Kerr Fatou’s latest “episode” with Information Minister DA Jawo and GPU SG Saikou Jammeh is very inspiring indeed. The interview makes up for what it lacks in Hamat Bah-style entertainment with the depth of valuable information provided to the audience by the Minister… of information.
In this episode, co-host Nyang Njie (who makes up with intellect for that which he sorely lacks in Fatou’s charms!) took the Minister to task over the government’s lack of timely communication with the public – and the Minister indeed accepted the “challenge”. For example, if the Minister had provided the information that he had given in this interview at the time of the Supreme Court judgement (that a Panel is establishment to consider the offending laws left by the Supreme Court), all the criticisms that came the government’s and the Supreme Court’s way might have been avoided.
For the record, the Minister made it clear that:-
1) that the Supreme Court interprets the existing laws and
2) the government amends and enacts the laws.
Clear from that is the Minister’s message that if the Panel recommends that the “false news” and “presidential sedition” laws be expunged, that is what the government would do.
Fatou, the main host of Kerr Fatou, is so good because she has a natural gift for asking ministers, government officials and her other guests the most difficult questions – with a most disarming smile. Kept at ease by Fatou’s friendly manner, her guests open up and give her the answers she wants. Which is what Minister Jawo did most commendably – even when Nyang engaged in rather tedious “semantics”.
Kerr Fatou has become the new face of New Gambia’s independent media – and the host herself is well on her way to becoming The Gambia’s Oprah Winfrey. Such achievement in so short a time is a testimony to the enabling environment of the New Gambia.
While Kerr Fatou becomes a Gambian Media Institution, for once I wholeheartedly agree with co-host Nyang Njie when he says that emotional sympathy for the depart Daily Observer (Rip) is misplaced: “Daily Observer deliberately avoided paying its taxes like everyone else” and must face the consequences. Saikou Jammeh had this idea that the government should fund and resuscitate the Daily Observer! Nyang is right to say: “not with my tax!”
Fatou, the main host of Kerr Fatou, is so good because she has a natural gift for asking ministers, government officials and her other guests the most difficult questions – with a most disarming smile. Kept at ease by Fatou’s friendly manner, her guests open up and give her the answers she wants. Which is what Minister Jawo did most commendably – even when Nyang engaged in rather tedious “semantics”.
Kerr Fatou has had a great start and is a credit to the New Gambia. If the government wishes to spend Nyang Njie’s taxes to support the media, I am sure such funds would be better spent supporting new ventures like Kerr Fatou (and I am sure that Nyang Njie would wholeheartedly agree with me on that!).
Well done Team Kerr Fatou, keep it up!
Good day, Mr. Halake. First, who are the members of this panel? Are they elected official in the legislative body? If not, did the legislative body passed a law delegating the appointment of the members of the panel? If the panel is not appointed by the legislature but by the President, do you honestly believe that this panel will recommend that those parts of the law the Supreme Court left intact be changed?
Sir, i think i am beating a dead horse here, but i will keep beating it until this particular point is inculcated in your mind. When a law is challenged and the case goes to the Supreme Court, the Court’s only guidance is the Constitution. So, this so called panel is ridiculous. Any interpretation of Gambian law that offends any part of the Constitution of The Gambia is not good law. You made reference to the “False News” and “Sedition Case” yet, like me, you have not read the “official” opinion of the Court. Why in the world should what is supposed to be in the public domain be shrouded in secrecy? Why is it that the Supreme Court’s opinions on cases that came before it be inaccessible to Gambians? What is there to hide? If there is nothing to hide then all the Court needs to do is send the opinions to the newspapers to have them publish the opinions. If the Court has a website, it should publish the opinions on its website so that all interested persons can access them.We are not asking for the world here. We are only asking for what is standard procedure in a democracy. May be, you should suggest to your favorite Gambian Talk Show to start asking where the opinions of the cases that the Supreme Court has decided are to be found. Before i go, i want to answer the question, why the Supreme Court’s opinions are important. They are important for three reasons: (1) Gambians need to know what the law is and why the law is what it is; (2) Lawyers need to know how the Supreme deliberate on cases that come before it so that they can better prepare to serve their clients well; and (3) Law students need to study those opinions because the opinions help them become better lawyers in the future. You readers decided whether these are important points or not. You want a Democracy, go to the laws, especially the Constitution. The primary function of a true constitution is to protect you, citizens, from the State. God bless you all. Yours in Christ.
Samba: “Sir, i think i am beating a dead horse here, but i will keep beating it until this particular point is inculcated in your mind”.
Christ Samba, if it is dead it is dead! But since I am not dead …
1. Samba: ” … who are the members of this panel?”. I don’t Samba, but I have trust first and foremost in Minister Jawo because a) He is a journalist who fought the same odious laws, b) He is a former president of the GPU and still considered an honoured member of the GPU, c) He personally wants the odious anti-media laws gone. I trust the Minister on this.
2. Samba: “Do you honestly believe that this panel will recommend that those parts of the law the Supreme Court left intact be changed?”. In a word, yes.
3. Samba: “When a law is challenged and the case goes to the Supreme Court, the Court’s only guidance is the Constitution”. No it is NOT Samba! “Public Interest” is also a consideration for the Supreme Court. Take as an example the recent UK Supreme Court Grenfell Tower fire judgement about … “a panel”! We the local activists want a panel of 3. Prime Minister May insisted on only the single judge she wanted. We challenged her all the way to the Supreme Court because we argued that “A panel of 3 is more likely to provide Public Confidence” in the Inquiry. The Prime Minister won – and we lost even though the judges agreed with us that a panel of 3 is best! Guess what happened the next day? The Prime Minister did a U-turn and agreed to a panel of 3 as we wanted!!! The case is here: [2018] EWHC 1090 (Admin).
Samba: “So, this so called panel is ridiculous”. Powerful stuff, but I beg to differ. I think the Minister and the Government are going to use the panel to change the law … normally such panels are used to bury the problem but this is not the case here.
Samba: “Any interpretation of Gambian law that offends any part of the Constitution of The Gambia is not good law”. Indeed Samba, but it is the Supreme Court that decides whether “the Constitution is offended”. Not me and you!
Samba: ” … you have not read the “official” opinion of the Court. Why in the world should what is supposed to be in the public domain be shrouded in secrecy? If the Court has a website, it should publish the opinions on its website so that all interested persons can access them.We are not asking for the world here. We are only asking for what is standard procedure in a democracy”. Absolutely Samba, here in UK I read our BAILLIE judgements website everyday. BUT, BUT, it is NOT cheap to produce a court judgement AND even our Supreme Court sometimes takes SIX MONTHS between a HEARING and delivery of the judgement. Most courts always “reserve” their judgement – and on the ocassions that have represented someone at the High Court as a “MacKenzie Friend”, I have asked the judge to reserve judgement – and send as a draft judgement first so that we can comment before a final judgement.
Samba: “I want to answer the question, why the Supreme Court’s opinions are important …”. Don’t teach your grandfather how to chew tobacco Samba!
Samba: “The primary function of a true constitution is to protect you, citizens, from the State”. Yes Samba, otherwise the Law of the Jungle prevails!
Samba: “God bless you all. Yours in Christ.” And you too son! Yours in Mahammed (SAW), Jesus(SAW), Moses(SAW).
Halake: Now, Samba, am I still “dead”?
Mr. Halake, when Mr. Jawo was writing against the former regime, he was not a government employee and now he is and you believe that does not make a difference? In fact, that changes everything. And I believe it does. If you think the tone of Mr. Jawo has not changed since his appointment by the President, please pull your head out of the sand! Mr. Jawo’s job right now is to tow the administration’s line. What Mr. Jawo personally want does not matter. He is not a lawmaker. He is not a justice of the Supreme Court. And he can be fired at the President’s pleasure. I am talking about a law that may have infringed on a constitutional right and not an individual’s personal liking, especially if that individual has no power to make law whatsoever.
Halake, you are wrong on this point. Regardless of what the public interest may be, we called it here “public policy,” the only guidance that the Supreme Court is obligated to follow is the supreme law of the land which is the Constitution. A Supreme Court that interprets a challenged law based solely on public interest and not the Constitution of the country is a Supreme Court that had abdicated its duty. In fact, the example you gave on your number 3 proves this point. The Supreme Court you mentioned ruled against you. You said the judge agreed with you but you lose. If the judge agreed with you and your point was correct in law, then the Prime Minister’s point could not also have been correct in law when her position is the opposite of yours. Both your position and her’s could not be correct at the same time. There is something called the law of noncontradiction. In fact, you failed to mention whether the case you cited was a constitutional law case. Was the issue before your Supreme Court a constitutional one? The case you mentioned was not before The House of Lords which is the equivalent of the Supreme Court in The Gambia. You did not answer the question regarding how the panel came about. Mr. Jawo knew about the panel, but the creation of the panel was not in the news. Has the creation of the panel been in the news? The first time I knew about it is from your writing. May be it is a secret panel or something.
Mr. Halake, you are right that the delivery of a judgement does take long. However, the issue is not how long it takes to delivery a judgment. The issue is that when a judgment is delivered, it is accompanied by an opinion which gives: (1) The procedural history of the case; (2) how the case got to the higher court; (3) who the Appellant and Respondent are; (4) What the issue is; (5) and What the Appellant wants the Court to do. In the opinion, the court answers all five questions and gives the reasoning for its decision or call it, judgment. Whether the Appeals court is an intermediary or the highest court of the land, it does not give a judgment without a reasoning to back up its judgment.. If the Appeals court is an intermediary court, its opinions must go to the highest court, if its judgment is challenged. And if the Appeals court is the highest court in the land, it still must write an opinion. Now in the U.K, Parliament has the final word, but in the United States the Supreme Court has the final word. Based on the Constitution of The Gambia, the Supreme Court of The Gambia has the final word. You can go to the Constitution of The Gambia and read where it is written that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It is the job of the Supreme Court to interpret the law and say what it is, but not contrary to any provision of the Constitution. On other issues that are not questions of law, a panel may be formed to study a particular matter and give recommendations, but on issue of law, there is only one arbiter, the Supreme Court. Now legislatures pass laws because it is their duty to do so, but it is not their duty to say what the law is, that duty is reserved for the Judiciary, that’s the separation of power doctrine. There are issues that, again, I won’t get into right now because they are not ripe.
Sir, are you saying that, of the cases we are talking about, the Supreme reserved judgment? What the Supreme Court has done was delivered final judgments. A “reserved judgment” is a legal term. After the hearing of a trial or argument of a motion a judge might not immediately deliver a decision, but instead take time to review evidence and the law and deliver a decision at a later time, usually in a written form [called the opinion.]. Let’s be clear here, Mr. Halake, The Gambia Supreme Court did not “reserve judgment” in those cases. There are other things that are not worth mentioning right now on this issue. Those issues may come up at a future date and if they do, I will write about them if I am still around.
The three answers I gave were to show why I insists on the Supreme Court releasing the opinions of those cases to show that the importance of those opinions serve many purposes. So your “don’t teach your grandfather how to chew tobacco,”does not make sense to me unless you explain yourself plainly.
Mr, Halake, I hope you are not dead, God forbid. Beating a dead horse simply means repeatedly talking about an issue that is settled. And “Yours in Christ” simply means Charity. Like, I write in the spirit of love, Charity. So this is not a promotion of one religion over another.
As per the USA, Gambia does indeed have a written Constitution – which we DO NOT have in UK (so we don’t really have constitutional cases as such). But because UK handed the “Commonwealth” its legal and judicial principles, I think The Gambia’s Supreme Court still defers to Parliament – as our courts here in the UK do.
You say: “The case you mentioned was not before The House of Lords which is the equivalent of the Supreme Court in The Gambia”.
For your information Samba, we killed off the House of Lords in its judicial capacity and replaced it with the Supreme Court ten years ago. There is no longer a judicial House of Lords, just a legislative one.
Coming back to the USA analogy again, Congress CAN change the US Constitution – and then the Supreme Court would have to interprete the new amendments as Congress intended it. Of course, changing the US Constitution is NOT a simple matter at all.
Finally, young man, I am beyond “ripe” young man – I am OLD!
Bless, have a good day.
Uncle, I think you have been disarmed by Fatou.
I personally resist secrecy as it breeds nepotism and corruption. This kitchen panel/cabinet is unacceptable. NAM makes the laws and we simply write these rules of engagement on a medium and call it our constitution. Our Supreme Court simply attempt to interpret these set of written rules, when there is a challenge to the intent, language or meaning of the rules, frankly attempting to tell us the intention of those who made the laws in the first place, sometimes doing a very poor job of reading the minds of the original writers for whatever reasons. The court does not decide what is in public interest, just what the rules say. Take it or leave it. There is a medium for redress, going back to rewrite or amend the rules.
The issues of inefficiency and lack of funding continues to limit discharge of the court’s responsibility to make available its rulings for public access.
Samba I am making an assumption here, but you sound like an officer of the court. Your take will be appropriated.
Oh Dr, now you sound like a lawyer too! I think Samba is “an officer of the court” to-be: a 1st class legal student:- under the UK legal system even the lawyer your are paying owes his/her 1st duty to “the court” and is considered an “officer of the court”. This is sometimes why we have misacarriages of justice here in UK – because a defence lawyer is not 100% committed to his/her client but to his/her career as an “officer of the court”!
Dida Halake-Jallow-Luntango SUNU Gann Gi.
Your veiled promotion of the KERR FATOU platform on this forum may be misplaced and smacks of vested interests down the road.
While you’re entitled to an opinion and a position(s) on Gambian politics and sociocultural matters, some of your offerings do raise questions in my mind as to real intent. At your level of experience, awareness and street savvy, I’d expect you to conclude that contributors to this forum are as aware, if not even more than yourself on matters Gambian. I do not keenly follow your postings and others for anything other than for being an avid reader and a keen follower of developments in our dear Gambia.
There are certainly no real issues with using the bully pulpit to reach set objectives, be they for personal desire or the common good as it’s all about a game of smarts and wits aimed at upending the other party’s game plan. However, I believe that this forum must not be about setting and selling personal agendas but about sharing meaningful ideas through wit, humor and relevant perspectives as they relate to the Gambia’s development aspirations.
Fatou Dibba, I believe, is the pillar of the Kerr Fatou show. She comes across as poised, genuine and honorable. I can’t say the same for the other parties to the show that I believe are in it for show purposes and/or working to make a name for themselves while clearly watering down the show as it stands. Couldn’t we see right through persons that aren’t genuine and truthful after we watch and listen to them over time? I surmised at one point that Nyang Njai showed good analytical skills but not anymore as I have enough reasons to believe that Nyang is neither well grounded nor armed with the skills to be a good talk show host. He also holds strong prejudices against his fellow Gambians and may come across as very condescending. A trait that filters through on many occasions.
I’d ask what intellect does Nyang Njai bring to the show other than being a show boat with a netter bank of English vocabulary than the other hosts on the show. I have met the fellow in person on several occasions in both formal and informal settings and I am convinced that Nyang hates to be engaged in uncomfortable conversations that he perceives as challenges to his well being and the patronage that he seems to be afforded in Banjul society. Kitaabu, the comedian, could instead bring a good dose of street savvy to the Kerr Fatou show.
It seems that the Yaya Jammeh era may not have taught us much after all.
Again Dida Halake-Jallow-Luntango SUNU Gann Gi, display your wares all you want in the attempt to sell what you will but do not attempt take subscribers to this forum for the long and bumpy Masai-Mara ride! I will be waiting for you to Land as in Legalese.
Again, just a gentle nudge to sobriety brother. UNA KUWA NDUGU YANGU.
Oh dear, Pjalo! You are expending lots of hot air to make just one simple TRUTHFUL statement!
When I too tried to engage Nyang Njie in person, my experience is EXACTLY as you put it:-
“Nyang hates to be engaged in uncomfortable conversations”.
That is so but that is not peculiar to Nyang. Watch CNN or BBC anchors cut-off an interviewee they feel uncomfortable with.
BUT, many others admire Nyang’s take and respect “his intellect”. I think you and I should respect THEIR OPINION. Even if Nyang’s contributions are frequently a tard pompous and eccentric eccentric, and I do use the word “tedious” in my “Letter” above, we must RESPECT the fact that he is part of the very successful Kerr Fatou. Viva La Difference! as the French would say.
Now, what else am I ignorant of “on matters Gambian”?
(I ignore the rest of your ulterior motive accusations as being rather uncharacteristic of my friend Pjalo!)
Andrew is an Agent Provocateur. Don’t let him push the button.
“Button” Doc? I have Tumani on the Kora – chilled!
Far from it.
No agent provocateur. Just able to decipher game plans from afar! All with respect and kind humor.
Symbolic of the true, accommodating and kindhearted Gambian nature oft mistaken for naïveté.
PS, there’s a thread that runs through most of Africa.
One has to be well traveled in the continent to find the commonalities and/or dichotomies.
@Andy Pjalo states:
1. “ … decipher game plans from afar!”
2. ” … true, accommodating and kind-hearted Gambian nature oft mistaken for naïveté”
3. ” … thread that runs through most of Africa”.
@Luntago replies:
1. At 1. above: Andy is “deciphering” what is not there – Ramadan afternoon mirage induced by hunger and thirst?
2. At 2. above: The idea of a unique “Gambian nature” is sheer mysticism! Gambians are like all human beings because we are all affected equally by the same needs and desires. We all want to care for our children; feed them, protect them, educate them. The evils of man’s nature as described in the scriptures (greed, pride, etc, etc) apply to Gambians as they do to all humans. By the way, does the wonderful “kind-hearted Gambian nature” Andy describes apply to Jammeh, his killers and enablers too? Surely they are also Gambian? Remember Attorney General Jobarteh who supported Jammeh’s Mile 2 mass murder in 2011? He is from Bansang – born and bred. Does Andy extend this “kind-hearted Gambian generosity” to other Gambians such as Nyang Njie? I am certain that Nyang Njie’s friends consider him to be very kind-hearted and generous.
3. At 3. above: Andy is making an unfounded and unexplained generalization. “Thread” runs through “most” of the world, not just Africa. The corruption, the killings, the lying, etc, etc, is EVERYWHERE – not just in Africa.
FINALLY:
4. Now Andy, I have one advice for you bro: JollofNews loves OPINION pieces. If you want to “deconstruct” Dida Halake or Nyang Njie, write a properly argued opinion piece (Alagi Yorro Jallow’s abusive “deconstruction” received an F-grade but you have started on a more promising footing here).
PS: Don’t take offence Andy but Nyang Njie IS our social superior and has never known “shit-hole” toilets and water-wells like Dida and Andy! Nyang definetely wants to lift The Gambia out of “shit-hole” country status and we should applaud him – even though I am perfectly content with my village shit-hole toilet! If you google “John Keen – Jomo Kenyatta’s Minister” you will find a half-Masai half-Scottish Kenyan who demanded in the 1970s that: “My Masai tribe must dress in Western civilized atire – or I will resign!”. I don’t know whether he resigned but the Masai still proudly display their dress and culture – which I love. The moral is that I wouldn’t mind at all if my grand-children in Futa-Jallon still used their shit-hole toilets long after I am gone (just as their proud ancestors did).
Chi Jaama, Assalam Malaikum, Habari Yako, Hakuna Matata, Shalom!
“… Njie IS our social superior and has never known “shit-hole” toilets and water-wells like Dida and Andy!…”
Dida that’s where we (African & Gambia) get most of the notions misplaced wrongfully; keeping us (African & Gambia) in perpetual wallow all the while….
The (Crammed/memorised) “classroom economics theories” doesn’t necessarily relate realistically on the ground when pursued; & therefore unsuitably applied-wholesale in African contexts, which are influenced by different varieties of factors that aren’t taken into equations; & Gambia in particular; in most if not all of the cases; thereby leaving the resources to mercy of the so-called economists, instead of the peasantry community meant for; many of which are driven by factors not realised meaningfully for real societal advancement progression evidently from time immemorial…
Many a time, our analysis (arguments are) tend to be mere “number-crunching” in bravado of “mastery” & alongside deception, amongst other reasons…?
Mere numbers-crunching isn’t the solution but the relative influential circumstances needs real understanding & target identifying, that can relate to the realisation of the aimed goals through the individual projects & programmes ensued….
The “Concepts” must change for Africa & Gambia to make the breakthrough; & turn around that corner envisaged in aspirations….
God bless Gambia…
Now Dida; instead of cola-nut, I can only offer bitter-cola as all I got; in your post-kanilai Killer Devil-god walk “in search of succulent Gambia mangoes”; I’m sure, you know where I’m coming from….
There’s something in Africa, or rather in Gambia called “maturity” otherwise called “feng-lon/Yarr” in mandinka & wollof respectively; meaning real maturity of the person/individual/self-realisation, (awareness); without anybody reminding (you) oneself…
Certainly humanity got lots of devils in human skins & forms; whom can only relate to humanity in deception & evilness only; you Dida is certainly one of these “classified-humans” category…
You are Ethiopian born Kenyan; but certainly not Gambia; poking/rather rubbing noses on lies & falsehood for materialistic scavenging in mercenary-mafiasco; Manding says “log of wood never turned into crocodile, no matter how long in water” in adage; Dida can never know Gambian more than the Kunta Kintehs…
Your collision with your kanilai Evilness-god all along, until you expired your function & became useless to the kanilai Evildom is fresh in “memoriam” & indelibly in record into posterity….
You once alleged that “jolas where the first settlers & owners of Gambia” in doing the kanilai “devil’s bidding”; to embroil innocent Gambia into strife & inferno; where is your evidence to prove & substantiate your lies into fact…?
Now, you are suddenly this turned “born-again development crusader”; why can’t you read the message from Andrew for overstay your devilish-meddling in Gambia all these long; when you are immature to deduce this for your own self…?
Respect Bajaw, you make your arguments well. Don’t have time just now, except to say that the “jolas were the first settlers of The Gambia” was a review of a history text-book by a famous Gambian High School teacher (RiP). Later, Peace.
Dida, we (all) can always “blame the devil on the dead” in twisty; when in attempt to disown our very own….?
Word for wiser….
Thank you…
On the contrary Bajaw, it is NOT A “BLAME” AT ALL!!! The much admired and respected Gambian Teacher and writer of History books (Muslim High School I think) did his historical research well about all “The People’s of The Gambia” and at what historical time they settled in the River Gambia Basin. Of the current inhabitants, he stated that the Jolas were the first – and the Daily Observer series covered ALL the Peoples of The Gambia. The Ethiopians were of course the last (LoL).
Look Bajaw, I am responding to this out of respect even though we have been over your arguments for years.
Please up your game, so that we can continue the discussion!
You can fiddle in your nature Dida; since our dead don’t speak, unless in dreams; I can’t remember you ever mentioned “the Muslim high teacher” until now; on the demise of the kanilai Devildom; (after) on realisation that you weren’t to get the usual revolve-recycling treatment you were in anticipations from your Murderous kanilai Evilness-god you were all along in service of…?
You very well know about the “mannered-humane” nature of the Gambian (in majority) which Andrew referred to, which most people tend to misconstrue for naïvety; despite the few devils (like in any communities worldwide) in whose-lot, you Dida realistically belong; taking advantage of the glorious women folk, preying in heinous crimes on the weak & the vulnerable in communities across the globe…
Your so-called writings in coded defence of the kanilai Evildom continued, at least, until your “safety in Gambia wasn’t guaranteed anymore….”? when the ostrich buries its head, everybody else see its body out there, except itself who thinks it’s indeed hidden….?
The English says “when one (Gambia) is (careless enough to) lent your(one’s) bicycle to a fool(Dida), he (assume it as a right enough & insistently) asks to borrow your car next (& expect to get it too, without question asked)”…
You for one, needs to read the writings clearly on the wall; but unfortunately you are too immature to do so on your own accord; you & your “frienemy” Amadou Samba were hands in very same blood soaked gloves, weren’t you, among many devilish endeavours…; or are you still banking on the assumed Gambian-naïvety? if (you are) in any real doubts, go back to Gambia & see if people will have time for you on the ground; remember the humane-Gambian you (yourself) once described to sana devil Sabally?; please equate it so, to your (very) own peril…
Ah, well, rant on alone Bajaw!
Happy Sunday, Mr. Halake. Thank you for the correction regarding the House of Lords as the equivalent of the Supreme Court of The Gambia. You are right that a separation has taken place to draw a line between the legislative function and the judicial function. As for my argument, you can decide for yourself whether it has merit or not. On the ability of the Congress of the United States to change the Constitution, it certainly cannot. Please take a peek at Article V of the U.S. constitution, its all in there. Congress can “propose” a constitutional amendment and that is one part the ball can get rolling. The other part is when it originates from the States.
I don’t care what others say about your nationality or what not. You have made more reasonable points on Gambia issues than most native Gambians. So long as you are reasonable in your arguments and fair in your assessments, who cares about your nationality. I come to learn that there are some commentators whom you have a history with. I believe personal issues should be left at the door when serious matters about Gambia’s democracy is being debated. In your last commentary on our debate, you mentioned something about the constitution of The Gambia that no Gambian, as far as I am concern, has ever pointed out. But, I have to say your view of the matter is not clear. Someday, God willing, I write about it and you will see what I mean. Like I have said before, I hold you and my sister, Dr. Sarr to a higher standard than a majority of the commentators in this forum. You can have a pretty good sense of a person by reading what that person writes. And, yes to you and Dr. Sarr, I went to law school. I keep my identity anonymous because of humility. Because it is Sunday, I leave you with this: “Those who exalt themselves will be humbled and those who humble themselves will be exalted” says the Lord.
Sister Sarr, I wish there were five Gambian women like you. I am proud to know that there is a Gambian woman like you, at least in intellect. I do not write to disrespect or degrade people. I write when I believe something can be learned from what I write. If I write and, for example, call you or Mr. Halake out on something, it will never be out of disrespect or to degrade. God bless you all. And keep thinking and speaking your mind.
Thanks Samba, Monday is Bank Holiday – a very hot day – AND it is LEBRON v Boston Game 7 day. Only one winner!