After 'immunizing' the murderers of our children that slaughtered more than a dozen innocent and defenseless children on April 10 and 11, 2001, the government has finally seen the futility in putting our children in further jeopardy and have withdrawn their (government's) merit-less case against the victims of the Massacre. Reading the Independent Newspaper, the words of Lawyer Ousman Sillah jumps out. He said: "We were ready to proceed and go on with the appeal because we felt that there was NO SUBSTANCE in the appeal, and they have wisely withdrawn it". Emphasis mine. Well, months ago when the illegal government proposed this quid pro quo, I cried foul and said that it was ridiculous for Gambians to accept the Indemnity Decree (impunity of the murderers) in exchange for the non-prosecution of our children. I had in mind the same exact sentiments Sillah is talking about here. The government is not giving away anything. They DO NOT have a case. They were going to fail in the persecution of our children any way. By withdrawing this appeal, the government is NOT doing our children a favor. This is simple damage control. This was a case they have already lost in court and were appealing an unfavorable ruling; an appeal they knew they were going to lose. They cannot use this appeal withdrawal as a justification to 'immunize' the animals that slaughtered our children. We will not exchange damage to Gamtel installations for the lives of our children. The murderers (including Yaya) must face justice. I am glad people like Sillah saw into the shenanigans of these vermin. I hope they inform their clients (the victims) that this withdrawal is not a favor from the government. A robber does not do you a favor by claiming that he is stealing from other people but is sparing your property. Yaya is not doing our children a favor by claiming that he is telling Joseph Joof to stop this State-sanctioned lawlessness that goes on in our society. What we have here is murderers going scot-free thanks to an Indemnity Decree passed in parliament and victims being persecuted for crimes they did NOT commit. This lawlessness can only happen in a Dictatorship. Massacre of innocent and defenseless children, an impotent coroner, a bogus and toothless commission of inquiry, and finally a Decree saying that it is OK to slaughter innocent children in the country so long as you are acting on Yaya's orders. No mention of courts and judges anywhere. Matter of fact what we have are laws that say that courts cannot try and convict criminals whose activities are sanctioned by Yaya. This is pathetic. KB _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------