The extradition of Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher Dudus Coke continues to garner increased interest internationally. In an editorial printed last week, one of Canadas largest Newspapers, The Globe and Mail has weighed in.

The editorial said that stalling over the August, 2009 request to extradite Christopher Dudus Coke has caused a rift in jamaicas relationship with Washington.

It adds that the incident threatens to expose political corruption in the government of Prime Minister Bruce Golding, underscoring the reality that criminal gangs and politics are still linked in Jamaica, as the two main political parties rely on garrison dons to produce votes during elections.

The paper asserted that the Mr. Coke incident has prompted the US State Department to question Jamaicas commitment to law enforcement co-operation.

It also references a major address in 2007 by Prime Minister Golding when he pledged to tackle crime and corruption and that three years later, the governments ambitious initiatives remain stalled in Parliament, and five anti-crime proposals have yet to be debated.

The Globe and mail opines that the Jamaican government must act now and turn the extradition request for Mr. Coke over to the courts. The Globe and Mail is a nationally distributed newspaper, based in Toronto and printed in six cities across Canada.

It has a weekly readership of 935,000 and is Canadas largest nationally circulated newspaper and second-largest daily newspaper after the Toronto Star and is widely described as Canadas newspaper of record in the English language.