Yesterday, in reply to a letter from Halifa Sallah regarding what to do next, I suggested that people call on the Attorney General to appoint an independent prosecutor (preferably a human rights activists from outside The Gambia) to prosecute criminals who perpetrated these heinous acts. This prosecution, if done correctly, will lead us straight to Yaya. I have little doubt about that. I know if someone lower than Yaya was responsible for this, that person would be a dead man or woman by now. However, am not that familiar with the Constitution of The Gambia to know the provisions that relate to the treatment of the president when he is accused of crimes while in office. I hope they can at least impeach him and throw him out of office and then prosecute him. Again I defer to constitutional lawyers on this matter. Please don't just dismiss what am saying by saying to yourself that these are just theories and Yaya cannot be held accountable. Everybody in The Gambia is accountable. If the students were prepared to demonstrate because one of their colleagues was killed and another one raped, imagine what will happen if they believe that the government is dragging its feet in bringing to justice murderers of 14 people. But the students and the Gambian population at large have to have something to work with. The government has to be seen to be dragging its feet. The best way to challenge them now is to force the Attorney General to appoint that prosecutor. This is an open and shut case. Yaya inadvertently admitted that he was aware of what was going on and again I haven't heard that the VP or the Interior minister or the army chief have been fired or jailed or shot before a firing squad. secondly, even Tombong conceded that it was remarkable that none of the security forces were shot at. So there is little doubt as to where the chips should fall here. Our task is to force the government to acknowledge that. The same sense of justice that motivated the school children on April 10 will again come into play when justice is not seen to be done in this case. I hope list members who know human rights lawyers would come forward and suggest to the Attorney General to appoint an independent prosecutor. KB ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------