As we receive reports about the near completion of the work of the commission of inquiry looking into the massacres of our children on April 10 and 11, we should be planning our next moves following the submission of the commissioners' report. The way we see it, the logical next step is to appoint an Independent Prosecutor and give him/her unlimited access to the findings of both the commission and the coroner. We should not allow Pap Cheyassin Secka to renege on his promise. We are tied of these shenanigans. By getting rid of commissioner Touray, the government has apparently started acting on the findings of the commission. But we are not impressed by these token and erratic gestures. We want to get to the bottom of who gave Touray those orders. We hope that when we do, that person will be punished in a manner commensurate to or exceeding the way Touray was dealt with. We do not for one moment believe the Touray ordered the shootings by himself. Now that the time-wasters have had their say, it is about time we work vigorously towards salvaging what is left off of the evidence that is going to help us convict and punish someone for the heinous acts against our children. We call upon everyone that was advocating for us to 'wait and see' what the commission was going to do, to join us and start asking the AG to get the ball rolling on the actual criminal prosecution of this case. It should not be left into the hands of victims like Ousman Sabally to bring up civil suits to recover money from the government. This matter should be dealt with in a criminal court that can throw the book at the culprits. I do not for one moment buy the fraud that the AG and the commission are trying to peddle before our eyes portraying the report as critical to the government's position. Call me a cynic, but I will only believe that the report is critical to the government when I see it. If the questions that were asked at the commission are anything to go by, all indications are that the report is nothing but a whitewash. What are they going to say? That Yaya ordered the massacre? That corporal X pulled a trigger? Well, I will be extremely (and pleasantly) surprised if they muster the courage and come up with such findings. On the other hand, what am expecting is for them to come back and blame parents for letting their children go out to demonstrate against infringements on their constitutional rights. Blaming criminal elements and politicians for instigating the kids. Blaming the police for overreacting; without pointing fingers at the real culprits. I sincerely hope, for the sake of the Gambian people and prominent politicians and lawyers that gave the commission benefit of the doubt, that the report proves me wrong. KB ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------