Sunday, September 06, 2009
Point-scoring in Megrahi debate brought no credit to Scottish Parliament
No advance since the days of Huckleberry Finn, then ?
In the "Herald" (Scotland) it is pointed out that only a few contributions, such as those from Malcolm Chisholm, Patrick Harvie and Christine Grahame, raised the quality of the debate and touched on the wider issues of guilt or innocence, truth and justice, punishment and compassion.
Many now believe Megrahi is the victim of a miscarriage of justice. There is no longer any possibility of an independent public inquiry into Lockerbie, because there are too many powerful vested interests with dark secrets to be kept hidden from public knowledge.
The Court of Session should find a way to reverse its decision allowing Megrahi to abandon his second appeal, and then press on with this appeal to its final conclusion, even if the appellant is dead.
That would further enhance the reputation of the Scottish judicial system. It is now the only way left to establish the truth about Megrahi's guilt or innocence, and to clear up all the other questions still unanswered about the Lockerbie bombing. The families of the victims deserve nothing less.
IMO: Surely the above is reasonable and in such a way Scotland can still proceed with further hearings, and help to re-establish faith in the Scottish political and legal system, if not of that in the UK and USA. The present status reeks of US boonducks lynch law, surely inappropriate even in the days of Huck Finn, and even worse, of highsounding Sassenach treason.
In the "Herald" (Scotland) it is pointed out that only a few contributions, such as those from Malcolm Chisholm, Patrick Harvie and Christine Grahame, raised the quality of the debate and touched on the wider issues of guilt or innocence, truth and justice, punishment and compassion.
Many now believe Megrahi is the victim of a miscarriage of justice. There is no longer any possibility of an independent public inquiry into Lockerbie, because there are too many powerful vested interests with dark secrets to be kept hidden from public knowledge.
The Court of Session should find a way to reverse its decision allowing Megrahi to abandon his second appeal, and then press on with this appeal to its final conclusion, even if the appellant is dead.
That would further enhance the reputation of the Scottish judicial system. It is now the only way left to establish the truth about Megrahi's guilt or innocence, and to clear up all the other questions still unanswered about the Lockerbie bombing. The families of the victims deserve nothing less.
IMO: Surely the above is reasonable and in such a way Scotland can still proceed with further hearings, and help to re-establish faith in the Scottish political and legal system, if not of that in the UK and USA. The present status reeks of US boonducks lynch law, surely inappropriate even in the days of Huck Finn, and even worse, of highsounding Sassenach treason.
# posted by uv : 9:58 AM
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