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<span style="font-weight: bold"> PM Golding says he ' s ready to testify at Manatt / Dudus Enquiry ( RJR )...</span>
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he awaits word on a date when he will appear before the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry. Mr. Golding says he is ready to give testimony."The Commission has nit advised me yet on when I'm to appear but I'm available whenever they want me."The Prime Minister announced the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry in October to uncover all the facts surrounding the government's hiring of United States-based law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to help lobby the US Government to drop the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke.There were calls for the Enquiry after email correspondence revealed that after months of denial, the Bruce Golding-led administration did in fact engage the law firm.The Enquiry began last Monday and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade were the first to give evidence before the three member Commission chaired by attorney-at-law Emil George, Q.C.Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, was the first to testify and she disclosed that attorney-at-law Harold Brady and a representative of Manatt were privy to private meetings with Jamaican officials and the US Justice Department, regarding the extradition request for Mr. Coke.Ambassador Coye told the Commission that she was told that Mr. Brady and the US lawyer's inclusion in he meeting were to assist a Jamaican delegation in understanding the US justice system.Herman Lamont, another representative of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, who has responsibility for extradition matters, also testified. He detailed that on August 25, 2010, he received from the US Embassy a sealed envelope which contained an extradition request for Mr. Coke.He outlined that he followed the usual procedure which included initialing and dating the request and checking the contents of the envelope to ensure the documents attached to the request were in order. The Commission will resume its hearings Monday morning.Live coverage of the hearings can be seen on RJR's sister station JNN and at rjrnewsonline.com/manatt.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> PM Golding says he ' s ready to testify at Manatt / Dudus Enquiry ( RJR )...</span>
Prime Minister Bruce Golding says he awaits word on a date when he will appear before the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry. Mr. Golding says he is ready to give testimony."The Commission has nit advised me yet on when I'm to appear but I'm available whenever they want me."The Prime Minister announced the Manatt/Dudus Commission of Enquiry in October to uncover all the facts surrounding the government's hiring of United States-based law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to help lobby the US Government to drop the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke.There were calls for the Enquiry after email correspondence revealed that after months of denial, the Bruce Golding-led administration did in fact engage the law firm.The Enquiry began last Monday and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade were the first to give evidence before the three member Commission chaired by attorney-at-law Emil George, Q.C.Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry, was the first to testify and she disclosed that attorney-at-law Harold Brady and a representative of Manatt were privy to private meetings with Jamaican officials and the US Justice Department, regarding the extradition request for Mr. Coke.Ambassador Coye told the Commission that she was told that Mr. Brady and the US lawyer's inclusion in he meeting were to assist a Jamaican delegation in understanding the US justice system.Herman Lamont, another representative of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, who has responsibility for extradition matters, also testified. He detailed that on August 25, 2010, he received from the US Embassy a sealed envelope which contained an extradition request for Mr. Coke.He outlined that he followed the usual procedure which included initialing and dating the request and checking the contents of the envelope to ensure the documents attached to the request were in order. The Commission will resume its hearings Monday morning.Live coverage of the hearings can be seen on RJR's sister station JNN and at rjrnewsonline.com/manatt.