Apparently, The President Will Not Address Parliament In June
The best time to give the state of the nation address is the first session of parliament in a legislative year. This will enable...
Domestic Debt Counts
The Gambia is a tax based public sector economy. Government does not rely on sovereign national wealth to provide social services. It relies basically...
The Coalition Story In Progress
The Coalition meeting convened by former Vice President Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang is yet to deliver a communiqué on its conclusion. The UDP delegation walked...
Remanding Prisoners Is A Last Resort
Justice must be done and be seen to be done is an old adage. This is why Section 24 of the Constitution calls for...
Families In Tears At The Court-Martial: What The Barrow Administration Should...
‘Never Again!’ is the watchword. Hence the Barrow administration should not allow itself to be responsible for tears to be shed in a court...
Government Answers To Doubts About Chinese Donated Rice
Food items do have expiry dates. The standard of best practice is to put on packages and bags carrying food items the date of...
Is The Notice On Kunkujang Mariama Authentic?
‘Never Again’ is the slogan that was coined from a speech delivered at the opening of the victim centre to emphasise the need...
Gunshot at Kanilai
Due process requires adherence to the principles governing the justice system.
First and foremost, every person in The Gambia has rights which must be protected...
A State Of Laws Needed
Many cases are emerging unresolved. There has been the problem of land disputes. In the URR, friction arose regarding the issue of caste. The...
Save the Patients
Foroyaa decided to follow up one patient just to study the cost of medical treatment. The patient was sent for scanning and had to...
The Role of Civil Society in a Changing Political Environment
All agree in common that power belongs to the people. How that power is to be exercised is what is still not clear to...
President Barrow yet to Deliver State of the Nation Address
The new Constitution should be explicit as to when the President is to deliver a State of the Nation address. For decades in the...
TRRC: A Court Giving Verdict Or Commission Giving Recommendation?
The principle is not revenge or retribution. The TRRC has exposed gruesome and inhumane actions. However, some of the perpetrators have already started to...
Mixing Religion With Land Dispute
Everybody claims that The Gambia is unique in terms of religious tolerance. Examples are given of how Muslims and Christians exchange gifts during the...
Saudi Arabia Hosting OIC, What Next?
The news that The Gambia will not host OIC 2019 raises more questions than answers. A government press release is being anxiously waited for...
What is the Limit of Dissent in a Democratic Society?
Dissent is about power relation. When two forces are equal under the law and none is capable of subjugating the other, those forces then...
The Honourable Thing to Do Mr President
The Gambian people are diverse in thinking. In 2016 they would have voted in different ways if we had different candidates contesting elections. The...
No Institutional Memory On Coalition! No Sensible Comment!
Those who appreciate truth when they see it must rely on institutional memory to recognise it. The current state of the Coalition could only...
Chaos In The Bread Market
A system is not overhauled overnight. It takes years to rebuild and must take tact to be changed without negative implications. The public is...
Coalition Blame Game
‘They are all to blame.’ This is the fashionable statement being made by those who claim to be representing civil society, some media practitioners...
