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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 20 Oct 2018 : 15:35:15
A suggestion I would like to make to resolve this problem,the cost of PURCHASING vehicles in the current economic financial climate of NEW GAMBIA is NOT an option BUT payment by the court funds for a taxi from the LOCAL area to take the magistrate from his HOME to Court and a RETURN journey by a LOCAL Brikama TAXI seem to me to be a sensible option,EVERYONE is a winner, Magistrates both sets of TAXI drivers,Clients of the Court,public perception of Brikama Magistrates Court.
Not forgetting "principal Magistrate Omar Cham " who MAY like to impliment my idea provided that Court funds are available,OR the national justice department would like to pay themselves for this improvement. !!
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By Nelson Manneh October 19, 2018
Scarcity of vehicles at the Brikama Magistrates Court hampers mobility of court officials including Magistrates who daily share one vehicle that makes more than one trip. Sources say that Magistrates at the Brikama Magistrates Court struggle every day to get to work.
It was confirmed to Foroyaa that six (6) out of the eight (8) magistrates share a vehicle.
The Magistrates Court currently has eight (8) Magistrates among whom only two have their personal vehicles that they are using.
The litigants complain of late start of court sittings due to the late time that the magistrates arrive at the court. They are calling for the government to remedy this situation so that the court sittings can start by 9 am.
They expressed frustration on how they feel about their cases being delayed and adjourned endlessly especially when clerks tell them that the magistrates aren’t around for their matters to proceed.
The frustrated litigants blame the magistrates and are of the view that their cases are not being seriously handled by the trial magistrates. Some even request for their cases to be transferred to another Magistrate because they are tired with the excuses given to them.
This reporter visited the Magistrates Court on the 17th of October 2018 and spoke to some of some magistrates who told him that the information is true and that this has been happening for many years ago.
Speaking to Foroyaa, Magistrate Muhammed Krubally, who said he has spent more than a year at the Brikama Magistrates Court and stated that for long they have been complaining about the issue of their mobility but to no avail.
Magistrate Krubally said some of the magistrates who are not having their own vehicles sometimes join the commercial vehicles to come to work which according to him is not correct.
“If you are handling a criminal matter and you pass a judgement on it and if unfortunately you join the same vehicle with the person against whom the judgement was delivered, the person may do harm to that magistrate or even insult him or her; that is not proper,” he said.
He added that some cases are delayed not because the Magistrates are not ready to fast-track them but due to unavailability of vehicles.
“Some of the accused persons are in prison and they are always in limbo of their cases. Their cases are adjourned continuously for weeks or months. Justice delayed is justice denied,” he said.
Some of the police prosecutors at the Brikama Magistrates court who spoke to this reporter said many a time their cases do not proceed due to the lateness of the Magistrates.
“We keep on adjourning the matters because the Magistrates are nowhere to be seen. We know that is not their fault. They should be provided with vehicles as they are here to make sure that justice is delivered,” they said.
Efforts were made in other to reach the principal Magistrate Omar Cham to share his view but he could not be reached.
http://foroyaa.gm/lack-of-vehicles-hampers-work-at-brikama-magistrates-court/ |
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| toubab1020 |
Posted - 31 Oct 2018 : 13:45:08
Well that was Quick,I am pleased to note that Foroyaa has decided that this topic should go to the top of the pile and has searched AND FOUND a way that this Specific problem can be resolved in an ECONOMICAL way, bearing in mind that NEW GAMBIA is still developing and suffering from being unable at this stage of its development into a self sustaining country where GREED whether in a personal or business situation will be regarded as an UNACCEPTABLE trait that will not be tolerated by the administration or the population of The NEW GAMBIA.
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It is often said that there are three arms of the state; the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. The executive has its ministers and permanent secretaries. The legislature has its National Assembly Members and the judiciary has its Judges and Magistrates.
The ministers have each an official car and a utility car. The National Assembly Members have access to utility cars if they so desire whose source is a matter of national debate. Magistrates however are to preside over cases and then join public transport to go to work to and fro. The Chief Justice is empowered under section 144 of the Constitution, to “submit the annual estimates of expenditure for the Judicature to the President for presentation to the National Assembly in accordance with this Constitution. The President shall cause the estimates to be placed before the National Assembly without amendment, but may attach to them his or her own comments and observations.”
He now has the opportunity to examine the genuine needs of the magistrates in order to determine salaries, allowances and so on, so that Magistrates can do with their work without the temptation to be induced due to deprivation.
http://foroyaa.gm/the-chief-justice-and-the-magistrates-in-new-gambia/ |
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