Update On Kemeseng Sanneh
Foroyaa will continue to monitor the development of this story. Many lessons are to be drawn at the right time for the benefit of...
What Is Protective Custody?
Kemeeng’s mother was accompanied to the police station to secure bail for him. He was found in a cell at Kairaba Police Station. The...
General Registration Means New Voters’ Cards For All
Many voters have asked Foroyaa whether the current voter’s card would be valid after the general registration of voters scheduled for May 29th to July...
Inter-Party Committee Should Now Rise Up To The Occasion
Seventeen political parties are now registered and The IEC Chairman has said more are in the pipeline. In 2015 the administration pushed a Bill...
Supreme Court And Its Interpretation Of The Law
The Chairman Sonko Case And The Need For Supreme Court Vigilance
National Assembly members are makers of the law. The agencies of the Executive are...
What Is The Price Of Narrow Nationalism?
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Narrow Nationalism leads a person to hate a person of another nationality by stigmatizing the person on the basis of origin....
Oil Is Yet To Be Found In The Gambia – Says...
Rumours are rife that oil has been discovered in the Gambia and was waiting for production. This view has been dismissed by the Minister...
The Danger Of Mob Justice
Mob justice is to take the law into one’s hand. The common reaction of a person who suffers injustice in the hands of a...
The President Of Nigeria Persists Without Breakthrough
Why?
The agenda to revisit the 1997 Constitution is not the affair of any individual political party. It is a national issue which was demanded...
The Role Of Protest In A Democratic Society
Protest in a democratic society is meant to prevent harm from befalling a person or community or draw attention to harm done to a...
How To Avoid History Repeating Itself After Presidential Election
The 2021 Presidential Election is just around the corner. According to Section 46 of the constitution:
“There shall be an election for the office of...
The Impact Of Coalition 2016 On Political Parties
The objective of establishing Coalition 2016 is yielding the opposite of what was intended. The Coalition informed the electorate that they had decided to...
How To Avoid History Repeating Itself After Presidential...
The 2021 Presidential Election is just around the corner. According to Section 46 of the constitution: “There shall be an election for the office...
How Those In The Judiciary And Commissions Should Comport Themselves
Courts and Commissions are very powerful and autonomous institutions. This is why their impartiality should be unalloyed. They should protect the integrity of all...
Bill Board PoliticsA Symbol Of An Open Society
The Public is being treated with a new diet of politics that would have led to further opening of Gambian society if all adhere...
The Challenge Of Internal Party Democracy
The general expectation is that if there is going to be any political conflict, it would be between parties and not within parties.
Recent developments...
The 54 Million Dalasi Allocation To Parliament And Elections
The Independent Electoral Commission is experiencing shortfalls in the allocation of resources. Donors are questioning why Gambia needs help to finance its own elections.
The...
Could A Bill To Amend, Promulgate Or Repeal The Constitution Be...
QUESTION OF THE DAY
The answer is in the negative. A Bill on the promulgation or repeal of a constitutional provision can never be...
The Power To Amend Or Repeal Constitutions Lies In The...
The 1997 Constitution has explained how it should be amended. It reads:
"(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an Act of the National...
Is Covid-19 A Fetter To Democratic Elections?
March is just round the corner. A quarter of a year would soon elapse. The Year 2021 was going to be a year of...
