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Sierra Leonean pro-democracy activist Lawyer Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah is criticizing Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh’s recent statement regarding bail for those arrested with Kush, a substance linked to several youth deaths.
Lawyer Marrah replied to a post by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education on X commonly known as Twitter which reads, “From now henceforth, anybody who is arrested for kush will not be granted bail.” This quote was extracted from the Vice President’s speech on the launching of an investigation at the Nation Kush Townhall organized on Kush.
In his reply to the post, Lawyer Marrah highlighted his concerns about the Vice President ordering the seizure of bail to persons found in possession of Kush.
Lawyer Marrah took to social media to express his concerns about the Vice President’s directive. “The Vice-President is a respected figure,” he said, “but he may have made this statement out of a misunderstanding of Sierra Leone’s legal system.”
“The right to bail is presumed under the Constitution and can only be restricted by a judge or magistrate, not by elected officials or political appointees.”
Marrah, known for his vocal advocacy on legal and human rights issues, emphasized that bail is a fundamental legal right in Sierra Leone.
The nation is been governed by criminal cartel politicians as a banana republic.
What do you expect, we are in a nation that is being ruled by thugs.
God bless you marrah for educate them on the legal system
You a good lawyer ,may god bless you sir, they have protect their people, that why they want to distroyed others
May Allah bless you Mr.Marrah
These politicians only represent their own imagines and leave the country in rampage.
God bless you Lawyer Marrah, and what about those arrested with only cannabisativa?
You are blessing lawyer marrah and blaming the Government
May God bless Sierra Leone ,there people still supporting the importation of kush in our mother land it’s good to defend the right of the citizens but not in a kind of epidemic like this (kush) .it is also good to criticize please we need to respect life of our brothers and sisters dying as result in take ,on the other hand Am in a limbo if your friends or colleagues are not the importers,may God have mercy on Sierra Leone AMEN
Legally minded.
Thanks for educating