By Adama Makasuba
Pa Samba Jow, US-based Gambian activist, has advised President Adama Barrow to implement the report finding of the TRRC to ensure justice prevails over Jammeh-era rights violations.
Mr Jow’s call comes days after the government-backed Truth Commission made its finding public which found dozens of both serving and former officials including exiled former President Yahya Jammeh criminally liable for human rights violations including murder, torture and rape.
Speaking to reporters in Banjul yesterday (Wednesday), Pa Samba Jow said: “But the other advice I have for President Barrow is that the TRRC report is absolutely important and the President must implement every recommendation made by the TRRC because its implementation doesn’t mean you are sending anybody to jail. What it means is you are doing what people ask you to do is people will be prosecuted.”
He also urged Barrow to avoid cherry-picking and implement the entire report to ensure the long-awaiting justice is finally achieved.
“For the president Barrow to understand that the people have given him a mandate and the mandate is not just for its sake but a mandate to ensure that there is development in this country, to ensure that there unfatal fundamental and constitutional rights in this country and he must not rest on his prowess and just believe that people love me. Because Gambia we don’t have time,” he added.
Meanwhile, he also advised the President to appoint a cabinet which is competent in delivering to the needs of Gambians and avoid appointing people for repayment.
“This is a country that is underdeveloped for 56 years and it is now time for seriousness and I hope the president will also do what the constitution says when he appoints cabinet and he should appoint people who are competent and capable to carry out the jobs effective and not those who are just sycophants who should be repaid. People must be appointed to do the job for the Gambian people so that we can move on,” he stressed.