Edi, thanks for this update.  The House that Jammeh built is crumbling and
he is going to be buried in it.  Ous Badjie is not off the hook with
Gambians, though.  We are going to collect from him what he stole from us.
On the issue of Justice King, can you imagine how justice must have been
bought and sold under his watch?  How many justices are like Justice King,
buying and selling influence at the expense of the people?  This is yet
another example that Gambians cannot ignore.  Yaya Jammeh is bad news for
Gambia and we cannot continue to be in denial.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: edi sossoeh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Interior Minister Ousman Badjie fired
>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:53:20 +0000
>
>Gambia's Interior minister Ousman Badjie who was indicted by the April 10
>Commission of enquiry has been fired with  effect from today,  reliable
>sources confirmed yesterday.  He is replaced by Sulayman Masaneh Ceesay,  a
>former official of the public service commission.  Sources say Badjie's
>sacking could be linked to his Department's failure to tackle the veil
>controversy hitting the country's public school system.  Badjie was
>assigned with religiuos affairs, and his removal is attracting a heated
>debate in Banjul.  He was not only Jammeh's friend but as well as a
>brother.
>
>Sulayman Masaneh Ceesay, does not know any thing about security and
>observer
>believe Jammeh is losing hope in his administration.  It is widely
>speculated that the dictator  may end up relinguishing power in the near
>future.  The regime is said to be faced with acute cash shortage and
>development partners such as the IMF and the World Bank have lamented about
>the increasing  level of corruption in the tiny West African country.
>
>In a related development,   reports say  senior magistrate Abubacarr King
>had absconded from the jurisdiction of the Gambia.  King is linked to a
>major corruption scandal which hit the Brikama magistrate court.  Court
>fines collected from litigants  were  reported unaccounted for.  Sources
>also say judgements were expunged from the case files.  This is estimated
>to
>be about 45 cases.  The judiciary is said to be pursuing the case.  King
>believed to be a Sierralean national, only claimed Gambian citizenship
>after
>the 1998 Sierralean war.  With the help of some Gambians he secured the
>national document.  He is believed to be in the United States with his
>family.  The judiciary says he is on leave, but competent sources say King
>will never return to the Gambia.  He was send to Mecca for pilgrimage by
>the
>ruling APRC.  This shows how the regime induces judicial staff.  It is
>estimated that court fines amounting to thousands of dalasis are reported
>missing at the Brikama magistrate court.
>
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