Questionable Conduct: The Jamaican Political Reality

Questions Nobody Asked: Lewin What exactly was the response of the Minister of National Security to the information you relayed? You said on CVM TV words to the effect that the Minister "turned white". Could you please elaborate? How long did you observe that change in pigmentation? Did the Minister do or say anything during the duration of the shade change? How did you react when you observe these Ministerial changes? How did the Chief of Staff react? Did the Chief of Staff relay any information to the Minister during that meeting? Did the Minister of National Security say anything to the Chief of Staff? You have said that the Minister took about ten minutes to locate the PM by phone, did this seem unusual to you? Did the Minister indicate that he was experiencing a difficulty in making telephone contact with the PM? Can you say, with any degree of certainty, that the Minister of National Security only spoke to the PM via telephone in your presence? Can y...

The GOJ has announced a budget of $100m for the Tivoli Commission of Enquiry; in addition to identifying a replacement for Velma Hylton QC. However, whilst the the candidate's name has been forwarded to the Leader of the Opposition in the "consultation ritual", there is still no indication of the proposed start up date. Of course it will be argued that such will depend, in part, on the availability of the Commissioners, the supporting staff, as well as the outstanding ballistics report - which its is said to have bedeviled the now retired Public Defender. Interesting the tension between the Office of the Public Defender and the Independent Commission of Investigation (INDECOM) as to the apportionment of blame for the delay seemed to be resolved with the former (probably as a departing gift) sending copies of some 42 files to the latter (without the public being given any reasons). These constitute the set that-- in the view of the Public Defender after analysing the...