Dear Editor,

The political quandary in which the government has found itself vis-a-vis the Dudus Coke extradition saga is one that generates no envy. What it does generate for me, however, is a sense of empathy and concern. The empathy of which I speak goes to the heart of one of the points made by Prime Minister Golding in Parliament recently. He made the point, though not directly, that lest we have convenient amnesia, donmanship is not the preserve of the JLP and therefore the shoe could easily have been on the other foot.

The manner in which Peter Phillips and other PNP MPs aggressively brought Golding’s handling of the US request into question was very disingenuous. My position therefore raises the question: who then has the moral authority to champion the cause of justice? My answer is, members of the judiciary from whom the case has so far been withheld. My concern is, what is your answer?

Dr Richard Kitson-Walters

Maryland, USA

k-w@comcast.net