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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : The Manatt / Coke Comm... ( Gleaner )...</span>
The Manatt/Coke Commission of Enquiry is expected to resume this morning having been adjourned last Thursday because of the absence of evidence. The fifth sitting of the hearing was adjourned an hour and a half after it started due to the unavailability of copies of several memoranda which were signed by the US and Jamaican governments. Attorney at-law from the Attorney General's Department Curtis Cochrane told the commission that the documents were not ready. He then asked for more time to seek permission from the US government before the documents are submitted to the commission. Commission chairman Emil George later agreed to prepare a summons for the documents to be submitted today following a proposal by attorney-at-law Patrick Bailey. When the hearing resumes this morning, a representative from the Attorney General's Department will be called to testify. Last week, George also raised concerns about the leaking of copies of an affidavit submitted by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, but which is yet to be examined by the commission. The Manatt/Coke Commission is examining the circumstances which led to the hiring of US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to seek to block the extradition of alleged crimelord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : The Manatt / Coke Comm... ( Gleaner )...</span>
The Manatt/Coke Commission of Enquiry is expected to resume this morning having been adjourned last Thursday because of the absence of evidence. The fifth sitting of the hearing was adjourned an hour and a half after it started due to the unavailability of copies of several memoranda which were signed by the US and Jamaican governments. Attorney at-law from the Attorney General's Department Curtis Cochrane told the commission that the documents were not ready. He then asked for more time to seek permission from the US government before the documents are submitted to the commission. Commission chairman Emil George later agreed to prepare a summons for the documents to be submitted today following a proposal by attorney-at-law Patrick Bailey. When the hearing resumes this morning, a representative from the Attorney General's Department will be called to testify. Last week, George also raised concerns about the leaking of copies of an affidavit submitted by Prime Minister Bruce Golding, but which is yet to be examined by the commission. The Manatt/Coke Commission is examining the circumstances which led to the hiring of US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips to seek to block the extradition of alleged crimelord Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.