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President of the Jamaican Senate and attorney at law King's Counsel Tom Tavare-Finson said it would be extremely reckless of Jamaica to commit to the Caribbean Court of Justice(CCJ), as its final appellate court given the turmoil currently gripping the regional court.

Mark Bassant has the story.

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00:00Jamaican Senate President and King's Council Tom Tavares-Finson said nothing less than a public inquiry is required to deal
00:07with the issues facing the CCJ.
00:10Tavares-Finson issued a statement earlier today to the media warning Jamaica in making any decisions to make the CCJ
00:17its final appellate court.
00:19It would be extremely reckless for Jamaica to decide to join a court in which these interpersonal conflicts are raging
00:31and in which there is an allegation, an allegation that panels are being struck to determine the outcome of cases.
00:41For Jamaica to even consider joining such a court would be extremely reckless.
00:47For King's Council Tavares-Finson he said it would be unusual for a court not to have interpersonal conflicts but
00:55the Jamaican Senate President says of all the issues raised there is one which is troubling and must be treated
01:02seriously.
01:02The issue concerns and allegation that panels have been struck with a view to determining the output of cases and
01:14that to me is a very dangerous development if it is true.
01:20One of the judges indicated that he was to sit on a particular panel, a case of particular note and
01:28relevance to Jamaica and he was removed from that panel.
01:33The SunExpress reported exclusively this week about a series of allegations of dictatorial tendencies in the running of the court
01:41as well as allegations made by several judges of panel fixing and interfering with the outcome of cases purportedly by
01:48CCJ President Justice Winston Anderson.
01:51Mark Bessant, TV6 News.
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