Editorial: New prospects for Parliament
Running the country with a balanced rather than a lopsided Parliament is the challenge facing the new PNP administration. It is also an opportunity to revisit the changes which have not really revitalised the legislature over the past several years. The..
Picking up the pieces of Jamaica
The main political parties, the People's National Party (PNP) and the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) have flung about a ton of mud at each other over the last few weeks as they sought to gain political ascendancy in the general election just ended. Now that..
Bad luck or better obeahman?
Following a voter turnout of 57 per cent, the People's National Party has been returned to power with a vastly-reduced majority. There was no nine per cent or 10 per cent swing to the PNP therefore, indeed their sharply reduced - Dawn Ritch...
An open letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Mr. Patterson: Congratulations. To have recovered from the low popular support level you had one year ago, and to win back the disaffected with a campaign providing information, and so win the general election held last - Hartley Neita...
The myth of separation of powers
The doctrine of separation of powers has become topical due to its prominence in the MOU between Bruce Golding and the JLP. It is a key feature of the NDM's constitutional reform proposals. The paucity of any serious critique of - Keith L. Miller..
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