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Momodou
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 Posted - 08 Feb 2008 : 20:19:57
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President Jammeh Promotes An Independent Judiciary
News broadcasts by the state owned Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS), indicate that President Jammeh has given moral support to an independent judiciary. He gave the moral boost yesterday while swearing in two new justices of the Supreme Court at State House yesterday. One of the new Justices is from Ghana and the other is from Nigeria.
According to the broadcast, the President made it clear that “it is not my purview to interfere with the judiciary” and that to interfere would tantamount to “creating a dangerous precedent”, he emphasized. The judiciary, he remarked, should operate in accordance to the constitution and the law.
In the broadcast, the President said that his office has been receiving numerous complaints asking him to intervene in matters before the courts but he has referred those cases to the Chief Justice.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 16/2008, 6 – 7 February 2008
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