By RFPosted on 06-10-2019Modified on 06-10-2019 at 00:57
Gambian civil society is calling for a report on economic crimes committed under Yahya Jammeh.
The Janneh Commission (named after the President of the Commission) evaluated the extent of looting to 360 million euros by the former dictator and his entourage. The report was released on September 13, but is virtually inaccessible. In an open letter, the collective Right 2 Know ("the right to know") and the journalists' union call for a better dissemination of the report.
1,600 pages in 9 volumes is what the Janneh Commission's report represents. A mine of information that unfortunately is not available on the internet, Saikou Jammeh, general secretary of the Gambian journalists' union, condemns.
" This report should have been posted on the website of the presidency and all departments so that the public can access it. If we can not get the report, we will not know what it contains and if we do not know its content so why did we do a Commission of Inquiry ? This Commission has not only worked for the government, but for all Gambians. So that they know how their money was used and stolen by the former government. "
Three copies were given to the union of journalists, others were given to institutions defends the spokesman of the government, which ensures that there is nothing to hide.
If a citizen wants to get the report, he will have to pay 6,325 Dalasi, the equivalent of 115 euros to the national printing press, 10 euros (575 Dalasi) more if he wants to buy the government's white paper. Unaffordable for the common Gambians and inaccessible for the diaspora. This form of publication is " disrespectful, irresponsible and cruel " denounces the collective Right 2 Know who says he is ready to take the case to court.
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