Gambians are still being ruled by decrees. This time around the edict came from Yaya and Joseph Joof. The rubber-stamp Assembly was just a conduit that tried to legalize the lawlessness in our country. This so-called Indemnity Law is merely asking us to forget the rule of law; forget that criminals should be punished for their crimes. Instead give criminals the License to Kill innocent and defenseless children. Criminals are being assured that even if they blatantly violate the laws of the land and cold-blooded massacre innocent children, they (the criminals) will be protected by Yaya and Joseph Joof. Joof is not even ashamed to call himself a lawyer and at the same time allow such a repugnant law be passed to have retroactive effect. This goes against everything Joof was thought in Britain when he obtained a scholarship from the Jawara regime. I bet had Gambians known that this man will use his law license in this despicable manner, they would rather sponsor a potential doctor to go study in Britain. Joof and the Chief Justice wasted Gambian taxpayers' money and time partaking in a bogus and toothless Commission of Inquiry. They spent months peddling lies to the Gambian citizens encouraging citizens to be patient with the work the Commission was doing. We the citizens were assured that once the Commission finished its work, justice will not just be done, it will be seen to be done. More than one year after the Massacre, what has happened? Joof and the Chief Justice that were supposed to be neutral arbiters that should look into Yaya's criminality vis-a-vis the massacre of our children, were going behind people's back giving Yaya secret advise as to how to beat this rap. Joof and the Chief Justice connived against the diabolical Pap Cheyassin Secka and convinced Yaya that they (the despicable duo of Joof and the Chief Justice) can help Yaya and his cohorts escape punishment for their crimes against humanity. Our justice system is as rotten as it can be. We have unscrupulous foreigners and despicable and inept Gambians manning key positions in the justice system. Can people now imagine how ill-advised it was to put our faith in characters like Joseph Joof and that bogus Commission? The first time Joof was named to that Commission, I warned the Opposition to take the man on. Joof is only interested in self-preservation. He cares less about the justice and the plight of the victims of the Massacre. All he is interested in is how he will live a relatively good life with his immediate family. This man does not even care if the husband of his sister-in-law (Hawa Sisay) gets justice from the illegal government he (Joof) fanatically works for. If this man's own son was murdered by Yaya, he will not dare to challenge Yaya. That is how sick and scared these people are. They do not even want to stand up for themselves. They have all been emasculated by Yaya (the premier impotent). This is pathetic. And what did Joof and the Chief Justice come up with in order to counter the findings of THEIR OWN Commission of Inquiry? The very architects of that bogus Commission now willingly advocate for the government and the people to throw away the findings of the Commission. The criminals that perpetrated the cold-blooded massacre of our children, can now continue walking the streets of Banjul with impunity. Moreover, this piece of legislative garbage wants these criminals to lay their minds to rest once and for all. Joseph Joof, the Chief Justice and Yaya do not even want the criminals to be tortured by the thought that they might be investigated. This decree wants all investigations to stop. This decree wants to wipe out the crimes that were committed on our children. What Joof and the Chief Justice cannot get through the law courts, they got through parliament. That is why I am calling this piece of thrash a Decree. This edict sought to turn our laws upside down. Whose idea is it? Joseph Joof and the Chief Justice. But the despicable duo just showed what poor lawyers they are and what indecent human beings they are. The retroactive nature of this decree evinces ill will from the government. It also shows the contempt lawyers like Joseph Joof and the Chief Justice hold for our laws. These people have no respect for our laws. They feel that with a moron and a dictator like Yaya at the helm, they can come in anytime to pass decrees that have retroactive effect and can legalize the most heinous crimes in the book. At one moment murder is a crime in The Gambia. The next you know, there is a decree saying that murder is not a crime any more. Matter of fact, murderers that committed their crimes while murder was a crime, will even go scot-free. That is how absurd this sort of retroactive decrees are. This is pure legalized lawlessness. Now if one acts on Yaya's orders, one can kill children, rape women, abduct and torture Yaya's political opponents, steal from government coffers; in short, one can commit the most heinous crimes in the book, and rely on Joseph Joof and the rubber stamp parliament to legalize your crime. This is anarchy. A Dictatorship. The sooner we get rid of these animals the better. To the criminals that have been given a false sense of security by Joseph Joof and the Chief Justice, we ask you to enjoy your freedom while it lasts. This decree is toilet paper. It cannot insulate anyone from criminal activity. Those responsible for the Massacre of our children will HAVE TO PAY for their crimes. Joof can back date decrees to time immemorial. Matter of fact, he can even be more specific and categorically state that the decree is meant to protect the perpetrators of the Massacre. Nothing can protect the murderers. Joof did not have to be this elaborate in his cover-up activities. But being the slimy character he is, he wants to make it appear that the legislature and not the courts is rendering the criminals scot-free. Joof knows that for the courts to render the criminals free, the courts will at the very least conduct a facade trial. In that trial, facts will come out that Joof and the Chief Justice do not want the citizens to know. So, in order to avoid the revelations of the facts, Joof and the Chief Justice passed the buck by running to the APRC rubber stamp parliament. But we all know that Joof prepared the decree. We also know that the APRC cronies at the parliament are so scared to think straight. The few that can read will not dare challenge Yaya's wishes. This was signed, sealed and delivered by Yaya, Joof and the Chief Justice. I would love to hear how Joof is going to explain his despicable actions to his sister-in-law and former law practice partner. Hawa must be miffed that the lawsuit she filed for her husband (Ousman Sabally) against the government Joof is representing, has been compromised by this decree. Hawa by now should have realized that what Joof could not Argue against in court, Joof have Decreed against in parliament. This is what dictators do. When they cannot follow the law and convince people, they take the law into their own hands and impose on people. Now the facts Hawa wanted to come out will never come out as far as Yaya and Joseph Joof are in power. Not knowing the full force of the Decree, I cannot advise Hawa to withdraw her suit because all hope is lost. I will respectfully urge Hawa to talk to her brother-in-law and ask him where Sabally's suit and potential civil suits of other massacre victims, stand as of now. My distant and initial reading of the situation tells me that if the perpetrators are immunized by this decree, they are not only insulated from jail time and hanging, they are also absolved of civil liability. I might be wrong. I hope Hawa who has a vested interest in the matter will put her brother-in-law on the spot and ask him to explain the full extent of the Decree. In any case, the quickest way to bring these people to book, is to get rid of Yaya. Our salvation does not lie in litigating this piece of thrash before the Chief Justice that is also a major part of this fraud against the Gambian people. 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