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4— J J IGov’t talks with US over ‘Dudus’ issueTHE GOVERNMENT has carry out its internationalconfirmed that it is engaged intalks with the United States on the extradition order against west Kingston strongman.Christopher 'Dudus' Coke.A statement on the matter was forthcoming only days after former national security minister. Dr Peter Phillips, accused the Bruce Golding administration of abandoning the country to dons.In clear reference to theGovernment's failure to effect criticisms over its silence onobligations.IMPATIENT PUBLICThe terse statement which was read by Information Minister Daryl Vaz at yesterday's post-Cabinet press briefing suggests that the Government appeared to be buying time from an impatient public in the high-profile extradition matter.subject of formal communications between the Government of Jamaica and the United States GovernmentThe Government's position in this matter is in keeping with the Mutual Assistance Treaty, otherwise called the Extradi tion TreatyThe information minister promised that more informa tion would be forthcoming asHit b\ stinging public sixin as a position was takenthe extradition order against C'oke, Phillips told People's National Party supporters that the Government had tailed tothe issue, Vaz yesterday made an unsolicited statement on the matter.Vaz did not encourage questions on the issue and declined to give a time frame within which the matter wouldVaz said, The matter is the be resolved
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Thu, Sep 24, 2009
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