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Momodou
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 Posted - 27 Oct 2006 : 21:11:14
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DARBOE CRITICISES CHIEF JUSTICE
Bubacarr K. Sowe and Modou Jonga
Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has said that the Chief Justice Abdou Karim Savage is either ignorant of the law, or disregarded it or he has an extraneous reason for striking out his party’s election petition.
Addressing a news conference in Banjul on Thursday, Mr. Darboe said that his case was set for mention and not hearing.
He said he was not served on time. “You cannot strike out a case for lack of diligent prosecution, claiming to be sitting on an interlocutory application,” Darboe said.
He added that a panel of five judges needs to sit at the Supreme Court, unless when it is an interlocutory application, where a single judge sits.
“What has happened is undermining and eroding the confidence the people should have in the judiciary. This country is in a very sad moment, because a judge should not know the law and disregard it,” he said.
He continued: “It is either the judge was ignorant of the law or he knows the law and disregarded it or has some other extraneous reasons. I want to say from here that the reference to the matter being involving the President is one of the reasons.”
He also said that his lawyer withdrew from the case.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No.92/2006, 27-29 October, 2006
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