The economy/extradition nexus
Published:Friday | May 21, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir:
You had two headlines on Wednesday, May 19 - one relating to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and so the economy; the other to extradition.
The IMF only gives Jamaica breathing space - time in which to put our house in order. This implies saving, local investment, foreign investment, job creation, export growth and cost effective import substitution. All of this has one prerequisite - investor confidence or trust.
Will investors be confident in, trusting of, a country where, in the prime minister's own words, corruption is a problem? Will investors be confident in, trusting of, a country where the prime minister is guilty of blatant deception?
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Will investors be confident in, trusting of, a country where the prime minister's parliamentary group instead of calling for his head endorses his deception? Corruption and dishonesty are in the highest places. Will there be economic growth?
There is as nexus between IMF/the economy and extradition, but the prime minister and the government are too self serving to acknowledge it.
I am, etc.,
Dr K. B. DAVIDSON
Kingston 6