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Karamba

United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 13:07:39
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Scorpiorain, Sister Omega is always happy to see Jammeh killing. This is brutal cold blood murder. How would Jammeh be feeling if he is to face firing for staging that coup ? Sister Omega will tell you Jammeh succeeding in his revolution. The crime of Jammeh breaking Gambian laws still kicks alive.
One fine day, tides will change against Jammeh and it will be interesting to see Sister Omega back. A truly loyal compatriot would stick on at worse or worst times. Jammmeh angered many people since he came to power by force of arms. This time is most bitter, slaughtering humans like chicks. |
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Momodou

Denmark
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 14:20:32
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Govt. holds talks with EU, US, UK delegates over executions The Point: Published on Friday, August 31, 2012
Delegates from the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom on one hand and the Gambian minister for presidential affairs and secretary general and head of the civil service, the minister of justice and attorney general, the minister of the interior and minister of foreign affairs on the other hand yesterday held talks in Banjul.
The meeting, according to news monitored on GRTS, discussed the recent executions carried out by the Gambia government in which nine convicts on death row were executed.
The news report stated that the delegates speaking on behalf of their various governments expressed, among other things, the need for greater transparency from the government of The Gambia on the executions, and asked for a halt to the remaining ones.
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Momodou

Denmark
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 15:12:56
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According to the GRTS news today, the KMC council of elders have been "mobilised" to visit the Vice President to show their solidarity with President's decision. |
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Karamba

United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 17:36:48
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Sistrer Omega and everyone here who thinks this legal or normal, the UN calls it extrajudicial and summary execution. By account of seriously legal thinking persons, Jammeh acted outside good laws and just wanted to prove he commands power to get someone killed. Jammeh is playing God. During this killings, he mentioned God in ways implying he equates himself to God. This is outrageous and hs to condemned all the way everywhere,m every time, till doomsday.
http://dailynews.gm/africa/gambia/article/un-urges-gambia-to-stop-arbitrary-stream-of-executions |
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Janyanfara

Tanzania
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 19:16:44
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Brother Karamba and Momodou, You see sometimes it is a waist sharing or arguing with the likes of so called sister omaga. She does not know our values much to talk of our inter tribal relations. This monster of a chimpanzee called Yahya Jammeh is the only cancer and so called sister omaga and co legalizing Yahya Jammeh's killing of our relatives stinks. Here is this Sister omaga who is non Gambian yet she wants everything about the Gambia in relation to the monster of a president. In sister omaga's country UK, today no one is killed because of insanity they are taken to medical prisons to rehabilitate them. In sister Omaga's country today no one is killed because they killed someone out of provocation. In sister Omaga's country UK no one whose death sentence was commuted to life by a Tony Blair administration would have his life sentence commuted back to death sentence because David Cameron has come to power and change the constitution. Sister Omaga like Yahya monster Jammeh who are both non Gambians have no respect for us. That was why I stopped wasting my time arguing with her. An old woman like Sister omaga I thought she would have come out to say though I support Yahya but I hate to see people killed. I am sure this is what she would have done if it were British citizens. Shame on all enemies of Gambians for yesterday we were divided but thanks to the monster of a man Yahya Jammeh, Gambians are all uniting asone family.x
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kobo

United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 22:03:57
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quote: Originally posted by Momodou
According to the GRTS news today, the KMC council of elders have been "mobilised" to visit the Vice President to show their solidarity with President's decision.
EXACTLY WITH THE DAILY OBSERVER NEWS UNDER;
"RULE BY THE SWORD AND DIE BY THE SWORD!" |
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Momodou

Denmark
11737 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 23:01:51
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STATEMENT OF THE GROUP OF SIX 29 August 2012
Events of far reaching national significance are taking place. The members of the Group of Six Parties that came together to demand for electoral reform before the 29th March 2012 National Assembly elections have issued statements, letters or opinions touching on the announcement made by Amnesty International that 9 death row prisoners have been executed. Different sectors of the Gambian community have heard it rumoured that the 9 persons had been moved from their cells but there was no confirmation that they had been executed. The statement issued by the Ministry of Justice gave hope to all Gambians in particular and the International Community at large that the position of the Amnesty International was wrong. It stated categorically that “The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of The Gambia hereby informs the general public that contrary to the widespread rumours and speculations on the pronouncement made by His Excellency the President of the Republic on the implementation of the death penalty in The Gambia, it wishes to state for the records that such irresponsible spreading of information is wrong. The laws of the Gambia on the death penalty are very clear and provide: Section 18 (i) of the Constitution of The Republic of The Gambia states: “No person shall be deprived of his or her life intentionally except in the execution of a sentence of death imposed by a court of competent jurisdiction in respect of a criminal offence for which the penalty is death under the laws of the Gambia as they have effects in accordance with subsection (2) and of which he or she has been lawfully convicted.” “In due compliance with the provisions of the law as above, It follows that all persons on the death row have been tried by the Gambian courts of competent jurisdiction and whereof convicted and sentenced to death in accordance with the law. They have exhausted all their legal rights of appeal as provided by law. The general public is hereby warned that the peace and stability of our beloved nation as regards the protection of the lives, liberty and property of individuals must at all cost be preserved and jealously guarded.”On the other hand, the statement of the Ministry of the Interior came as a shock. It confirmed the worse fears of every person who wishes the Gambia and her people well. To address this grave concern, we the leaders of the group of six have decided to meet and issue a joint statement on the state of affairs. In doing so we are bound by the consideration that the role of opposition parties is not just to contest elections but also to monitor the day to day governance of a country with a view to criticising, scrutinizing and restraining the existing government from doing actions that may not be in the National Interest.
Life Imprisonment and Death Penalty
First and foremost the group of six is convinced that The Gambia is a secular state. The death penalty had once been abolished and those who had been sentenced to death had had their sentences commuted to life. Life Imprisonment is as severe and harsh a punishment as the death penalty. The only difference is that the state will not have blood on its hands and no one would be killed by mistake should new evidence prove that a convict was in fact innocent. This is why Section 18 subsection (3) of the Constitution of the Gambia states that “The National Assembly shall within ten years from the date of the coming into force of this Constitution review the desirability or otherwise of the total abolition of the death penalty in The Gambia.” In our view, the Gambia Government, in practice, had imposed a moratorium on the death penalty. In our view, in the face of the abdication of responsibility by the requisite arms of the state to do what subsection (2) of section 18 instructs them to do, justice dictates that the moratorium on the death penalty be maintained and a constitutional amendment be sought to extend the time required by the Constitution for the review on the desirability of the total abolition or otherwise of the death penalty. We therefore call on the government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty with immediate effect and prepare a bill for the amendment of section 18 (2) which requires a referendum, since it is an entrenched clause, so that the mandatory review of the death penalty which should have taken place is put into effect. As far as the Group of Six is concerned we are convinced that life imprisonment should be the severest or harshest punishment available in our statute books for murder. Unjustifiable Recourse to the Constitution for Implementing the Death Penalty The Group does acknowledge that section 18 (1) does permit the implementation of the death penalty, subject to the condition stipulated in subsection (2) that the accused person must be found to have utilised violence or toxic substances to actually inflict death on the victim. We are aware that under our statutes, certain crimes could incur the death penalty even though the person may not have used violence to kill any one. There are people sentenced to death who have not killed anyone. It would be unconstitutional to issue a death warrant against such people. This is why we are calling on the Government to impose a moratorium on the death penalty and pursue the review exercise with diligence so that all laws will be brought into conformity with the constitutional provisions. In our view, Section 18 does not command the President to implement the death penalty in all cases. The president is given the powers to exercise prerogative of mercy under section 82 of the Constitution. He has power to pardon or commute sentences in general. The Criminal Procedure Code goes further in giving specific discretionary powers to the president in matters dealing with the implementation of the death penalty. Section 253 subsection (5) of the Criminal Procedure Code categorically states that once the Minister of Justice renders his or her advice on the case of a convict who is sentenced to death “the president shall issue a death warrant or an order for the sentence of death to be commuted, or a pardon. The president has options and the best option is for the president to commute the death sentences to life or impose a moratorium until the review required by the Constitution is done
Execution to be characterised by Adherence to Procedures and Standards of best Practice Many family members claim that they were not aware of the execution of their family members but heard it from the news. They do not know when they were killed, how they were killed and where they are buried and whether they were buried according to Islamic rites. Some are wondering when to give their third day charity or seventh day charity after a person’s death, according to their custom. The family does not know whether those executed have been prayed for before burial as required by their religion. The law has settled this matter but the practice of the state leaves everything in doubt as far as the execution of the 9 persons is concerned. Section 253 Subsection (5) of the Criminal Procedure Code adds that the death warrant signed by the President shall contain the place where, the time when the execution is to take place and how the body is to be buried. In short there are rules to be observed in executing the death penalty which should be in line with standards of best practice. In our view, families, religious leaders and others have duties to have last a word with a person before one’s execution.
Conclusion
In view of all the issues we have raised we the members of the Group of Six call on the President of the Gambia to impose a moratorium on the death penalty. We call on the National Assembly and the Executive to prepare a bill that would facilitate the holding of a referendum to decide whether the death penalty will be abolished or not. We also call on the international community to take the position of the Group of Six into consideration and play an interlocutory role to prevail on the president to impose a moratorium on the death penalty and give full explanation to the families of the death row prisoners when and how their family members were executed and where they are buried and indicate whether they are buried according to their religious rites and .Customs. We call on all Gambians to discuss this issue in the spirit of solemnity that it deserves and move away from partisan politics and narrow nationalist sentiments. This is a National issue. Should life imprisonment be the severest punishment for murder or treason, or death? Should the state be a taker of life? This is the question.
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Janyanfara

Tanzania
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Posted - 31 Aug 2012 : 23:16:43
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I know kobo. This evil elephant would now say because he was beg by elders that is why he did not carry out the rest of the executions HELL NO! He is blody scared of international community supporting us as all corners of the world have condemned him. But I belief as he swore before those very elders that he did not want them to come begging him, let us wait and see what he will do or say next. I can bet this fool would say because people came to beg him that was why he choose Yankuba Colley to mobilize some elders to come to him as he did with Baba Jobe when he was in military uniform saying those elders came to beg him to strip his military uniform and stand as a candidate. I can swear to God one man I spoke to who is very influential told me Baba Jobe promised them tickets to Mecca which he fulfilled. That man in fact is now made Alkalo against the wishes of his village. I do not want to name him thus endangering his life but I swear this man is a master strategist he can act. He is scared to death and even if no one went to him, he will drag them to go. Now let us wait and see as he swore to the quran that if by the end of September he did not carry out those executions to the later, let him eat pork and drink alcohol. |
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kobo

United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 05:57:51
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Janyafara. These elders are sycophants, sell out, corrupted leaders that came to fill their pockets 
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Momodou

Denmark
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Posted - 01 Sep 2012 : 08:59:39
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More elders were yesterday "mobilised" from West Coast Region to visit Vice President to also show solidarity. However, this time they beg the President to susped the execution of the rest of the death row prisoners. |
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Momodou

Denmark
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Posted - 03 Sep 2012 : 14:41:06
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Whiles KM Elders’ Appeal for a Tentative Halt to Executions, WCR is Calling For a Total Halt
Daily News Editorial: Published on Monday, September 03, 2012
9 prisoners on the death row were killed last Sunday 26th August ,2012 by a presidential order as the constitution of The Gambia dictates. Sad indeed to have these executions after several calls for the President not to carry out his threat of ordering the killing of the prisoners, but the calls fail on a deaf ear. This newspaper is on record of being among those who called on the President not to. I hope this time he will heed to the calls of his own APRC militants and other concern citizens.
The group of elders from the Kanifing Municipality all of who are staunch supporters of President Jammeh’s APRC went to the State House last week to show solidarity in the execution, and at the same time calling for a tentative halt on the execution for the remaining inmates on death row. These elders did not speak in clear language. How can you show solidarity of the executions and at the same call for a tentative halt? No! our elders are failing the society nowadays. There is a saying in wollof “Magbahnaasirewoo”meaning elders are good in a country, but are these elders really among such elders? Please elders of the land speak with clear language and stop the double standard. You can either ask the president to go ahead against the whole world and kill the remaining inmates or ask him to stop the killing.
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kobo

United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2012 : 15:53:49
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Karamba

United Kingdom
3820 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2012 : 01:31:13
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By look of everything said so far, pointers are that Jammeh enjoyed killing and set up these people to the gallows. That makes cruel killer. |
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kobo

United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2012 : 03:46:15
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GAINAKO ONLINE NEWS;
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Momodou

Denmark
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Posted - 06 Sep 2012 : 22:20:19
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Gambia: Islamic Council supports executions
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) - Gambia's highest Islamic body has endorsed President Yahya Jammeh's recent decision to execute nine death row inmates. The executions on Aug. 24 sparked widespread condemnation around the world. But a number of Jammeh's loyalists have voiced their support, including, on Tuesday, the Gambia Supreme Islamic Council. The Islamic council said that Jammeh had a mandate to order im...
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