Manatt Madness - 10 questions for Bruce

Sunday Gleaner readers submit 10 questions for the PM Golding

1. What were the terms of reference given to Manatt, Phelps & Philips (MPP) by the JLP/Government?

2. What were the reasons that the PM had for supporting the retention of MPP by the JLP rather than by the Government?

3. Who was responsible for allowing MPP to think it had been hired by the Government and not the JLP?

4. Why has no disciplinary action been taken against the persons who appear to have acted contrary to the party leader's direction in engaging MPP?

5. How much money was put up or promised to finance the hiring of MPP, and who were the donors?

6. Were the donors advised that MPP had been retained by the JLP rather than the Government, and what were these donors told was the purpose of hiring MPP?

7. Have any of the persons/entities that financed the JLP payment to MPP been awarded government contracts during the recent past?

8. Is the Government satisfied with the actions of the solicitor general in his dealings with MPP?

9. Why did the PM sanction an approach to MPP even before a formal response to the US request for the extradition of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke?

10. Does the attorney general retain confidence in a solicitor general who was in talks with an American law firm for months without informing her, or was she told by him?