A quiz at the end of this piece!

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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