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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 08 Mar 2010 : 13:26:43
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Dailynews Editorial: The Public Has A Right to Know: As Sackings And Arrests Continue
The people who constitute what is called a country have a right to know. The population are the tax payers and they pay all government expenditures, either knowingly or un- knowingly. The population of a nation should not be left in darkness when it comes to matters that concern them. The sackings and dismissals are continuing and yet the population is not told the reasons.
In recent times there have been sackings, dismissals, arrests, and detentions of public officials. It was the security forces who were mostly affected. Now it has gone beyond the security areas to non security areas, and last week has seen mass dismissals at the National Drugs Squad office.
Earlier it was at the Gambia Arm Forces (GAF), all these two important developments coming at almost the same time is a concern. A concern as many ask what is going on, what has come of the reasons of such major shake ups at our security offices? It can only be in the interest of the government to let people have answers to the above questions.
The population deserves a much explicit explanation, than a press release informing the population of their dismissals. The population is thrown into thick darkness without further letting them know why. The citizens would always be much better of if they were fully informed on matters and issues affecting them.
The public has a right to know and denying them that knowledge can tantamount to a violation of their basic human rights. What is stopping our investigating officials first doing much in the area of investigations before actually arresting accused persons? For if investigations are adequately done, once some one is arrested charges could be preferred against such accused persons within the shortest possible time.
Government as the custodian of the laws of the land, especially the supreme law which is the constitution of the Gambia, has to be very careful not to violate it. What we are now witnessing is a degree of violations of the constitution, which clearly said that no person shall be detained for more than 72 hours, without bringing such person/s before the courts.
In the case of all the above dismissed officials from the Army, and the police , that include the Former Chief of Defense Staff, former deputy Inspector General of Police, and a number of others who have all clocked more than 72 hours and are yet to be charged or brought before a court.
It is in the name of good governance, transparency and accountability for the above persons to be brought before competent courts. The longer they stay under such detentions without trial or charges brought against them this will only go far to underpin us as a nation.
What the government can do as at now is for them to come out with reasons of dismissals or quickly come up with charges against them. Once charges are brought against them and the accused are before the courts, the reasons will no longer be secret. That is what will go down well with good governance and accountability. As long as citizens continue to go down like the way these accused persons are, there is bound to be clouds of doubt hanging over the good governance of our country.
Source: Dailynews
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Karamba
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Mar 2010 : 23:14:15
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When will Gambians come to terms over this Yaya Jammeh affair of lawlessness?
In all his life, Yaya will remain lawless and that is the bottom line. The fellow is drunk with stolen military power. Bad enough for Gambia. In the absence of guns, Gambians would have tackled this rogue and bandit by next second.
Because of killings and maltreatment, people are so scared. |
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