KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday May 14, 2010 – The controversy swirling around Prime Minister Bruce Golding has put the brakes on private sector, trade union, civil society and government talks that are aimed at addressing economic and social issues facing the country.
The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), the Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSME) Alliance and the Jamaica Exporters' Association/Jamaica Manufacturers' Association (JEA/JMA) which represent the private sector in what’s called the Partnership for Transformation (PFT) requested the suspension of yesterday’s planned monthly meeting.
The groups said they want to canvas their members to decide on the way forward, in light of the recent developments surrounding the attempts to extradite Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke on gun and drug charges and the involvement of Golding and a US law firm in the matter.
Their move came two days after the Prime Minister admitted to Parliament that he had sanctioned his Jamaica Labour Party’s hiring of law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to lobby the US government to drop its extradition request for Coke – a supporter of the party and a resident of the Prime Minister’s constituency. He had previously denied that he had anything to do with it.
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