Now that the parliamentary, council and mayoral elections are out of the way, the political environment appears stable for the next three years – not least because the UDP has shown its political dominance winning all these elections. Sure, the first-past-the-post (or winner-takes-all) voting system is unfair, but Westminster is[Read More…]
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New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow: There Is A Difference Between Freedom of Speech And Hate Speech
The Gambian police must not mistake the concept and principles freedom of speech and of expression for hate speech. The principles of freedom of expression and, of speech is a right enshrined in our constitution and may only be limited as prescribed in law. In some of these “hate speech”[Read More…]
New York Letter With Alagi Yorro Jallow “No Man Is Above The Law And No Man Is Below It…”
‘Criticism of the President or ‘Insulting the President’- Supreme Court Approved Constitutional!!! The Supreme Court’s landmark decision regarding judicial review on Sedition and False news law in the Gambia, unanimously and unequivocally validated the colonial-era law effectively ‘criminalizing criticism of the President or ‘insulting the President’ as Constitutional. This is[Read More…]
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