A strange anomaly

The Editor, Sir:

I am one of the three million citizens of Jamaica who would join with Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin in calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Bruce Golding because of a total lack of confidence in him arising from the manner in which he dealt with the extradition matter surrounding Christopher Coke. Yet, I must ask what I consider a significant question of Mr Lewin after watching the interview on CVM-TV.

The former commissioner made mention that the extradition for the average don would have gone from desk to desk, and it appeared to suggest that no one would take particular notice of who the extradition request was for. In fact, in a previous interview, the former Minister of Justice, A.J. Nicholson, said he took no interest in the names of the persons being asked to be extradited and signed the papers once everything was in good order.

So now I have to wonder why it is that in this particular matter, the minister of national security would have been made aware of specifically who was being asked to be extradited, and then made the 15-minute trip taken to inform the prime minister?

Why has there been so much caution and difference in the way this extradition request was handled? As such, I would really seek not only to ask Mr Lewin about the evidence that he has that Mr Coke was tipped off in that 15 minutes that he took to get to the prime minister after leaving the minister of national security, but to ask why this admitted anomaly in this case.

I am, etc.,

MARK A CLARKE

makeis@yahoo.com

Stony Hill PO

St Andrew