Key stakeholders met to review the Statute of the Special Tribunal under ECOWAS to prosecute serious crimes revealed by the TRRC between 1994 and 2017.
Kurang said the Commission, which was set up to trace and recover stolen public assets, was structurally flawed from the outset.
Dias began by mocking Sonko’s recent public statements targeting President Diomaye Faye, describing them as symptomatic of what he called a double problem
Martin, who now serves as the CEO of Kerewan Area Council, said she was compelled to speak out in response to claims made by Mayor Bensouda
The event concluded with the awarding of certificates to all 21 participants. The top three graduates received Certificates of Merit for their performance
What emerged was a picture of a commission born out of urgency, yet critically undermined by the very institutions that empowered it.
Mr. Janneh described a body that lacked key structural foundations—no dedicated legal framework, no budgetary independence, and no formal Terms of Reference
But it wasn’t Darboe’s attack on Barrow’s foreign policy judgment that sparked intense public debate—it was the way he racialized the issue.
Reiterating the central pillars of his presidency, Faye highlighted a commitment to transparent governance, national sovereignty, justice reform
At the heart of the inquiry on day one was the legitimacy and transparency surrounding the legal and administrative foundations of the Janneh Commission
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