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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The United Democratic Party has greeted the government White Paper with very positive comments as well as caution. Party spokesman Almami Taal said yesterday that with the White Paper, impunity will no longer thrive in The Gambia.<\/p>\n

Mr Taal praised the \u201clengthy paper as an excellent work,\u201d and said victims who \u201csuffered the brunt\u201d of the dictatorship should be given the leading role in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing the release of this document, it is clear now to Gambians that there will no longer be impunity. The TRRC itself recommended that the NHRC should be involved in the implementation of their recommendations. So, these are all things that we believe need to be looked at because increasingly we are getting away from that Jammeh era, but the legal architecture that was there in the Jammeh era is still in place, and we need to look at that,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

He submitted that in the area of criminal law, the legislations of The Gambia may be adequate to deal with all the crimes enumerated in the TRRC report.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the question arises whether there is capacity, which is The Gambia to prosecute these things as steadfastly and with all due diligence and speed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Taal argued that this is important considering the fact that Solo Sandeng\u2019s case in particular has still not been decided, six years on since his death. \u201cSo, this kind of delays also call for reforms at the judiciary, so that cases can be dealt with speedily as much as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Taal said it is very important for a country transitioning from dictatorship to act \u201caccording to the letter of the law, and in the spirit of justice\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has taken quite a long time to arrive here since the submission of the [TRRC report],\u201d he bemoaned, adding that as a result, \u201cthe whole transition process has been affected\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften, what the law says, it\u2019s not entirely adequate given the fact that during the 22 years of the dictatorship, the laws that were put in place went against the reforms that we are trying to effect now. That is one area I think the government needs to pay attention to. These laws have been inherited from the dictatorship era, and as such if you just want to go by the letter of the law, you may not be able to do the justice that is required as far as this reconciliation and transition process are concerned,\u201d he said. He also warned that the institutional enablers are still in place and [that] need to be reviewed and looked at.<\/p>\n

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