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 Posted - 14 Jan 2011 : 17:33:23
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Gambian Lawyers Considering Plan B As they call-off strike
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Gambia Bar Association has reportedly called-off their three-day sit-down strike yesterday afternoon, but it is still unclear to The Daily News whether its demands have been met by the Gambian authorities.
Business at The Gambian courts has been dull since Tuesday December 12, as The Gambian lawyers stayed away from work. The boycott rendered many cases stalled.
The rare protest came hard on the heels of the false information and sedition charges leveled against the dismissed ex-Judge and now private lawyer, Moses Richards.
Richards is alleged to have lied to the Sheriff of the Gambia that the president of the republic ordered a stay of execution of a writ of possession in a civil suit; thus gave false information to a public servant and brought contempt to the person of the president of the republic. He however denied the charges.
In a rare move, over twenty defense lawyers, led by the doyen of the Gambian Bar, Surata Janneh, stormed the Banjul Magistrates’ Court in what could be described as an ‘all-out campaign’ to defend their colleague in trouble.
And the magistrate, who had denied bail to the former highly rated judge, could be said to be left with no option, but to revise his decision.
After condemning the whole saga, the Bar is now demanding that Moses be freed.
Although the president of the Bar Association, Sherrif, could not be reached to shed light on the calling off of the strike, reliable sources said they are expected to meet possibly next week to devise another means of making Gambian authorities comply with their demands.
Source: Dailynews
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