The barricades are up. The Tivoli militia has been mobilised. And Jamaica waits in fear of a conflagration, as the agents of the law attempt to enforce the order to arrest the don of the most powerful political garrison in our land - a man reputed to be the leader of the most notorious narcotics syndicate since Pablo Escobar.
Our prime minister has been trapped in the nine-month-long web of deception he had spun to conceal his efforts to prevent the extradition of that man, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, and his credibility has been shattered. The delicate balance of trust between the Government and the people, which gives the Government the legitimacy to exercise power, has been severely strained; and the prime minister has retreated to the Central Executive of his party for validation.
Full Story: The politics of subterfuge - Jamaica Gleaner
Our prime minister has been trapped in the nine-month-long web of deception he had spun to conceal his efforts to prevent the extradition of that man, Christopher 'Dudus' Coke, and his credibility has been shattered. The delicate balance of trust between the Government and the people, which gives the Government the legitimacy to exercise power, has been severely strained; and the prime minister has retreated to the Central Executive of his party for validation.
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How did it come to this? In order to ensure political success and effective governance, political parties, in most democracies, work to pull all elements of society and the economy together, giving each element the basis on which to believe that as government, the party can be trusted to respect its interests. But Jamaica seems to have overturned that principle.Full Story: The politics of subterfuge - Jamaica Gleaner
