The Attorney General and Minister of Justice Abubacarr Marie Tambedou advised President Adama Barrow not to append his signature on the two recently amended constitutional provisions. In a statement published below, Minister Tambedou believes “that the procedure adopted at the National Assembly to amend these constitutional provisions was misconceived. The […]
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Manneh Appointed Gambia’s US Ambassador
Ebrima Manneh has replaced Sheikh Omar Faye as the Gambia’s Ambassador to the United States. Manneh was a career Civil Servant who served as Ambassador and Permanent Secretary. He was also a former Administrative Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Mr. Manneh, whose appointment was effective on March 7th, […]
Gambia’s eminent Luntango misread the provisions on amending the Constitution
In a shrunken global community thanks to the Internet, word gets around pretty fast. As I arrived Demba Doo [Sukuta] from Dabnani [Gunjur] on Sunday evening, a clearly agitated friend called to say I must respond to a critique against my contention that the National Assembly’s (NA) purported amendment of […]
‘Tactical Alliance Is Excellent’
The United Democratic Party’s Parliamentary Elections Proposal is excellent. Take a look at it with an eagle’s eye and see through its guaranteed result: “No member of the Coalition will sponsor a candidate in any constituency where the tactical alliance has selected a candidate. This approach will preserve and protect […]
Minnesota: Gambians Celebrate Independence In Grand Style
By Lamin Sabally, Minneapolis Gambians in Minnesota turned out in their large numbers last Saturday to mark the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary celebration. Organized by the Gambian Association in Minnesota, the event was also attended by presidents and executive members of sister West African organizations in Minnesota. Association Presidents of […]
“Politics Is War Without Bloodshed”
Alagi Yorro Jallow “Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed” Mao Zending “Any Coalition has its troubles as every married man knows” Arthur Hays Sulzberger” These are not normal times. These are extraordinary times. And extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. The vitality of democracy is […]
African Leaders And Their Love For Things Foreign
Frederick Douglass once said, “Those who profess to favour freedom and yet depreciate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; they want the ocean without the roar of its many waters. The struggle may be a moral one, or it […]
Must The Coalition Contest The National Assembly Election As “The Coalition”
By Emmanuel Daniel Joof (Paps) Must the Coalition Contest the National Assembly Election as “The Coalition” or Should They Contest as Individual Parties? Why Are Gambians Emotional on This Issue? The Coalition government lead by President Adama Barrow is an amalgam of 6 different political parties (UDP, PPP, NCP, PDOIS, […]
Political Allies Make Their Case
The three major political parties that agreed on forging a Tactical Alliance in the forthcoming national assembly elections have made their case. The parties – United Democratic Party, National Reconciliation Party and Gambia Moral Party – reiterated that “as founding members of the Coalition 2016 which removed Yahya Jammeh from […]
Why UDP Prefers Different Route
Gambian people have democratically elected government. What we need now is to implement coalition policies that would advance the country’s democracy, rule of law and economic development. This can be achieved either with or without coalition independent members in the National Assembly. The current political, economic and constitutional reform agenda […]
Halake’s London Letter: Fatty/Tambedou RIGHT On Age Amendment Bill!
This is the Case for the Prosecution presented by Halifa Sallah in FOROYAA and Lamin J Darbo in KAIRONEWS:- “The only available mechanism to amend the Constitution lies in the procedure delineated at Section 226, which states, at 226(1):- “subject to the provisions of this section, an Act of the […]
Veteran Journalist Vies For Serekunda West
An outstanding jornalist has been selected as the candidate of an alliance involving the United Democratic Party, National Reconciliation Party and Gambia Moral Party. Madi Ceesay won the nomination in “a democratic and transparent process” conducted by the UDP Serekunda West constituency selection committee on Sunday March 5th. The proprietor […]