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kobo
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 Posted - 12 Sep 2012 : 22:06:35
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JOLLOF NEWS;
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kobo
United Kingdom
7765 Posts |
Posted - 19 Sep 2012 : 12:03:07
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FOROYAA BURNING ISSUES NEWS;
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 24 Sep 2012 : 14:49:04
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“We are Relieved that President Jammeh Decided to Suspend Further Executions” Lawyer Darboe
The Daily News: Published on Monday, September 24, 2012
The Presidential aspirant, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe in a press statement coming shortly after President Jammneh heeded to calls to suspend the execution of prisoners on the death row, said a suspension is not sufficient. Darboe said those on the death row should have their convictions commuted to long term imprisonment and the release of all political prisoners.
The Lawyer cum politician calls on the government of The Gambia to effect an amendment to the Criminal Code and vest in the Judges the discretion in sentencing anyone found guilty of murder, that is to say the Criminal Code is amended so that the imposition of death sentence by a Judge is not mandatory.
When President Jammeh swore that he will see to it that the September 15th, 2012, all prisoners sentenced to death and who have exhausted all legal remedies available to them will be executed, the United Democratic Party pointed out to President Jammeh that the occasion on which he made that statement was an occasion that calls for forgiveness and the demonstration of mercy by leaders. The UDP asked him not to proceed with any execution. He did. When he ordered the execution of 9 death row prisoners including a Senegalese woman, the UDP again expressed its condemnation and asked that no further executions be carried out. We were joined in our call by both local and international organizations and eminent world personalities.
Our call and those of the members of the national and international community have been heeded to by the President and we are relieved that the President has decided to suspend further executions. While we appreciate the decision to suspend further executions, it must be pointed out that executions ought not to have taken place in the first instance.
Suspension of the executions is not sufficient. Those who have been convicted of murder and have exhausted all legal remedies should have their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment and those who have been convicted of treason - a political offence - should have their sentences commuted to the period they have been in incarceration if the President is not minded to grant them an absolute and unconditional pardon
Author: UDP Press statement |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 24 Sep 2012 : 19:59:03
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THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST COMMENTS AFTER THE EXECUTIONS
By Ousman Sillah
Foroyaa: Published on Monday, 24 September 2012
According to news on GRTS television, the APRC party on Saturday, 15 September, 2012, mobilized young people from around the country and outside to go to President Yahya Jammeh's home village of Kanilai in Foni to help in the work on his 8 Kilometre long farm and after which they were gathered for a rally that was addressed by the president. After the speeches by various speakers, including the Minster of Youth and Sports, the President was invited to address the gathering. He started with the usual greetings, followed by his address, which was done mainly in the Wollof language with remarks here and there in the Mandinka and English languages. It is in this speech that the President first spoke about the executions after they were carried out. Here is the translated version of the aspect of the President's speech to the young people who gathered at Kanilai which deals with his opinion on the executions.
Excerpts From The Speech of the President
Some people would stand now to talk about the killings. There is someone who escaped the law after cutting Abdou Njie into pieces, but unfortunately the foreign embassy's intervened in the case and it was dismissed, otherwise he too would have been cleared. The laws of the Gambia have nothing to do with politics. The law is very clear. It says that Yahya Jammeh or any other person does not have the right to eat until one is full and go to someone else's compound and stab the person with a knife and kill him/her. The law says if you do this the law will kill you. This is what the law says. If you kill a person unlawfully you too have to be killed. If you want to kill someone and you know what will happen then it is you who killed yourself. What is the population of the Gambia? Out of 1.6 million, we killed nine because they killed others. If you did not plead with me, if the elders of this country did not plead with me, I would have proceeded with the executions. .... But let me make it clear. Before I came here, I watched BBC World News and heard them say that Yahya Jammeh has given orders to suspend the executions till later. They added that it was the international community that criticized me and the African heads of state but most importantly there was also pressure from the European Union that is why I stopped. Do I look like anybody who will succumb to human pressure? No way! But if you the Gambian people want me to stop I will stop because whatever I do I do it for your interest. I live for you, I die for you (English). Whatever you tell me that is what I will do. If you ask me to abolish the death penalty, we will do so. But if tomorrow anyone kills your relative, don't ask what the government is doing about it. It has nothing to do with politics. Now if you have your citizens here and you don't want them to face the firing squad let them not kill anybody because we have all nationalities here ..... there are some countries whose citizens are not on death row (English). ... If I have succumbed to pressure I would not have killed anyone, because on the first day I made the announcement there was a lot of noise and if I had succumbed to pressure then no one would have been killed. So they got it damn wrong that I suspended the executions because of external pressure (English). They said they put pressure on me by criticizing me and that is why I stopped the killing. This is not true. You know I have long been swearing to put a stop to the killing because it was increasing.... The reason why I left it there is because the Constitution of The Gambia states that if a person is to be killed it is the president who should sign the death warrant. My role is to sign. And if I have to sign 10,000 death warrants to save the lives of 1.6 million Gambians I will do it with pleasure. I will not allow less than one percent of the population to hold 1.6 million Gambians hostage (English). I will not allow this small percentage from preventing people from even going to pray to worship Allah. This I will not accept. So now, I swore to the Constitution on your behalf that I will abide by it. The Constitution states how the law should operate but it again states that it has given me the prerogative of mercy. It states that if I see that someone is to be pardoned the law has given me the authority to pardon such a person. I, Yahya Jammeh, for someone who eats until he is well fed , drinks alcohol until he is drunk, or become insolent, if you go and kill someone who has done nothing to you if the law condemns you I will not pardon you. Why is that? If someone kills and you pardon the person then you should pardon all the rest. I have sworn to uphold the Constitution without fear or favour, affection or ill will. Now how can I pardon others and then have others executed? Is that fair? You the Gambians, you are the ones who made me to swear before the Constitution, so if you ask me to wait, I must pay heed to your request. This is why at the time when I swore to execute the death row inmates if you had begged me then they would not have been killed. But you didn't beg me. But at the time even if you had begged me I would have proceeded with the executions because I had already sworn to do it. This is an indication now that Yahya Jammeh does not only talk without action, as some may say by calling me a bluff when I talk. If there is a country whose people are here who killed people and you said they should not be killed, that is not going to happen in the Gambia. So let them leave the country and that is all I want to tell them. The Gambia is not the colony of any regional or sub-regional organization. The Gambia is a sovereign country. So the youth of the Gambia and the elders and women...The reason why I said I am not telling you anything new, it was in 1994 that I told you that I will transform the Gambia into a city state. It was in 1994 that I said with the grace of Allah wherever you go to the Gambia you will find electricity there. Although, now it is not everywhere that you can find electricity, but Gambia is the only country in Africa where one can find 80% of the rural population with electricity and running water due to our hard work and the true friends of the Gambia. We live for the almighty Allah and we will die for the almighty Allah. Have I ever promised you and then tell you if it pleases the European Union or the IMF and World Bank? Did I ever say this? Whatever I tell or promise you I would say if it pleases the Allah and Prophet. They cannot propaganda Yahya Jammeh. I made it very clear that Gambia will never be enslaved twice. Four hundred years of colonization. If you want to re-colonise the Gambia you will fight for ten million years and you will not colonise one inch of the territory. Youths of the Gambia thank you very much (English). You know that 98% of what is produced from the farms (owned by the president) goes to you. From 1994 to date, I have been supporting the education of so many children and go to the records. And I am not looking at anybody's face. For our survival as a country, we don't depend on anybody. It is Allah who provides for us. So let us make efforts to develop our country by working for what we eat and eating what we work for. Because for Africa they even use food as a weapon. When an African country has a problem, before they help you, they place conditions that are unacceptable. What is that? Wickedness. That's why I want you to open your eyes and ears. Then be serious with your education, those in other skills should pursue their trade. I cannot say that the young people do not have problems. Even, for me as President I have problems. And my problem is that I do not have enough money to turn Gambia into a city state in one day. That's my problem. If I had this money then none of you would be poor. Then all these things we are talking about would have been done....Those that are talking where do they find all the problems solved....I am not a politician, I'm a leader. I want to develop the Gambia; I want to develop Africa so that tomorrow Africa....Gambia is no one's colony. We depend on the almighty Allah for our survival. The only crime they say I have committed is that I don't accept re-colonisation. If that is the only crime I have committed then I will love to be a criminal.... I thank you the youth. I want to tell you something, the Gambian youth and other good people that any time I betray you or I betray Africa then let the almighty Allah destroy me. Thank you.
Source: Foroyaa |
A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Janko
Gambia
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Posted - 01 Oct 2012 : 19:14:22
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Clean your house before pointing a finger ... Never be moved by delirious Well-wishers in their ecstasy |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Oct 2012 : 14:36:44
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| Jammeh sounds, drunk, arrogant, and low. The most irresponsible statement. jammeh is typically lawless. |
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