Ous: It seems as allegations of the UDP being another wing of the ousted PPP is becoming true. If not, then Juwara is playing a double standard which must not be tolerated. The former Prez should be better advised that the Gambia has qualified and neutral attornies who can better battle this case in a court of law. A prominant opposition figure as Juwara is the wrong person under these circumstances. He should represent the UDP which he seemingly does well period! Good night. Harona. >From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Juwara of UDP as POA for Jawara and the former PPP >Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 18:14:32 EST > > The article below is culled from the Independent. I am not personally >sure >what Juwara must be thinking. Yes it might be an individual arrangement, >but >I do not think it is a wise idea. And again, that is my personal view of >this: Juwara as POA for the former PPP..... > >To recover seized PPP assets from APRC gov't >Sir Dawda gives power of attorney to Juwara > >As a former member of the ousted PPP, Lamin Waa Juwara UDP's propaganda >secretary has disclosed that he was given power of attorney by Sir Dawda >Jawara as secretary general of the defunct party to institute legal action >against the APRC to recover the party's assets. > >Mr. Juwara threatened to take legal action against the government after he >was reportedly given power of attorney by the ousted Gambian leader Sir >Dawda >Jawara to open possibilities for the PPP assets to be recovered. He told >The >Independent in an exclusive interview that the former president's move >became >imperative in view of continued confiscation of properties, belonging to >the >PPP regime, which he said included the party's former headquarters in >Banjul >presently occupied by the Department of State for Interior; the PPP bureau >in >Brikama presently occupied by the APRC youth wing, and 14 vehicles belonged >to the party > >. After the overthrow of the Peoples' Progressive Party six years ago, the >then AFPRC government confiscated assets belonging to some members of the >ousted regime, pending a commission of inquiry to determine whether those >properties were to be returned to their owners or not. Some of the >compounds >seized during the 'period of accountability' were being occupied by senior >police, military and NIA officials. Some vehicles of the PPP were also >being >used by members of the army and other institutions. > >Mr. Juwara who at different periods served the defunct PPP government as >Commissioner in the country's five divisions said he was poised to use the >authority given him by the former head of state to prosecute the APRC >government and cause it to relinquish the properties its predecessor the >AFPRC had confiscated. On the visit of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action >Group (CMAG) Mr. Juwara described as 'mere lip service' President Jammeh's >recent statement that his government intended to amend the 1997 >constitution >to bring the 'obnoxious' decrees in line with the constitution. > >Mr. Juwara said the President's statement was merely meant to fool the >Commonwealth. 'How can such an important exercise be contemplated without >the >people knowing?' he inquired. He said both his party the UDP and the >National >Reconciliation Party (NRP) have consistently demanded the removal of >decrees >70/71 from the statute books. > >'We have also demanded that in the interest of fair play and transparency >and >accountability the indemnity clause of the constitution should be removed'. >He said impunity was universally condemned 'as it is the highest form of >injustice against the innocent victims of the various forms of harassment >and >violence meted out during the transition period'. He referred to Section 4 >of >Chapter 2 of the constitution, which referred to the state document as 'the >supreme law of the Gambia and any other law found to be inconsistent with >any >provision of this constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, >be >void'. > >Therefore he said Decree 89, which bans former politicians from exercising >their constitutional rights as well as the other 'obnoxious' decrees have >already been found to be inconsistent with the constitution and as such, >they >are null and void. > > > >' > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. 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