Momodou Njai wrote:

After the four took the oath of office, allegiance and secrecy, administered
by the secretary to the cabinet Anthony Taylor, President jammeh said in the
absence of equity and justice, no system will work and warned that no one
will be spared for inefficiency "no matter what connections or
qualifications."

> It is interesting that such a truism is not applicable to him because he would
> have been long gone. And If I were Mr Secka, I would not be too comfortable on
> that Attorney General seat.

Musa Jeng

>
>
> Attorney General, Others Sworn In
>
> The president, Yahya Jammeh, yesterday, presided over the swearing-in of the
> newly-appointed attorney general and secretary of state for Justice, Ousman
> Cheyassin Secka, the vice chairman of the Public Service Commission, Momdou
> S Njie and Amira Ghanim-Jagne and Harriet Joof-Fowlis, members of the
> commission.
>
> After the four took the oath of office, allegiance and secrecy, administered
> by the secretary to the cabinet Anthony Taylor, President jammeh said in the
> absence of equity and justice, no system will work and warned that no one
> will be spared for inefficiency "no matter what connections or
> qualifications."
>
> He said the pending of too many court cases results in public indiscipine
> and eventually anarchy because people with lingering cases take the law into
> their own hands.
>
> The president implored the commissioners to play the role of referees in
> offering jobs by considering qualifications and not personalities.That, he
> said, will institute discipline and seriousness in schools.
>
> He urged the officers sworn-in to live up to expectations in their
> respective capacities without fear or favour and to uphold professionalism
> Speaking earlier, the chief justice, Felix Lartey, said the judiciary will
> count on Mr Secka's vast experience as an established judicial member to
> resolve the perennial problem of the backlog of cases in courts.
>
> He spoke of the need for a decentralised judicial system that will enable
> high court judges to preside over cases in the provinces as they may
> originate.The chief justice complained of the shortage of judges at the high
> court, saying there are only four instead of a minimum seven and called for
> the re-equipping of the judicial library for the benefit of the bench and
> bar.
>
> Mr Secka said he is out to assist the government to develop a justice
> delivery system that will be unbiased and independent.He challenged the
> president to set up task committees for the establishment of a code of
> conduct for the judiciary and a law school, revealing that plans are under
> way to ensure that adjourned cases of murder, rape, arson and land matters
> are tried in the various localities.
>
> Mr Secka thanked the president for his appointment and promised to restore
> confidence in the judiciary.The chairman of the PSC, Sulayman Masanneh
> Ceesay, urged the three sworn-in officials to execute their duties with a
> clear conscience and avoid falling for the fraternity syndrome.
>
> Earlier, in a separate development, president Jammeh held closed-door
> discussions with Dr Malick Samba, the WHO regional director for Africa.
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> Now the Quiz...
>
> Name the longest and the shortest serving SOS of the present regime?
>
> Lets pray!
>
> M. Njai.
>
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