With the throwing out of the Barrow Draft Constitution by the National Assembly, we seem to be back to square one as far as the country’s constitutional reform process is concerned. How did we get here, one may tend to ask; considering that providing a new constitution was one of[Read More…]
Author: Demba A. Jawo
Whither Discipline In Our Foreign Service?
The statements attributed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Gambians Abroad, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, during his recent appearance at the Mansa Kunda forum, seem to have opened an unprecedented can of worms on the level of indiscipline within the foreign service. While many people agreed with some of the[Read More…]
CDS Cham’s “Shoot On Sight” Order- Was It Legal?
While we all seem to have been pre-occupied these past few days with the controversy surrounding the disposal of the assets of former President Yahya Jammeh, we apparently failed to pay much heed to the order to “shoot on sight” armed robbers allegedly issued to the armed forces by no[Read More…]