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edi sossoeh <[log in to unmask]>
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Note:  I agreed entirely with Joe Sambou and Sanusi Owens on your comments
and contributions on my first write up about the failed AG.  Below is th
part two of Gambia's most disgraceful AG.

Joof is not only a stumbling block to the country's democracy, but as well a
threat to peace and freedom.  He was part of the Commission of enquiry,
which was charged with the responsibility to probe into the  April 10 and 11
student unrest.   The Commission issued a report which indicted members of
the security forces for the students deaths and recommended for their
possible prosecution.  The  daminig report was rejected by the Jammeh
administration.    The government says the move was not meant to promote
national reconciliation.  But it failed to realise that there cannot be
reconciliation, without indicted parties seeking forgiveness to the breaved
families.  This report in question was read out to the nation by Joof's
predecessor Pap Cheyassin Secka, who was fired the same day.

Greedy Joof was invited to replace his colleague.  He wasted no time in
endorsing Jammeh's invitation.  With his presence at the AG'S Chambers, many
Gambians thought that, the man who sat before the Commission will ensure
that April 10 family members will receive justice withregards to their dead
ones.  Alas this was never the case.  The trator instead advised the regime
to indemnify those linked to the student deaths.  Despite local and
international outcry, the rubber stamp Assembly wasted no time in enacting
the draconian legislation.  Joof knows fully well that legislation will
encourage impunity in the Gambia, but advised his boss to come up with it.
This is clearly an intellectual dishonesty.   He has not only discredited
the good job done by the commission, but as well as discrediting himself as
a person.

To justify my assertion that Joof is a traitor, i wish to cite a ploy he
made to mastermine the sacking of a Sierralean high court judge.  He was the
one behind the removal of justice Robin Cooker, after he raised false
allegations of corruption and abuse of office.  At the time, knew that he
was going to lose  a case involving one his clients.  Inorder, to distroy
the judge's  career he raised bogus accusation against the country's oldest
and most ethical judge.  The dictatorial regime, which enjoys hiring and
firing of judicial staff wasted no time in relieving the judge from his
post.  Even though, there are lay down rules in the 1997 constitution, which
spelt out the proceedure of removing judges, the government ignored the
constitution and went ahead to sack the judge.  No parlimentary enquiry was
set up establish Joof's false accusations.   The judge was just sacrifice
like that.   He aslo has hands in the removal of supreme court judge Hassan
Jallow.  We all know how he used to  intimidate judges.

Jammeh is yet to know the man he is working with.  He will  end up
undermining him one day.  Its time for Joof to start asking himself what he
had done for his Department since his appointment.  He had done nothing
except perpetrating gross human right violations.

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