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    Prof. Kwame Karikari, the Executive Director of Accra-ba sed Media
Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has reacted to Gambia's Attorney
General/Justice Minister's recent claims over a disappeared journalist -
dismissing it as "a lie and baseless" meant "to throw dust in the eyes of
people" who do not know much about the sub-regional bloc, Economic Community
Of West African States (ECOWAS) and its mechanism.

In an exclusive interview with PANA here, Kwame denounced the minister's
claims as unfounded and misleading.

"The Gambian Attorney General knows what she says is baseless and she said
it for the consumption of those who do not know ECOWAS mechanism and how it
operates. "

"There is no way to overturn the court's decision. If she is a
trained/qualified lawyer she knows what she is saying is a lie," Kwame
insisted.

"Unless if the Gambian government is not going around ECOWAS leaders to ask
them to throw away the treaty that they signed in setting up the court. If
that is what the minister means by 'political process', well it is a
dictatorship they can go to any length.

"It is also possible that the Attorney General is throwing dust in the eyes
of Gambians by telling them 'we don't give a damn to any court' or perhaps
she is confusing her own ignorant boss, President Yahya Jammeh," the MFWA
stated.

Gambia's Attorney General, Mrs. Marie Saine recently told her country’s
parliament that disappeared journalist, Chief Ebrima Manneh was not in
government custody.

“As far as my office is concerned, the family members of Chief Manneh and
their cohorts, did not take legal action against the government in the High
Court in accordance with the law and procedure against the alleged unlawful
detention of Chief Ebrimah Manneh by agents of the state security apparatus.

"The ECOWAS Court was created by treaty and is subject to application of
certain rules and procedure, one of which is the exhaustion of local
remedies,” the minister argued, adding, "we have set in motion a political
process to set aside the court's decision."


 Dakar - 25/04/2009

Pana

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