The Fatu Network is getting reports that dictator Yahya Jammeh has fired the Solicitor General of The Gambia, Cherno Marena. He was said to have been fired last Thursday, May 12, 2016.
No replacement has been named yet, but Cherno’s alleged dismissal has come at a sensitive time when The Attorney General’s Chambers is overwhelmed with a number of political cases emanating from the protest by youth activists and subsequently by The Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP).
Currently, The Attorney General’s Chambers is involved in prosecuting two political cases at the High Court and another one at the Magistrate Court. All the three are high profile cases which one may assume will require experienced hands at The Attorney General Chambers to handle, but agin as everything Gambian, dictator Jammeh is only interested in those who can do his bidding even if they are not qualified for the job.
Over the years, The Attorney General Chambers has seen many hiring and firing of senior staff whose only crime according to sources is to appear to be doing what is right.
