Experienced lawyer Amie Bensouda has said she takes no responsibility for anything Yahya Jammeh did as she testified on decrees the former president ruled by which she created.
The decrees are being touted in some quarters including the TRRC quarters as laws that disempowered the constitution and enabled Jammeh violate the rights of citizens.
But Amie Bensouda told the TRRC on Tuesday: “Every society, whether autocratic or military or democratic needs rules to operate. The decrees did not enable Yahya Jammeh and his regime. Yahya Jammeh and his group, the junta, took power without any decrees. They held power without decrees, they arrested people without decrees, they tortured people without decrees.
“So the decrees were intended to introduce order in our society, to give an understanding to the people as to how the military intends to rule. You will not find in any decree that a person can be tortured, you will not find in any decree that they should into anybody’s home and beat them up. That the military did these things was a violation, even of their own decrees.
“So I take no responsibility for anything that Yahya Jammeh did. I take no responsibility for any action of the junta. What I take responsibility for is for doing all my best to ensure that there was a structure in place within which Gambians can find coherence and stability.”
