The time has come to review the value and the manner of the conduct of the ‘Meet the People Tour’ in order to stop the fraudulent misuse of public resources and abuse of office under the cover of the Constitution. The idea of this tour in the Constitution is purely[Read More…]
Opinion
The IEC Cannot Interprete The Constitution!
The fact of the matter is that the law is not static nor is it monotonous. Hence it is subjected to various interpretations. It is for this reason that where there is ample dissenting voice in a a particular judgemnet, it is put to a vote and the majority decides.[Read More…]
The Momodou Sabally National Assembly Nomination Saga: Sad But Lawful
He is a towering intellectual and first rate orator, served simultaneously as Secretary General and Minister of Presidential Affairs under His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhagie Dr Yahya A. J. Jammeh (the Professor). In that role he met all stripes of leaders domestic and international and participated in the great public[Read More…]
Gambia Need A Police That Is Not Remote Controlled!
Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement. It is the worst form of police misconduct or violence and is a civil rights violation. It also refers to a situation where officers exercise undue or excessive force against a person or group of people. Gambia’s[Read More…]
Gambia Politico: How Mercenaries Kill Our Democracy
Democracy suffers when too many Mercenaries are hired to kill it. Though it ought to be accepted that there will always be cynics to any issue of public contention, but in our democracy, certain cynics are not cynics, but Mercenaries, hell bent on stifling our democracy, in order to satisfy[Read More…]
President Adama Barrow’s UTG Convocation Speech
It is my delight and honour to preside over the 14th Convocation Ceremony of the University of The Gambia (UTG). As this is the first convocation held under the leadership of the current Vice Chancellor, it is proper to publicly congratulate him on his appointment and wish him success. Mr.[Read More…]
The Russia/Ukraine Imbroglio And Its Ramifications
While there is absolutely no justification for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, regardless of its security concerns, but things are much more than they appear to the naked eye. It is a combination of power politics and several other factors which have very little to do with the safety and concern[Read More…]
EU Election Observation Mission Report Indicts The Electoral Process
The report of the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission on the conduct of the last presidential elections has vindicated those of us who had accused President Adama Barrow and his National People’s Party (NPP) of using state resources and other incentives to induce the voters and failing to strictly[Read More…]
President Adama Barrow Is Giving Gambians Another Dose Of The Same Sour Medicine
There is no doubt about the difficult transition that the country went through in the last five years. The controversy surrounding the term of the presidency had to be resolved by a protest that was, according to President Barrow himself, violently suppressed with teargas and other high-handed state tactics. Enjoying[Read More…]
Fatou Jaw Manneh: Anti-Senegal/ECOMIG
Here we go again! Chei Gambia. How so soon can we forget and be so ungrateful? Now its anti ECOMIG, anti-Senegal, Anti Wade, and now anti-Macky Sall. It is just a few years ago when some of us were crawling, baiting, begging, and stalking any Senegalese top civil servant who[Read More…]
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