The Law empowers Resident Magistrates to convene court on days which the court would not normally convene. That would be on weekends and public holidays, depending on the seriousness of the issues at hand. We have seen Resident Magistrate court convened to facilitate alleged drug dealers.
Will someone speak to my ignorance on this issue.
In a situation in which the results of the elections were so ambiguous that the Military had to place the National Reserve on readiness why could a Magistrate not be installed immediately to oversea the results of the seats in question ?
Why could several state paid Resident Magistrates not be activated to attend to such a critical issue regardless of day or time ?
Why is the Saint Mary South East seat set to be counted today?
Why are the ballots in the Saint James Southern Magisterial recount set for next Monday?
Why are these matters of National import treated as peripheral issues when they are critical to the integrity of the process and National security?
Lets hope that the new Administration understand the enormity of the task it faces in the process of transforming the Psyche of the nation from a wannabe first world aspirant to one set on a decided path toward that end.
There is absolutely no reason that two or three taxpayer paid Resident Magistrates could not be activated to get up off their backsides to attend to this simple task.
That one recount is scheduled for next Monday defies all logic and can only serve to add to the negative impact rumors have as a result of undue delays.
Lets get on with the damn task at hand and stop with the pussy-footing.
The task of Nation building is far too important to be left up to the mindset of the past which operates on the standards that we can take care of this tomorrow. Every minute is important .It is important that Jamaican leaders start thinking with a 21st century mindset.