Constitutional Affairs Minister Delroy Chuck reported in May 10 Sunday Gleaner as contending that “what the Opposition leader wants” is for the Government to “bow to his demands that the CCJ should be a part of the initial process” of constitutional reform.

That, sadly, is evidence of the depressingly shallow, puerile approach taken by the administration to the obligatory mission for all Jamaica’s citizens to enjoy unhindered access to their court of last resort.

The minister sees the issue through the partisan lens of a struggle between positions taken by the Opposition and those adopted by the Government, and who will “bow”.