FREE WAA JUWARA
FREE ALL THE PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE
PUT JAMMEH ON TRIAL


The Secretary General of the National Democratic Action Movement, Lamin Waa
Juwara was, on Monday, 16th February 2004, sentenced to six months
imprisonment, for “uttering seditious words.”  This tyrannical sentencing of
NDAM’s leader, (without the possibility of a fine), on trumped-up charges,
has vindicated us beyond all doubts as to who really controls Gambia’s
judiciary, showing also, the high-handed attitude bias of justice Paul.

Our characterization of some of the Nigerian judges and prosecutors as
“mercenary judges” is to raise the alarm for all Gambians to take heed of
the road to hell that Jammeh is paving for our beloved country.  The serious
among us must resist and destroy the judiciary structures that M.A. Paul,
Akomaye Agim, and Emmanuel Fagbelle are helping Jammeh to construct.  These
mercenary judges in one way or another contributed to the wreckage of the
entire social fabric of Nigerian society, now, they want to subject Gambia
to the same demise.

If all the atrocities of the AFPRC- APRC for the past nine years haven’t
alarmed you, then the current excitement and premature celebrations for the
“discovery of oil, natural gas and heavy metal deposits” in the Gambia
should jolt you out of your slumber. Imagine how Jammeh, with his greedy
gangster mentality and his “sharers of crumbs” will behave in the advent of
tapping these resources in the millions of barrels of oil and tons upon tons
of heavy metals. Jammeh and his regime have already revealed their
corrupt and predatory behavior during the “oil saga”; the period oil was
being lifted from Nigeria to Gambia and to this day the proceeds from the
sales remain a mystery.

We will recall that, when diamonds were discovered in Sierra Leone, Pa Siaka
Stevens promised the Sierra Leonians never to see poverty and hunger again.
Look at what became of the country. When the tyrant Mobutu killed Lumumba,
he made the same promises to the Congolese, look at what became of the
Congo. Jammeh will surpass the greed of many of these African tyrants and
predators. Don’t believe the HYPE! The Jammeh regime is not qualified to
manage the meager resources of the day let alone resources of such
magnitude.

Clearly, M.A. Paul, who was to sit only in the commercial court, has been
selected as the henchman for all the political cases as evident in Waa
Juwara’s case and who, without a doubt, influenced the outcome of Dumo
Saho’s case. These Nigerian “mercenary judges” Are highly corruptible and
will go to any length to silence and eliminate those of us who are
determined to spoil Jammeh’s plans to plunder our country.

We in NDAM take this latest act of Jammeh’s tyranny as a test of our will to
take the struggle to its logical conclusion.  As we always contend, we will
never falter in our will to win and usher in positive, progressive, growth
oriented change for the Gambia, where the rule of law prevails.

Together with our gallant counsel, Bory Touray, and the critical mass
support of the Gambian people, we are determined to fight this conviction
with all our might.  We are urging the Gambia Bar Association to take a
public position in this matter.  We are also asking the international
community to put pressure on the regime of Yaya Jammeh to release Waa Juwara
and all prisoners of conscience in Gambia’s jails.

We take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your concern and
support.

“DARE TO INVENT THE FUTURE”, ‘TIL VICTORY, ALWAYS!!!
NDAM.

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