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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : JLP willing to foot ...ry (Gleaner)...</span>
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP), which has claimed to be the client of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, has declared it is prepared to pay the United States law firm's airfare to allow it to attend the ongoing Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry. "I have not yet consulted with the Treasury but, if the ticket cost is a problem, they could then call me," JLP Chairman Mike Henry, who is also minister of transport and works, said during a party press conference yesterday."The Jamaica Labour Party is prepared to do anything to facilitate them coming to Jamaica to give evidence," said JLP Senator Arthur Williams, who is also junior finance minister.Henry said the JLP has not been in contact with Manatt since attorney Harold Brady met with them in 2009.General Secretary Aundré Franklin said the party would speak with Brady, who made the contact with Manatt, in order to do anything necessary to facilitate representatives of the firm coming to Jamaica to give evidence at the commission.Manatt has said it had been engaged by the Government of Jamaica to help with treaty matters. The Government said it was not a client of Manatt. The JLP said it was Manatt's client, while Brady has said the law firm was working for him. Pm's letter readDuring yesterday's sitting of the commission, Chairman Emil George read a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding which stated that the Government was not opposed to Manatt attending the enquiry to give evidence.However, George did not say whether a letter was sent from the Government, which Manatt says it was representing, to the law firm.During Tuesday's sitting of the enquiry, George revealed that Manatt had indicated it would not be able to give evidence as it had no authorisation from its client to provide a statement.The US law firm was paid nearly US$50,000 to lobby on behalf of the Jamaican Government which claimed there was a need to resolve treaty disputes connected to the extradition request for former Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : JLP willing to foot ...ry (Gleaner)...</span>
THE JAMAICA Labour Party (JLP), which has claimed to be the client of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, has declared it is prepared to pay the United States law firm's airfare to allow it to attend the ongoing Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry. "I have not yet consulted with the Treasury but, if the ticket cost is a problem, they could then call me," JLP Chairman Mike Henry, who is also minister of transport and works, said during a party press conference yesterday."The Jamaica Labour Party is prepared to do anything to facilitate them coming to Jamaica to give evidence," said JLP Senator Arthur Williams, who is also junior finance minister.Henry said the JLP has not been in contact with Manatt since attorney Harold Brady met with them in 2009.General Secretary Aundré Franklin said the party would speak with Brady, who made the contact with Manatt, in order to do anything necessary to facilitate representatives of the firm coming to Jamaica to give evidence at the commission.Manatt has said it had been engaged by the Government of Jamaica to help with treaty matters. The Government said it was not a client of Manatt. The JLP said it was Manatt's client, while Brady has said the law firm was working for him. Pm's letter readDuring yesterday's sitting of the commission, Chairman Emil George read a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding which stated that the Government was not opposed to Manatt attending the enquiry to give evidence.However, George did not say whether a letter was sent from the Government, which Manatt says it was representing, to the law firm.During Tuesday's sitting of the enquiry, George revealed that Manatt had indicated it would not be able to give evidence as it had no authorisation from its client to provide a statement.The US law firm was paid nearly US$50,000 to lobby on behalf of the Jamaican Government which claimed there was a need to resolve treaty disputes connected to the extradition request for former Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.