Halake’s London Letter: Response to “Gambian Insider” re: Age Amendment Debate. Dear Editor, Clearly my clients, Baa Tambedou and Mai Fatty, have thrown in the towel on this matter. But I suspect that they did so, not because they thought their interpretation of the law is wrong, but because people […]
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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 […]
“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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Aja Fatoumata Jallow Tambajang’s Hurdle Remains: section 62(1)(b) of the Constitution Not Amended
In his seminal memoir, The Point of Departure, Robin Cook, one of New Labour’s leading luminaries, provided a compelling rendition of conscientious conduct in the public life of a public officer. Then Leader of the House of Commons (the Commons), and having been previously removed as Foreign Secretary over policy […]
Who Wants Gambia Ungovernable?
There are still some Gambians who have got an axe to grind with the Coalition government to a point of vowing to make the Gambia ungovernable. The questions that we ask are whether these people wine and dine with Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship surrogates or they are sheep in wolf’s clothing. […]
Prematurely Break The Coalition At Your Own Peril!!!
If the news or I hope it is mere rumor circulating is true, then we are about to fall off the cliff. It is being reported that the Coalition has been unable to agree on a unified strategy to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections as some member parties prefer to […]
Lies Told About Gambia’s Mandela
Supporters of the United Democratic Party (UDP) have huge task at hand. We must not allow others to paint us black. There is misinformation making the rounds that Ousainou Darboe is the stumbling bloc to forming a coalition in the forthcoming parliamentary election. We must stand our ground and let […]
Gambians Don’t Fall In Love, They Jump In love
By Suntou Touray As politics is a matter of fluid changes and difference of opinion. Some segments of Gambians get entangled with situations that requure dynamic observations and situation analysis. Since we jump in love, it becomes difficult to decipher the different kinds of situations. So is the hotly apportions of blame […]
Journalism In Transition In The Gambia: The Threat is their Conscience?
Journalists must never be an” Impotent Observer” but” Potent Observer” “It’s impossible to carry the torch of truth through a crowd without singing somebody’s beard.” Georg C. Lichtenberg Alagi Yorro Jallow Ethics (the term comes from the Greek word ethos: custom or practice) is that branch of philosophy whose purpose is […]