Dear Attorney General and minister of Justice and the Inspector General of Police, drop the charges against Westminister Foundation For Democracy representative in the Gambia, Madi Jobarteh. Questions of constitutionality aside, this action further undermines the already dwindling democratic space in which freedom of expression and civil society operates in[Read More…]
Opinion
Alagie Saidy-Barrow: Politics Of What’s In It For Me (WIIFM)
In Gambia, a lot of our politicians conduct their politics with a WIIFM mentality: What’s-in-it-for-me mentality! It’s not only that they tell us they want to better our lives, it’s also that they want the power and control over our lives so that they can get wealthy and make those[Read More…]
Alagi Yorro Jallow: Gambia’s National Assembly: Democracy At Work
The purpose of the National Assembly is to instill pride into electorates or people who were sinking into a self-destructive inferiority complex due to years of abuse and suppression. It is quite challenging to hear and read the kind of things they spoke about as lawmakers – deeply reflective, extensively[Read More…]
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