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Momodou
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 Posted - 26 Aug 2010 : 13:09:13
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Foroyaa Editorial: Foroyaa and The Ministry of The Interior
Why Freedom of Information Act Is Necessary
By Publisher on 25-08-10
Newspapers are becoming more and more instruments for reporting on workshops and court proceedings. Very few newspapers are engaged in investigative journalism. Foroyaa however is not an ordinary media establishment. It was established during the first Republic to provide a medium for the alternative or critical voice. This is why it has to engage in investigative journalism.
One of the issues we are currently investigating deals with the names of people who are reported by GRTS to have been granted pardon by the President. Since the announcement was made Foroyaa has been trying to get the public notice from the office of the President and The Ministry of information without success. Up to the time of going to press all the promises to provide us with the list has failed.
What is however of concern which the President and the Minister should address came out of a short conversation that the Managing editor of this paper had with an authority at the Ministry(, name withheld).
The Managing Editor started by saying, “I would like to get your view” but he was interrupted before he could complete his statement. The authority said that he could not express a view on what was not written.
Interestingly enough, what Foroyaa was seeking confirmation for is the change in the office of the Director of Prisons and the new designation of the Office held by David Colley. Apparently, the former Director of the NIA who was removed and later sent to Darfur is now Director General of the Prisons Department. Must Newspapers write letters to get such uncontroversial questions answered?
The state needs to look into the powers of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries and make it mandatory for them to give interviews and answer to all questions affecting their Ministries.
Section 81 of the Constitution states: “Where the Vice President or Minister has been charged with responsibility for any department of the Government, he or she shall exercise general direction and control over that department, and subject to such direction and control the department shall be under the supervision of a permanent secretary whose office shall be an office in the public service.”
It is incontrovertible that those who are assigned supervisory role should equally be free to clarify all issues regarding their Ministry with speed and forthrightness. Foroyaa will still forward the questions to the authority to check the outcome. We will keep the readers informed.
Source: Foroyaa Online
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 26 Aug 2010 : 13:13:32
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Ex-Major Malamin Jarju Replaces David Colley as DG of GPS
By Fabakary B. Ceesay
25-08-10
Reliable information reaching Foroyaa has it that Mr. David Colley, the Director General of the Gambia Prisons Service (GPS), has been recently removed from his position and is replaced by ex-Major Malamin Jarju, a former head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
According to the information, David Colley has been deployed to the Ministry of Interior as an adviser to the Non- Governmental Organisation (NGOs) affairs unit. The information has it that Mr. Colley has commenced work since Wednesday 18th August.
A senior personnel attached to the NGOs affairs confirmed the redeployment of Mr. Colley to their department. The Senior Officer said most of them are yet to know the reasons behind the urgent redeployment of Mr. Colley to their department.
In a related development, Malamin Jarju, a former Military Intelligence Officer who had in the past served as the Director General of NIA has now been appointed as the Director General of the Gambia Prisons Service, replacing Mr. Colley, with immediate effect. A Senior Prison Officer at Mile 2 Central Prison confirmed the development to Foroyaa. The officer went further to add that Jarju has already commenced office duties.
Malamin Jarju was a camp commander at Kanilai and was also a member of the military panel that presided over the 2006-2007 court martial involving Captain Bunja Darboe, Captain Yaya Darboe, Captain Wassa Camara, Captain Pierre Mendy, second Lieutenant Pharing Sanyang and others who are now serving prison terms ranging from life imprisonment, twenty five (25) years and ten (10) years.
Jarju had in the past led a Gambia Armed Forces contingent for peace keeping in Darfur and was subsequently dismissed from the Armed Forces when he returned from Sudan.
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