Questionable Conduct: The Jamaican Political Reality

                                      Summary of Interesting Highlights The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of the Leader of Opposition in the House Of Representatives. Andrew Holness was seeking a reversal of the order of the Full Court ( Daye, McDonald Bishop and Batts JJJ) made on 6 February 2015. By that order, it was declared that: “1   ….the request for and procurement of pre-signed and undated letters of resignation and letters of authorization by the Leader of the Opposition from persons to be appointed as Senators to the Senate of Jamaica, upon his nomination, is inconsistent with the constitution, contrary to public policy, unlawful, and is, accordingly null and void . 2   ….the pre-signed and undated letters of resignation and letters of authorization, as well as the manner of their use to effect the resignation of Senators (  the claimant in parti...

                     Decolonization is a process by which nation-states reduce their dependency on institutions, structures and processes imposed, copied or inherited from the colonial experience. The ultimate aim is to fashion such to reflect the local realities. The process is a complex exercise varying in length, character and prone to a number of challenges, distractions, resistance and set-backs. Sometimes initiatives have to be undertaken by visionary leadership moving ahead of the general edification of the populace. A failure to satisfy expectations invariably gives rise to calls for the return to the “good ole days”. The Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition has described the current debate on replacing the Privy Council (PC) with the Caribbean Court Of Justice (CCJ) as Jamaica’s final appellate court as a “ distraction”. The general reason given is that it shifts the national attention from d...