COALITION NOW HAS A FLAG BEARER
Yesterday, what many had thought was impossible did happen. Seven opposition parties selected a flag bearer at a convention to contest the December 1...
THE DRIVE TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION IN THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
The election atmosphere is gradually becoming dominant. Public discourse is beginning to center around elections. Civil society organistions are waking up to the call...
A REMINDER TO THE NATION; THEY SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN
Elections are national events. Nomination for election constitutes the starting point of the concrete contest for elections.
At this very moment there are prisoners who...
COUNTING THE DAYS TOWARDS THE 1ST DECEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
1 December is just around the corner. It is hard to predict what the outcome will be.
Different political forces are engaged in grassroots work...
OPPOSITION CANDIDATES SEEK NOMINATIONS WHILE PREPARED FOR CONTEST OF FLAGBEARERSHIP
The requirements for nomination must be met by any presidential aspirant. One of the requirements is to be nominated by 5000 people; this is...
ANALYSTS ARE GETTING LOST AS THEY STUDY AND ASSESS THE CURRENT...
Initially, many people felt that the Electoral reform of 2015 had tied the hands and feet of the Opposition and would provide the incumbent...
Acquitted and Discharged but Still Not Free
Freedom is what a sovereign human being deserves. Every human being should be born free. His or her liberty should only be at stake...
Why is detention without trial still continuing in The Gambia?
Section 19 of the Constitution forbids detention without trial. Nobody should be under detention for more than 72 hours without being charged and taken...
WHAT IS HOLDING THE INTERPARTY COMMITTEE FROM FUNCTIONING?
The IEC frequently tells journalists that it aims to work very closely with the inter-party committee comprising all political parties in the country. One...
THE CHANGING FACE OF GAMBIAN POLITICS
Taking into consideration the political developments that are unfolding one is bound to conclude that many people are in for a big surprise on...
LANDMARK DEVELOPMENT IN GAMBIAN POLITICAL HISTORY
The Gambia is a country which has never changed through the ballot box and no one has empirical evidence to indicate how that change...
THE SECURITY SITUATION AND ELECTIONS
Elections have been found to be an instrument through which a sovereign people put a government in or out of office without any form...
REALITY HAS ITS OWN INFLUENTIAL POWERS, WILL THE OPPOSITION BOW DOWN...
One of the most widespread information about the electoral system is that there is only one round of voting in The Gambia because of...
Electoral Campaign in Full Force
Electoral Campaign Period is not the same as the daily election campaign that each party must conduct to justify their existence as registered political...
THE OPPOSITION IN SEARCH OF A WAY FORWARD, HAVE THEY FOUND...
Foroyaa was out waiting for the representatives of various political parties and the Independent candidate to come out from negotiation to tell the press...
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OR THE WILL OF THE LEADERS?...
Some people have predicted that because of diverse interests the opposition coalition talks would not yield fruit. They expected that it would have disintegrated...
WHO IS THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE GOVERNMENT?
One would have expected the government to do something or say something as the EU Parliamentarians and US government either threatened or imposed sanctions...
WHAT NEXT FOR GAMBIAN FOREIGN POLICY?
The US Government has done what it has never done against the Gambia Government. This is signifying a cooling down of relations. Quiet diplomacy...
QUALIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
After the declaration of interest by six Gambians so far to be presidential candidates, many people are beginning to question the background of the...
IS THE YOUTH COUNCIL AN INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION FOR ALL YOUTH IRRESPECTIVE...
This is the question that many people are asking after it was revealed that the Youth Council was engaged in mobilizing many youths to...
