A chilling criticism against the 2020 Draft Constitution, which is gaining currency amongst our intellectuals, lawyers and social commentators, is that it is a ‘plagiarised’ from the 2010 Kenyan Constitution. While I claim no knowledge of constitutional writing or constitutional development, I disagree with the criticism, one I think is[Read More…]
Opinion
Madi Jobarteh: National Discussion On The Final Draft Constitution
Part 1: Presidential Term Limit Indeed, Harona Drammeh and Paradise TV deserve immense commendation for the foresight and pioneering initiative in setting the agenda for the country. This is what the media should be doing to ensure that the eyes of Gambians are always set on the ball. I stand[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Stand UP Against Corruption. Corruption Kills
The time has come for citizens to become impatient and reject business as usual. We did not have a Government that would just continue to overtax us and takes huge loans and receive fat grants in our name only for us to continue to live in poverty and deprivation when[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Dr Samateh, The Man Ploughing A Lonely Farrow
“To be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand” Shakespeare Sadly, the worst enemy of this country is not just that politician as we all think; it’s that public servant or officer who has made corruption the very definition of his or[Read More…]
Bamba Mass: Good Morning Your Excellency
Good morning your Excellency, You see, Power woo power! Sir I greet you, just want to remind you that we fought against a system not individuals or group of people. Otherwise you would not have those same faces around you. What we fought against was a system where an executive[Read More…]
Njundu Drammeh: Diminished Executive Powers Are Bulwark Against Executive Tyranny
Are the three arms, in the presidential system of government, actually “co-equal” or they are supposed to have a symbiotic relationship, each with functions and powers distinct but interactive? It is “separation of powers” which rotates on the fulcrum of “checks and balances”. Guess the aim or intention is shackle[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: A Constitution Built On Political Impartiality Accomplish Popular Endorsement (Part 1)
It is fair to say the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) has exhibited remarkable drafting skills to create a seminal People’s Centered Constitution that may transform The Gambia into a fully functioning democracy if adjudication and administration of law are not politicized. Will the new Constitution attain popular endorsement or[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Madagascar’s COVID-19 ‘Cure’ Raises Pan-Africanism Pride
In the area of medical science, Africa has plenty to learn from Cuba. The International Pedro Kouri Institute of Tropical Diseases in Havana is respected in tropical medicine and epidemiology studies as well as medical international. The Pedro Kouri institute has a tiny budget as compared to a single research[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: The National Assembly And National Destiny
If anyone understands the nature of a Democratic Republic one will not be in any doubt to realize that the destiny of the Republic lies primarily in the hands of the National Assembly. This is why the Constitution provides all the necessary powers and tools to the National Assembly in[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Why Is Executive-Legislative Conflict In Gambia Escalating?
James Madison, America’s fourth President, made a significant contribution to the ratification of the Constitution by writing The Federalist Papers, along with Alexander Hamilton and other “Publius,” wrote in Federalist 51, “ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” The Executive and Legislature were designed to battle each other for power,[Read More…]
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