Re: CORONER’S INQUEST AND THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY (Foroye) My dear Mr. Sallah, I must first state that when I made my observations on your letter I certainly did not do it with any hard feelings. I have no doubt that you were once again engaged in an honest effort to do something positive in the wake of the April massacre. Certainly your letter was addressed to the Chief Justice because the addressee was clearly printed on the above-left side of the document. And I also understood and appreciated your action to share its content with the members of the L. However, my intervention was simply meant to reinforce my ever-strong conviction that Yaya and nobody else ordered the killing of the children. I have been saying this from day one and as I monitor the proceedings down there, it appeared that most witnesses’ testimonies tend to consolidate this fact stronger. In fact I was not surprised that for the first time now witnesses have told the actual thing at last. At the heat of the butchering at Brikama Ba, it was revealed that the Divisional Commissioner was quoted to have said that Yaya ordered the killing. With all those crocodile tears, the insult to the families he tried to pay off for killing their children and his appointment of a commission of inquiry and all what not, the bottom line is that Yaya in the end must be held accountable. Anything other than that should be considered a mistrial. As a result Mr. Sallah, I have been throughout watchful and perhaps too oversensitive about this focal issue. When you mentioned your futile search for the report of the coroner’s inquest at the office of the Chief Justice the action that precipitated your letter, I had to reacted but more in sympathy with you than otherwise. Of course as I said, the whole thing about your action wasn’t clear to me until after Mr. Kebba Dampha’s comments and your subsequent clarification. That was when I precisely understand the background behind the letter. Thus, I had seriously thought that the version of the letter posted to the L would have been viewed differently if you had in few lines introduced or concluded it with the background of its purpose. Failure to do that was what I think put the critics on an initial muggy trail. I was definitely convinced that you were truly engaged in an honest effort but your obsession to get that report by all means as if without it the real facts could not be authenticated was what bothered me a little. The APRC government as experience might have taught you thrive on dishonesty fraud and lies even in the presence of God and his angels. You may be an honest progressive Gambian going by the rules to find a solution to this state-committed crime but when you happen to be dealing with criminals and bandits who call themselves “the authorities,” some of us would be left with no choice but to signal the warnings when deemed necessary. The Chief Justice telling you that the report was not with him does not mean to me that it was not at all with him; for I must remind you that he is part of what constitute the Yaya Jammeh syndicate of intellectual crooks. The report might have been in his brief case or his drawer while he played the innocent with you. I wonder whether you tried to find out from him where the report was, or who had it if he, by constitutional right, should have by then been in possession of the document? Let us be frank to each other Mr.Sallah, how many times did the Gambia government even acknowledge receipt of your numerous letters of serious state matters sent to them much more reply them.? It is very likely that there was none whatsoever. Anyway I don’t know about your feelings, but mine tell me that this is not going to be an exception and I can’t imagine what you will do next if the Chief Justice decided to ignore it. Would there be another letter to remind him or what? Considering all this makes me think that pursuing these reports for a final answer is mare waste of time brother. With their habitual lies coupled with the indisputable evidences from the various witnesses both in the coroner’s inquest and the Commission so far, I don’t think you need a report to draw a conclusion on what happened in April. The children were killed with guns that nobody wants to accept firing. The authorities are not prepared to face the fact that Yaya Jammeh ordered the killing; therefore the nation must start looking for a serious solution to the problem. That is why I called for a tougher stand from the Gambian people but not by bare handedly confronting the armed troops as you implied. Opposition party members of the national assembly have been contemplating impeaching Yaya for the crude oil corruption. Take it from me, the crude oil saga, combined with all the crimes committed by Yaya since 1994, appear secondary in the wake of the April massacre. It cannot be right to give more importance to the Dalasi than the human lives wasted especially where about 14 unarmed children were murdered in cold blood. Reading one of the last articles subscribed by Mr. Kebba Dampha, he has come up with a brilliant and tougher proposal on how a credible prosecutor can be established to handle this case satisfactorily. With the concerted efforts of the opposition force in the national assembly, they should be able to take charge and resolve this matter for the Gambian people. I am seriously doubtful about any Yaya-created Inquest or commission. Yaya must go by all means! Ebou Colly __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages with Yahoo! 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