Criminal Trials Run Parallel To TRRC
Trials of alleged perpetrators of crimes under the Jammeh administration have held sway even before the establishment of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission....
New Councils On An Old Foundation
The National Assembly adjourned on Tuesday without passing any Bill amending section 20 of the Local Government Act which gives the president power to...
Are There Any Alliances In The Council Elections?
During the National Assembly Elections, some parties claim that they were allies but they put up Candidates in the same Constituencies in many parts...
A Step In The Right Direction Complying With The Dictates Of...
The Constitution commands that any arrested person held in custody should be either released or produced before a court within 72 hours. It states...
The Campaign Started With Nomination Will We Have New Councillors For...
A NEW Gambia needs candidates who will not use ostracism to win elections. Section 26 of the Constitution guarantees political rights including the right...
The Lessons Of Preferential State Relations
The Gambia is beginning to develop preferential relation with China. The Jammeh administration had a preferential relation with China and received loans from the...
The Need For Environmental Impact Assessment In Project Implementation
Trees along the Banjul/Serrekunda Highway which took decades to grow are being felled without any sense of environmental conservation to make room for the...
Nomination Has Started
The country is gearing up for an election mood. The APRC has put up its candidates for the council elections. There have been no...
Which Leaders Are In For The Second Round Of Voting And...
The media houses are established to hold government and political leaders accountable to the public. Gambians brought about change of government to ensure that...
Opinions On The Three Year Or Five Year Term
The media is beginning to play its role in holding leaders accountable to the people. This week media houses online are conducting interviews with...
Gambia And Its International Partners Should They Not Give The New...
The threats and acts of deportation emanating from European and US governments are posing challenges to the Barrow administration. Deportation of Gambians abroad was...
Leaders Should Always Guard Their Words
Leaders occupy position of power and/or influence and what they say may carry a lot of weight. A leader, unlike an ordinary person, cannot...
Will 24th April 1970 Be Commemorated?
For years Foroyaa has tried to educate the Gambian people that the country was a constitutional Monarchy in 1965 and was still under the...
Choice By Tradition Or By The People?
Section 1 subsection (2) of the Constitution states:
“The Sovereignty of The Gambia resides in the people of The Gambia from whom all organs of...
Primaries – The New Trend
In the past, it was common for a political party to select a candidate for a constituency or ward without the consent of the...
Was A Coalition Necessary To Effect Regime Change?
The answer is in the negative. Section 25 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of political association as a right. Section 100 Subsection (2)(a) of...
District Tribunals Should Be Independent Of The Executive
According to section 120 subsection (3) of the Constitution,
“In the exercise of their judicial functions, the courts, the judges and other holders of judicial...
Water Supply – A Luxury For The Residents Of Wellingara And...
The residents of Wellingara who rely on street taps watched painfully as NAWEC closed them due apparently to failure of the Kanifing Municipal Council...
New Gambia Calls For The Choice Of The People To Be...
Under the regime of former President Yahya Jammeh, the choice of the people was not respected. He relied on the colonial law to maintain...
New Gambia Demands That We Serve The People
When the people voted for new Gambia on 1 December 2016 they had high expectations that their lives were going to change. They tasted...
