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Justice, at last, is on the horizon

Mustapha K Darboe2023-10-28T18:03:26+00:00

President Adama Barrow’s decision to prosecute his predecessor Yahya Jammeh and his henchmen – and a woman – for murderous crimes has received widespread public support. For victims like 22-year-old Fatou Barrow (not related to President Barrow), who was just five months old when her father was shot and killed, justice, at last, is on the horizon. But has it always been so?

In this election investigation series, Malagen unravels how the pursuit for justice for Jammeh-era crimes has been a classic case of game of thrones, a story of politics of deceit, betrayal and ambition.
Faced with what he admitted as ‘a win or die’ election contest, President Barrow sucked up to Jammeh and reportedly promised him amnesty for his ‘atrocity crimes’ in return for his support in the polls. Jammeh left him high and dry.

But ‘when you play the game of thrones, you either win or you die’. With President Barrow firmly seated on the throne at State House after his election victory, the once ‘reconciliation president’ is pulling no punches on Jammeh’s face. There will be no mercy.

However, in this fast-changing political landscape where self-interested politics often triumphs over moral principles, will the victims get to taste the sweetness of the once elusive justice they could now smell from a reasonable distance?

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