Modou, I wish to hereby seek clarification from Foroyaa regarding what they mean by their headline: "ON FEMI PETERS AND THE PRESIDENT THEY ARE AT IT AGAIN AT THE DETRIMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE INNOCENT" I sincerely hope that Foroyaa is not suggesting that the on-line debate that we are having as to "whether the President should be approached to exercise his prerogative of mercy under the Constitution and release Femi Peters or not" (Foroyaa) or on the different viewpoints expressed by us, online debaters as to whether such an approach to the President constitutes "begging" is what Foroyaa considers to be to the "deteriment of justice and innocent"; the innocent rightly referring to Femi Peters. I believe that our President have already been directly and indirectly approached by Gambians and non-Gambians alike about the travesty of justice that was the outcome of Femi's politically-motivated trial and imprisonment by the Gambian Government. Since most of us are not privileged enough to directly tell President Jammeh that the imprisonment of Femi was unjust, we would have to rely on the online media to make our views known to him. Unfortunately, not of all of including myself are bothered with the niceties of using diplomatic language in our bid to put accross our messages to the President. I for one am not saying that the President should not be "approached to exercise his prerogative of mercy" in the interest of having justice attained for Femi. The President has been and could be approached even more and as often as it suits anyone. However the President could indeed be approached without being begged. The President knows more than anyone that the imprisonment of Femi Peters is not only wrong but also indefensible. If he had believed in the proclamation in our national anthem that let justice guiding our actions, Femi should not have seen the inside of prison. I might be wrong about my impressions of Foroyaa's article/editorial; clarification is therefore sought. Thanks! Bailo --- On Fri, 21/5/10, Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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