By all standards, these current nominations betray the reasons and rationale for presidential nominations. The norm that has guided the President in proposing nominations to the National Assembly is to cater for sectors of society that are under-represented to promote inclusion and national unity. For that reason, women, youth, persons[Read More…]
Opinion
National Assembly Election Postmortem
Gambians have spoken through their ballots by electing those they want to represent them in the National Assembly for the next five years. It had been an election full of anticipations as well as surprises. In view of President Adama Barrow’s landslide victory in the last presidential elections, most members[Read More…]
On The National Assembly Election: An Opportunity To End Barrowflation
Ours is a boat without paddles; call it an aeroplane without direction. A ship heading for the iceberg while President Barrow is getting more and more intoxicated with power. The essence of democracy is the balance of powers: an effective mechanism of checks and balances for overall sanity and effectiveness.[Read More…]