Folk,
This is a big blow to the Gambian Judiciary. This lady is dedicated to her work and
delivers .She is highly respected by members of the Bar Association because of her
efficiency. She was lately handling my case which is now getting to 5 years without coming
to an end. Does justice delayed and justice denied still stands ? I wish Justice Sey all
the best .
Chi Jamma ,
P.S I forgot to mention that Justice Sey is the only Judge who has a fast rule of sitting
at 9.30 am on a daily basis.
Momodou Camara wrote:
> Justice Mam Yassin Sey Resigns
>
> The Independent (Banjul)
> NEWS
> January 27, 2003
> Posted to the web January 27, 2003
>
> By PK Jarju
> Banjul
>
> Amidst a low-intensity crisis within the Judiciary caused by the shortage
> of Judges, Justice Mam Yassin Sey of the High Court has resigned, bringing
> a further blow to the administration of justice.
>
> According to reports reaching The Independent Justice Sey who is the first
> female judge of the Gambian High Court last week tendered her resignation
> to Chief Justice Muhammed Arif although the reason for her resignation is
> still unclear. Judicial sources have intimated that she resigned in protest
> over consistent administrative interference in her work and the promotion
> of Okoi Itam as Appeal Court Judge.
>
> Sources claimed that Sey felt that she deserved the position better than
> Itam whom she is superior to in the order of seniority.
>
> The resignation of Justice Sey who is copted into the Court of Appeal would
> cause serious delays in litigations already assigned to her sources
> explained.
>
> Neither Justice Sey nor Chief Justice Arif could be reached to explain the
> whys and wherefores of her voluntary decision to go.
>
> When contacted, the Judicial Secretary Reuben Phillot refused to speak to
> this reporter. "I am aware of the way you people at The Independent are
> poaching at people and I don't think that you will have the courage to
> speak to me after all what you've wrote about me" he said as he hanged up
> on our reporter.
>
> Meanwhile judicial sources have informed The Independent that the country's
> Judiciary is in a state of flux as the High Court, Court of Appeal and the
> Supreme Court suffer a shortage of legal luminaries after they lost judges
> to unexplained sackings and protest resignations for administrative
> interference from the Executive. According to sources, in the Supreme Court
> for instance, there is only one Judge who is the Chief Justice. As a result
> it cannot hear any constitutional case sources added. The sacking of
> Justice Hassan Jallow and the failure of the state to appoint another judge
> to replace Justice Wally and other Supreme Court judges whose contract
> expired last year meant that the judiciary is in for a chequered year.
>
> Sources further added that in the Court of Appeal, there are only two
> judges Surahata Janneh and recently elevated Okoi Itam to hear appeals from
> the High Court, where there are only four judges instead of seven as stated
> in the constitution. They are Justice Abdoukarim Savage, Wallace Grant,
> Thahir and Ahmad Belgore who is currently performing the Hajj in Mecca,
> Saudi Arabia.
>
> Meanwhile reacting to Justice Sey's resignation a group of lawyers who
> spoke to The Independent described it as unfortunate and another big blow
> to the county's Judiciary, which is, yet to fully constitute its courts.
> They added that whatever reason might have warranted Justice Sey's
> resignation government should begin to take the Judiciary seriously. They
> irately added that the attitude of the Executive towards the Judiciary is
> hostile and needed to change in the interest of justice, a sine qua non for
> a vibrant democracy.
>
> In essence there is no Supreme Court after the sacking of Hassan Jallow and
> the expiry of the contracts of two other judges.
>
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