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer
Dutch representatives are arriving in Jamaica this weekend for tomorrow's court battle surrounding the controversial contribution of $30 million by the oil-lifting firm, Trafigura Beheer, to the then governing People's National Party (PNP), which erupted into a major political scandal in the lead-up to the 2007 general election.
The PNP and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will, tomorrow, renew this five-year-old Trafigura battle at the Supreme Court.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will represent the Dutch authorities, while lawyers representing PNP President Portia Simpson Miller, who is being asked to testify in court, will be challenging with a constitutional motion.
K.D. Knight, Simpson Miller's lawyer, will be asking the court to throw out the matter because the constitutional rights of his clients, who are citizens of Jamaica, were ignored by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
'Politically instigated'
"We are submitting that his action was politically instigated. The letter he wrote was aimed more at getting at his political opponent than Trafigura Beheer," Knight told The Sunday Gleaner.
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Published: Sunday | November 13, 20116 Comments
Gary Spaulding, Senior Gleaner Writer
Dutch representatives are arriving in Jamaica this weekend for tomorrow's court battle surrounding the controversial contribution of $30 million by the oil-lifting firm, Trafigura Beheer, to the then governing People's National Party (PNP), which erupted into a major political scandal in the lead-up to the 2007 general election.
The PNP and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) will, tomorrow, renew this five-year-old Trafigura battle at the Supreme Court.
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will represent the Dutch authorities, while lawyers representing PNP President Portia Simpson Miller, who is being asked to testify in court, will be challenging with a constitutional motion.
K.D. Knight, Simpson Miller's lawyer, will be asking the court to throw out the matter because the constitutional rights of his clients, who are citizens of Jamaica, were ignored by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
'Politically instigated'
"We are submitting that his action was politically instigated. The letter he wrote was aimed more at getting at his political opponent than Trafigura Beheer," Knight told The Sunday Gleaner.
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