By: Sanna Camara
“It is essential to understand that, as Minister of the Interior, I had no operational powers. My prerogatives as Minister are described in the specifications you have on file... I played a purely political role and was always careful... never to interfere with the responsibilities of the heads of service, who had full operational responsibility. Both the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry and the heads of service were appointed by the President,” he told the court in an official response to the amended charges of indictment against him.
The former minister was making his first verbal reactions to the charges yesterday, brought against him by the Federal Prosecutor’s team and several plaintiffs who have been victims of his alleged acts of torture, sexual violence, extrajudicial killings and false imprisonment in The Gambia.
