ONLINE FEEDBACK

ONLINE FEEDBACK

Below are edited excerpts from comments posted online at www.jamaica-gleaner.com by readers to yesterday's Page 1 and Page 2 lead stories 'Bruce hits back - Golding, Brady set to square off in court, and Battle-weary Paula fights on'.

More distraction

This is another shameless distraction from the main goal of getting a little island working for its people. What is this stupidity here in Her Majesty's island of Jamaica? We have a bunch of egomaniacs strutting around making bad decisions for dunces who prefer to kill their neighbours over food, hearsay and trivial things.

- Neutral Justice

Bewildered

How can a prime minister of a country, who is petitioning another government to do something, say that he was not using his position as prime minister to get the petition resolved in another capacity?

I am at a loss for words or under-standing of the position of the prime minister.

Mr Golding's case should be dismissed because anybody can see that there are holes in his argument. It is illogical for the United States to respond to a political party in relation to an extradition case. The United States did not send an extradition request to the Jamaica Labour Party, the request was sent to the government of Jamaica. All communication on the matter had to be government to government.

Mr Golding and Mr Vaz should jump at the opportunity to settle this case out of court to save themselves the embarrassment of going to court and losing their argument. I am even more surprised that this would be a lead story in a major newspaper.

-JamericaBiz

Despondent DPP?

For the first time since her ascendancy to the post of director of public prosecutions, I have seen a despondent-looking DPP. She has been battered and bruised in this case; however, she is seemingly being guided by her professionalism.

Going by The Gleaner's report, it strikes me as strange that the Supreme Court justices would ask the lawyer representing Judge Pusey to consult with her client whether what transpired in court on April 20 was an order. One would have thought that the lawyer would have been instructed, and would have been aware of what exactly did transpire.

In such an ambiguous situation, why was not a ruling handed down as to whether an invitation could be refused?

- Kris

A matter of pride

Here I see two people holding on to their pride and none wants to give way, fearing weakness. What I can't understand is why such a simply request is costing the Jamaican taxpayer so much money with this back and forth between the DPP and the resident magistrate?

Isn't it a simple thing to give the defence the statement that she has gathered, and that could put an end to this tug of war and wasteful spending?

- Noshel