The article below is culled from the Independent. I am not personally sure
what Juwara must be thinking. Yes it might be an individual arrangement, but
I do not think it is a wise idea. And again, that is my personal view of
this: Juwara as POA for the former PPP.....

To recover seized PPP assets from APRC gov't
Sir Dawda gives power of attorney to Juwara

As a former member of the ousted PPP, Lamin Waa Juwara UDP's propaganda
secretary has disclosed that he was given power of attorney by Sir Dawda
Jawara as secretary general of the defunct party to institute legal action
against the APRC to recover the party's assets.

Mr. Juwara threatened to take legal action against the government after he
was reportedly given power of attorney by the ousted Gambian leader Sir Dawda
Jawara to open possibilities for the PPP assets to be recovered. He told The
Independent in an exclusive interview that the former president's move became
imperative in view of continued confiscation of properties, belonging to the
PPP regime, which he said included the party's former headquarters in Banjul
presently occupied by the Department of State for Interior; the PPP bureau in
Brikama presently occupied by the APRC youth wing, and 14 vehicles belonged
to the party

. After the overthrow of the Peoples' Progressive Party six years ago, the
then AFPRC government confiscated assets belonging to some members of the
ousted regime, pending a commission of inquiry to determine whether those
properties were to be returned to their owners or not. Some of the compounds
seized during the 'period of accountability' were being occupied by senior
police, military and NIA officials. Some vehicles of the PPP were also being
used by members of the army and other institutions.

Mr. Juwara who at different periods served the defunct PPP government as
Commissioner in the country's five divisions said he was poised to use the
authority given him by the former head of state to prosecute the APRC
government and cause it to relinquish the properties its predecessor the
AFPRC had confiscated. On the visit of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action
Group (CMAG) Mr. Juwara described as 'mere lip service' President Jammeh's
recent statement that his government intended to amend the 1997 constitution
to bring the 'obnoxious' decrees in line with the constitution.

Mr. Juwara said the President's statement was merely meant to fool the
Commonwealth. 'How can such an important exercise be contemplated without the
people knowing?' he inquired. He said both his party the UDP and the National
Reconciliation Party (NRP) have consistently demanded the removal of decrees
70/71 from the statute books.

'We have also demanded that in the interest of fair play and transparency and
accountability the indemnity clause of the constitution should be removed'.
He said impunity was universally condemned 'as it is the highest form of
injustice against the innocent victims of the various forms of harassment and
violence meted out during the transition period'. He referred to Section 4 of
Chapter 2 of the constitution, which referred to the state document as 'the
supreme law of the Gambia and any other law found to be inconsistent with any
provision of this constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be
void'.

Therefore he said Decree 89, which bans former politicians from exercising
their constitutional rights as well as the other 'obnoxious' decrees have
already been found to be inconsistent with the constitution and as such, they
are null and void.



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