Friday’s debate of the opposition PPP/C’s no-confidence motion got off to an unimpressive start but by the half-way mark, had gained momentum when the government began blasting the former PPP/C administration for its failures while in office.
Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General Basil Williams, SC, during his 30-minute presentation, spoke about the effects of the “dark period” under PPP rule. He singled out the actions of the Phantom Squad, the large number of young men from one ethnic group who were being taken before the courts on trumped-up charges, and the killing of women inclusive of one outside the PPP’s Freedom House headquarters.
Williams, who was the second government speaker, said too that the government inherited a broken judiciary and the stalemate that exists with respect to the substantive appointment of the two top judicial officers.
