By RFIPosted on 16-08-2019Modified on 16-08-2019 at 21:56

Supporters of former President Yahya Jammeh denounce the operation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Members of his party, the Patriotic Alliance for Reorientation and Construction (APRC), criticize the obstinacy of the investigators to try to accuse Yahya Jammeh of the crimes committed, notably by the "Junglers". His former henchmen said it was Yahya Jammeh who gave orders to kill. The militants of the former presidential party do not believe a word.

" The Truth Commission is waging a witch hunt ," an activist from the APRC told the phone. The activist considers himself too sensitive on this subject and redirects to the leader of the party: Fabakary Jatta. For him, the Commission does not seek the truth: " In our opinion, the Commission's objective is not to seek the truth but to have the witnesses implicate Yahya Jammeh and the APRC. I have every reason to believe that in this system, there are people who are dedicated to tarnishing the image of Yahya Jammeh and the party. "

The "Junglers", who confessed to several crimes, have never received orders from Yahya Jammeh, said Fabakary Jatta. Moreover, the former president had no reason to order extrajudicial executions, said the head of the former presidential party.

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" If the president had wanted to have someone murdered, that person would have had to be a threat to his life. And again, he had the means to pursue them and have them condemned! Instead, he would have attacked an unimportant man and ordered his murder? I can not believe it, "he says.

Fabakary Jatta says to be in permanent contact with Yahya Jammeh exiled in Equatorial Guinea. The former president would accuse the Truth Commission of rewriting history.

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