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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : PM writes to Manatt ...on (Gleaner)...</span>
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has written to the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry outlining that he would have no objection to US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips giving evidence at the enquiry. Manatt was engaged in 2009 to lobby the United States after the Government refused to approve the request to extradite former Tivoli Gardens area leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Yesterday, Commission Chairman Emil George said he had written to Manatt, Phelps and Phillips requesting that a representative of the firm give evidence before the commission. He said he received a response from Manatt claiming that attorney/client privileges and the principles of confidentiality prevent it from giving testimony. According to George, the firm insists that it was representing the Jamaican Government and that it has not received permission to testify. However, this morning George read a letter from Golding in which he says the government claims no such privilege. Meanwhile, George also clarified that the Commission has not decided on limiting cross-examination by attorneys to half an hour. He said that the time limit applies only to final submissions from the attorneys when the commission wraps up.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : PM writes to Manatt ...on (Gleaner)...</span>
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has written to the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry outlining that he would have no objection to US law firm Manatt, Phelps and Phillips giving evidence at the enquiry. Manatt was engaged in 2009 to lobby the United States after the Government refused to approve the request to extradite former Tivoli Gardens area leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke. Yesterday, Commission Chairman Emil George said he had written to Manatt, Phelps and Phillips requesting that a representative of the firm give evidence before the commission. He said he received a response from Manatt claiming that attorney/client privileges and the principles of confidentiality prevent it from giving testimony. According to George, the firm insists that it was representing the Jamaican Government and that it has not received permission to testify. However, this morning George read a letter from Golding in which he says the government claims no such privilege. Meanwhile, George also clarified that the Commission has not decided on limiting cross-examination by attorneys to half an hour. He said that the time limit applies only to final submissions from the attorneys when the commission wraps up.