(JollofNews) – “We should not wash our dirty linens in public,” an agitated friend shouted. “Why bring out the skeleton in your cupboard when we all have our skeleton,” another barged in. “As civil servants we are under oath and therefore it is illegal to talk or pass information to[Read More…]
Opinion
Gambia: Repeal The Archaic Official Secret Act And Free Lawyer Badjie!
(JollofNews) – The Official Secrets Act (OSA) of 1922 obstructs the participation of society as it shields information from the public by means of criminalizing whistleblowers and journalists who expose corruption and mismanagement to the media and public. By limiting the reporting of corruption to authorities, the Official Secrets Act[Read More…]
Gambia: The Attitude To Human Rights Within The Police And NIA
(JollofNews) – A change of government does not mean there is no law in The Gambia. Disgraceful, yes, but the above statement is the new mantra of the lawless security officer, a catch phrase that embodies the cultural hostility to human rights within large sectors of the security forces in[Read More…]
Gambia: Whistleblowers Should Be Protected
(JollofNews)- Whistleblowers should be protected and the archaic laws should be expunged from our statutory books. I also believe that whistleblowers should be encouraged and protected, not arrested and detained; and certainly not under any law like the colonial-era Official Secrets Act. I recall as Jammeh became more and more[Read More…]
Gambia: Whistleblowers Should Never Be Prosecuted!
(JollofNews) – Democracy in the digital era and the threat to Privacy and Individual Freedoms highlights the need for democratic oversight and transparency. Whistleblowers play a crucial role in ensuring transparency and freedom of information. The Gambian people should Strongly recommend that the National Assembly, as part of their oversight[Read More…]
Building The New Gambia With Madi Jobarteh: So Far, Is The National Assembly Failing Us?
(JollofNews)- In our democracy the most powerful institution with the greatest responsibility by law is the National Assembly. When one assesses the constitutional functions and relationships of our institutions, it is clear that the institution that stands above all else is the National Assembly. Apart from its law-making function, there[Read More…]
Gambia: NIA Must Release Bubacarr AMO Badjie
(JollofNews)- The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has bigger issues to address than continue the inconsequential pretence of calling itself the State Intelligence Service. As a security agency, the NIA is synonymous with utter lawlessness in the manner it conducted itself in the past. It was even performing the function of[Read More…]
Banjul Letter With Njundu Drammeh: Hankering After The Jammeh Regime Or Dying For His Return
(JollofNews) – “Problems are opportunities in work clothes” Henry Kaiser “A problem is looming large, an opportunity is on the horizon, and you have a choice” quipped Blaine Lee in his book “The Power Principle” The current situation that is NAWEC cannot be solved at the same level that it[Read More…]
Gambia: The Hypocrisy Of Interior Minister Mai Ahmed Fatty
(JollofNews) – Folks, what a contradiction from Mai Ahmed Fatty: Respect for the Constitution and Rule of Law. And Foroyaa Editorial of June 9, 2017. I keep returning to Mario Cuomo’s famous dictum that you campaign in poetry but govern in prose. The poetry of campaigning is lofty, gauzy, full[Read More…]
Swedish Teacher Writes To President Barrow About His Body Language
(JollofNews) – Your Excellency President Adama Barrow, bear with few minutes of your time to read what I think would be helpful to friends, citizens and observers of Gambia and its politics. Some people might be wondering what on earth has a toubab to do with Gambian politics, especially when[Read More…]
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