Questionable Conduct: The Jamaican Political Reality

The third book review of "Dudus: The Extradition of Jamaica's #1 Drug Don" was by Dr. Canute Thompson under the caption "Naming politicians who 'hug up' criminals' published in The Jamaica Observer , Monday, December 03, 2018: "Young, outspoken, feisty, up-and-coming Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) heavyweight Matthew Samuda has threatened to name politicians who are “hugging up” criminals. Should Samuda follow through on his threat (promise) — and I doubt he will — Jamaica would surely benefit. And so, for Jamaica's sake, I urge Samuda to do as he has promised. But, even if he does not do so publicly, I suggest that he provides the report, with the evidence he has, to the police. Samuda's threat has led me to reflect on a recent book written by Dr Paul Ashley — a feisty and outspoken socio-political provocateur, cynic, and attorney-at-law. The book is entitled Dudus: The Extradition of Jamaica's # 1 Drug Don. This book may provide some ...

On the publication of the Public Defenders Interim Report that the recommended a public commission of enquiry, we have argued that its focus should be  state-centric . As such it should not seek to replicate the work undertaken by the Office of the Public Defender ( mainly compensation) ; neither should it be concerned with the criminal aspect ( primarily because the unavailability of the forensics and that matters dealing with criminal culpability is the remit of the Director of Public Prosecutions ).  In a Gleaner interview published Tuesday, May 14, 2013  : "Attorney say yes to Tivoli enquiry" (carried on the front page) I was "strongly recommending" that the proposed commission "should consider the granting of immunity to persons summoned to testify in order to get to the truth" Not to do so would run the distinct possibility that the principal decision-makers and state operatives  being instructed by their attorneys to guard against self-incriminat...