Tamsir Jasseh, the independent candidate who withdrew his nomination for president of the Gambia, has issued a statement justifying his decision to endorse President Adama Barrow. The Gambia heads to the polls on December 4th and with the incumbent President Adama Barrow facing five challengers including his political godfather, Ousainou[Read More…]
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Pa Louis Thomasi: The IEC’s Public Scrutiny Procedure Is Deeply Flawed
“The only thing that we learn from experience is that we learn nothing from experience”. Too often we erroneously and deliberately call our mistakes, “experience” and then thickly clothe ourselves with the toga of arrogance and intolerance to dispel every suggestion and contribution from our critiques. We must accept the[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Demand Clean And Accountable Politics
There is this dishonest notion that in politics there are no permanent friends but permanent interests. Nothing can be more ignorant, dishonest and criminal than this idea. This obnoxious idea actually emanates from that Western hegemonic ideas of the Cold War era when the US and European governments would overthrow[Read More…]