Legal Aid praise peaceful nature of
launch in Bo.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1B3nimrZmfdrhnUj001rWKjgd7yMou8srSBzouzczUTiiEnWRXIQaisNRvbbkyyIzyvvaJAgxHJLWwm59j57qvQVxVbKcracjxe2Y-yZ1SkRDYG672IxfYxS-fI_B-g3Qg3aguoxjkQU/s200/14581382_345345369135280_5210196270344492787_n.jpg)
The Executive Director had this to
say regarding the statements made by stakeholders including civil society, the
Sierra Leone Motor Drivers Union and the Traders Council: ‘None of the speakers
was critical of our operations or independence,’ she said.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgdLsaDuUz3IUWNT8v5XtyiiDCR2OVZSv4b9jDZavR7X-rAkAzweMS_6RAx9na9RWglU3-YghzS109iiSsG3pPRZTcES_QOwXs7EOdj0jjeNAs5gy0XI6EL_nbepS6F8xhT0WEGZW51HI/s320/14702306_345345532468597_6598021328571005959_n.jpg)
Giving updates on the provision of
legal assistance to indigents in Bo, she said that the Board has secured
discharges for ten indigent remand inmates charged with loitering, obtaining
money by false pretense, fraudulent conversion, assault and wounding.
‘It’s not true that those whose
discharge we have secured are ravaging Bo city,’ she said. ‘As a matter of fact, none of our few beneficiaries
in Bo has reoffended. You can check this with the police and the stakeholders including
the Regional Chairperson of Civil Society Organizations for the Southern
Province, Jeremy Simbo.’
Also the Board is currently representing seven
indigent remand cases at the High Court, eighteen at the Magistrate Court and
two in the Juvenile Court.
The Executive Director has described
the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara as
one of the biggest assets to the Legal Aid Board. She was also quick to remind
people that while the Board is independent and not subject to instructions from
any politician, it is under the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of
Justice.
‘The Attorney General has contributed
to attracting the crowds to our events in addition to explaining government’s policy and actions in promoting the justice
delivery system which by the way is good for the work of the Board,’ she said.
‘People who want to politicize the work of the Board should be reminded that
politicians of the different parties including Members of Parliaments and
Councilors participate in our community outreach events.
By: Joseph Dumbuya
Comments
Post a Comment