Ebrima I again thank bro KB for his reaction on the above theme. I am not surprosed by the suspension of the commission. I mean you can always see it coming. I remember that the coalition of human right lawyers, Lawyer Emmanuel Joof et al., opposed the commissin under its terms of reference. If I understand their objection correctly, it was on the basisthat the TOR were not far reaching enough, as it did not give them (the commission) authority to find who is wrong. So you can say the commission was bound to fail since the start. The commission was supposed to use the findings of the Coroner's Inquest as an input. More than a month after the Coroner finish his work (up to the time i left the country), the report was not made public. One can sniff an official cover up. What is particularly annoying is the fact that senior government officials testified under oath, before the commission, that live bullets were not used, even in the face of medical evidence that real bullets were fired. Chie among such liars are SOS Ousman "the Devil" Badji. If you hear Badji speak on GRTS you will think he is bravest man that ever lived on this universe, while the man ran for his useless life when students confronted him on April 10. For me we do not have to look farther than Jammeh to lay the blaim. My theory is this. Jammeh is President, Commander-in-Chief, Baron, and God knows what else. He has the ultimate command. No one is competent enough to give an order to insecurity forces to kill on harmless students. On his return, he said he was in constant touch with his people while he was in Cuba. This means he was aware of that was unfolding. So, either he gave the order, or authorise somebody to give the order or he agreed with whoever gave the order An old man from Brikamaba told the commission that, Cherno Touray told him that the order came from Jammeh. HE SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE BEEN CALLED TO TESTIFY. If President Clinton could be asked to face a grand jury, what of Jammeh? Gambians back home took a lot of interest in the proceedings of the commssion. Commission chambers were always filled to capacity. When people are given chance to ask questions, very critical questions were asked. I myself had the chance to cross examine many of those who were called to testify. What people could not uderstand is this. The president of the uiversity students union had vital information concerning April 10, especially about encounters with Badj. He was subpoenaed on several occassions, but up to my departure he was not given the chance to testify! I am sure that families, friends, relatives and school mates of the victims will not allow this matter to die like this. Thanks and i wish all G-lers a great day. Sulayman Jobarteh ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------