2 Lawyers Turn Down Appointments As Public Prosecutors 
      
     
     Two lawyers, Mary Samba-Christensen and Amie Joof, have jointly written to the Solicitor General copied to the president of the Bar Association turning down their appointments as Public Prosecutors in the Ebrima Barry case. In the letter, they recounted that they had both expressed their reasons for not accepting the positions when it was hinted to them.  In another letter to the President of the Bar Association, they said: "We have both stated categorically that we cannot accept the positions and have given you our reasons. You must have had our letters, and it is in the interest of probity that you clear the air and stop the confusion that this obfuscation will create". 

      It will be recalled that the Solicitor General, Raymond Sock, on May 16th conveyed appointment letters as Public Prosecutors in the Ebrima Barry case to Mariam Denton, Mary Samba-Christensen, Abubakar Tambedou and Amie Joof. 

      On the 18th of May both Mary Samba and Amie Joof wrote to the President of the Bar Association and the Solicitor General objecting to the appointments on the following grounds: 

      -They had already represented some of the GAMSU students on a matter directly related to the case. 

      -That they had already told the President of the Bar that they could not take up the offer on professional grounds. 

      The two ladies however thanked the Solicitor General and the Bar for considering them, and expressed their willingness to be of assistance in the future should they be given the opportunity. 


     

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