Editorial: Remembering April 10 & 11

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Editorial: Remembering April 10 & 11

Tuesday, 10 April 2012 00:00

(JollofNews) – April is here again, as are fresh and bad memories of Gambians and all those who have been craving for justice over the last 12 years for the massacre of over a dozen unarmed, innocent children in Gambia.

The ghastly killing of those defenceless students in the two-day event is indeed still fresh in the minds of most Gambians, and it will remain so until justice is done and be seen to be done.

You can stifle the chance of the people commemorating it in the open, but you can`t kill the strong feeling of the people towards the loss of their loved ones. Editorial_Logo

Some have described April 10 & 11 as a forgotten history. No way!

It`s no doubt among the saddest days in Gambia`s history; when security forces, under the authority of the same government that was supposed to protect them, fired live bullets on the protesting students resulting in the death of 14 of them, including a journalist. Many more were injured. Some of those injured have been handicapped permanently.

Between President Yahya Jammeh and his Vice President, whoever ordered the indiscriminate shooting and killing of the students, as has been debated by many, remains a mystery for now to most Gambians. But God willing it is just a matter of time.

Also, while await the right time to find out who bears the brunt of the responsibility, there is ample grounds on which to indict the government for complicity, as it were.

The report by the government sanctioned commission of inquiry on the incident identified security officers, including members of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU), and even the military.

But what did we hear… an indemnity bill, passed by this government seeking to indemnify the supposed perpetrators. What`s wrong with the constitution Yahya Jammeh had swore to protect?

Sadly also, up to this day, going by authoritative media reports in Gambia, no reasonable support has been accorded the victims, neither by the government no by the perpetrators.

Under the circumstance, how could anyone justify that the APRC government of Jammeh cannot be blamed for its obvious part in the whole incident?

Yet we have heard Jammeh splashed with endless praises for being the best humanitarian of the century.

May the souls of the dead victims of that sorrowful day rest in peace, and for the injured, may God touch the heart of the real good ones to remember them in their continued troubles!

As for those responsible, it`s just a matter of time. Make no mistake.

Comments

+1 #4 2012-04-11 00:17

This is really very very sad. After 12yrs i still cannot imagine for WHAT PURPOSE?? i mean killing small school children,i still cannot connect the dots for WHAT PURPOSE???
After 12 good years, still no responsble person in The Gambian government, is ready to wipe the tears of those mothers & fathers whose small children were killed, for WHAT PURPOSE??.

Really so sad, R.I.P

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0 #3 2012-04-10 23:04

I agree that one day, someone will pay a price for this crime. All the perpetrators of injustice always feel that they are untoucable. But, history has always proven them wrong. Look at Hitler, Mussolini, Idi Amin, Samuel Doe, Muamar Ghadafi, etc. How did they all end up? I am sure that Yaya Jammeh will one day join this ignoble club. I personally cannot wait to urinate on the dead body of Yaya Jammeh. He is a true evil person.

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+1 #2 2012-04-10 19:20

Quote “...You can stifle the chance of...people commemorating it in...open, but you can`t kill the strong feeling...towards the loss of their loved ones...Yet we have heard Jammeh splashed with endless praises for being the best humanitarian of the century...”

Comment: May their blessed-souls rest in ‘Jannah. AMEEN. “...But God willing it is just a matter of time.”

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