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<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Church leaders warn ... ( Gleaner )...</span>
At least one religious leader is warning that the country could plummet into even deeper political cynicism by the time the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry comes to a close this month.At the same time, religious leaders have called for an end to the waywardness that has tainted the commission, especially in the wake of last week's bitter imbroglio between Justice Minister and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne and the People's National Party's (PNP) lead attorney, K.D. Knight."I have no doubt that something will come out of this. The big question is whether it will result in deeper cynicism, and by extension, an even more callous Jamaica," said general secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union, Karl Johnson.Last Thursday, tensions ran high inside the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, after Lightbourne claimed that Knight had told her some three decades ago that "all Labourites fi dead".Johnson, over the weekend, urged those taking part in the enquiry not to allow personal differences to seep through the cracks, even as the commission resumes sitting today."Let us look at the bigger picture; let one not forget the 70-odd lives that were lost. Those who are taking part must be mindful that there is going to be a special place in history for them, and generations to come will rise up and count them either blessed or cursed," Johnson said.Test of a serving democracyExecutive Chairman of the Church of God in Jamaica, Pastor Lenworth Anglin, said while the enquiry is a true test of a serving democracy, the Church is concerned."We are watching closely and we are concerned about the level of respect being displayed, and we are not impressed," Anglin said. "Also, it seems to be going into some areas that are totally against its objective."Head of Vineyard Town Methodist Church, the Reverend Moses Bengouche, while adding that his views did not represent those of the church body, expressed similar views."I am concern about the level of divisiveness and pettiness that seems to be creeping in. However, I believe the country is beginning to see some semblance of truth coming to the fore," he said.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : Church leaders warn ... ( Gleaner )...</span>
At least one religious leader is warning that the country could plummet into even deeper political cynicism by the time the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry comes to a close this month.At the same time, religious leaders have called for an end to the waywardness that has tainted the commission, especially in the wake of last week's bitter imbroglio between Justice Minister and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne and the People's National Party's (PNP) lead attorney, K.D. Knight."I have no doubt that something will come out of this. The big question is whether it will result in deeper cynicism, and by extension, an even more callous Jamaica," said general secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union, Karl Johnson.Last Thursday, tensions ran high inside the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston, after Lightbourne claimed that Knight had told her some three decades ago that "all Labourites fi dead".Johnson, over the weekend, urged those taking part in the enquiry not to allow personal differences to seep through the cracks, even as the commission resumes sitting today."Let us look at the bigger picture; let one not forget the 70-odd lives that were lost. Those who are taking part must be mindful that there is going to be a special place in history for them, and generations to come will rise up and count them either blessed or cursed," Johnson said.Test of a serving democracyExecutive Chairman of the Church of God in Jamaica, Pastor Lenworth Anglin, said while the enquiry is a true test of a serving democracy, the Church is concerned."We are watching closely and we are concerned about the level of respect being displayed, and we are not impressed," Anglin said. "Also, it seems to be going into some areas that are totally against its objective."Head of Vineyard Town Methodist Church, the Reverend Moses Bengouche, while adding that his views did not represent those of the church body, expressed similar views."I am concern about the level of divisiveness and pettiness that seems to be creeping in. However, I believe the country is beginning to see some semblance of truth coming to the fore," he said.