The Gambia’s Bar Association has expressed ‘serious concern’ at President Adama Barrow’s decision to revoke the nomination of Ya Kumba Jaiteh from the country’s National Assembly describing it as ‘unconstitutional and ‘ultra vires’. The Bar Association said it is of the strong opinion that the executive decision purportedly revoking the[Read More…]
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Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: S/Leone’s First Lady Needs Our Understanding, Not Hostility
At first I was appalled and angry, then it dawned on me that I should understand her. We win when we understand. The bashing the First Lady of Sierra Leone is receiving for her comments on FGM and her personal stance on it is, I think, harsh and hostile. We[Read More…]
The National Assembly Must Remain Resolute Against The Unconstitutional Sacking of Ya Kumba Jaiteh
Hamad Omar Sallah The National Assembly is a coequal branch of government. It makes the laws of the land and by implication, has sole, unfettered ability to whip the Executive into shape especially when it acts in a shockingly wayward manner, as was recently demonstrated by President Barrow in the[Read More…]