The Editor,:

It is disingenuous of Ken Jones to be citing the Trinidadian Constitution as justification for the Prime Minister of Jamaica to obstruct or interfere with the selection made by the Public Service Commission which they are empowered to do by Section 125 of the Jamaica Constitution. The power which Mr. Jones and the Prime Minister seek to exercise in the appointments to the Public Service is exactly what the Constitution sets out to block.

Prime Ministerial input Where the framers of the Constitution thought it desirable to have Prime Ministerial input or influence, they made the point very clear. I would refer Mr. Jones to Section 126 which deals with the appointments of permanent secretaries and financial secretaries. It is reasonable to conclude that if the framers of the Constitution wanted the Prime Minister to have direct input in the selection of the Solicitor General, they would have included that post under Section 126.

I am, etc.,

LUCIUS C. WHITE

Kingston