The leader of the coalition of civil society organisations in the country has stated that it’s wrong for convicted coupists to be reinstated in the army, The Point has reported.
“Reinstating personnel of The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) who were accused of Coup d’état in the system was totally wrong. What’s wrong is always wrong,” John Charles Njie said, according to The Point. Mr. Njie was speaking last Friday at NaNa conference hall along the Bertil Harding Highway during a day-long forum on the Role of CSOs and the Media towards the Security Sector Reforms (SSR), The Point said.
The army has reinstated some soldiers already convicted of treason; some of them include those that plotted to overthrow Yahya Jammeh’s government in March 2006. Some of the March 2006 coupists have appeared before the TRRC and have admitted to engaging in illegality.
The Fatu Network understands some of the convicted coupists have been paid money running into millions for the time they have not been in the army coupled with promotion and observer roles in UN missions.
