Democracy suffers when too many Mercenaries are hired to kill it. Though it ought to be accepted that there will always be cynics to any issue of public contention, but in our democracy, certain cynics are not cynics, but Mercenaries, hell bent on stifling our democracy, in order to satisfy[Read More…]
Tag: Supreme Court Judges
Gambia: President Jammeh’s Election Petition Suffers Major Blow
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s hopes of using the supreme court to void last month’s election results Tuesday suffered a major setback after his foreign hired judges failed to show up. The election was called in favour of opposition candidate Adama Barrow who won more than 45% of the vote[Read More…]
Gambia Supreme Court Unlikely To Hear Jammeh’s Petition
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s Supreme Court is unlikely to convene and hear a petition by President Yayha Jammeh challenging the results of the 1 December election. Ahead of their planned sitting tomorrow, judges from Sierra Leone and Nigeria have still not travelled to The Gambia and are unlikely to do so,[Read More…]