Dear Editor,
We suppose that Horace Chang and the JLP Senators are at liberty to make accusations against the leader of government business even when the facts do not support such accusations. What is important, for the interests of the public, is that they produce the letter that they say is germane to the conscience vote that is required in the debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice Bills.
Surely, the Opposition senators who do not show respect for the president of the Senate and refuse to behave with the kind of decorum that is required in the Chamber cannot legitimately complain when the imperatives of decency, good order, and the upholding of the dignity of the Parliament are insisted on.
Clearly, the crushing weight of the continuous public endorsement of the initiative to grant our people greater access to justice, the latest being by the Church, has forced the Opposition senators, in desperation, to resort to what they know best: quarrel.
We are of the view that the letter is being suppressed because some of its contents support the arguments of the Government side in the debate.
Why all the fuss and accusations? Simply produce the letter. Private and secret letters appear always to get in the way of the Opposition Senators supporting the CCJ Bills.
Senator A J Nicholson
Leader of Government Business
Private letters always shackle Opposition senators
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We suppose that Horace Chang and the JLP Senators are at liberty to make accusations against the leader of government business even when the facts do not support such accusations. What is important, for the interests of the public, is that they produce the letter that they say is germane to the conscience vote that is required in the debate on the Caribbean Court of Justice Bills.
Surely, the Opposition senators who do not show respect for the president of the Senate and refuse to behave with the kind of decorum that is required in the Chamber cannot legitimately complain when the imperatives of decency, good order, and the upholding of the dignity of the Parliament are insisted on.
Clearly, the crushing weight of the continuous public endorsement of the initiative to grant our people greater access to justice, the latest being by the Church, has forced the Opposition senators, in desperation, to resort to what they know best: quarrel.
We are of the view that the letter is being suppressed because some of its contents support the arguments of the Government side in the debate.
Why all the fuss and accusations? Simply produce the letter. Private and secret letters appear always to get in the way of the Opposition Senators supporting the CCJ Bills.
Senator A J Nicholson
Leader of Government Business
Private letters always shackle Opposition senators
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