WILL 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BE ONE WITH A DIFFERENCE?
All the indications are pointing to the fact that all the Gambian people are preparing for election. People who have never shown any concern...
AFTER THE EU IT IS NOW THE AU MISSION
The 1 December presidential election in The Gambia is now attracting the global community. Ecowas has conducted a pre-election fact finding mission. EU has conducted...
A VACUUM IN GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
It is a norm for a vice president or certain ministers to be seen to be spokespersons of a government. Such people are often...
The important processes for the 1 December 2016 election kicks off...
According to the IEC, there are 886,578 registered voters. These voters have greater responsibility in moving the electoral process forward than candidates and their...
Who is governing the country if President Jammeh is on leave?
A vice president is to oversee a country as acting president if the sitting president is on leave. This, however, is not the practice...
IS THE SECURITY SITUATION OF THE GAMBIA A CAUSE FOR CONCERN
In two months’ time the Gambian people will head for presidential election. The APRC Bureau was subjected to arson attack. Nobody has appeared in...
SOMEBODY SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR DISOBEYING THE...
After long detention without trial a member of Imam Sawaneh’s family decided to heed wise counsel by going to the high court to ask...
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THE CALL FOR UNITY
2016 is different from all other election years. The interest generated in the election has never been so intense. Despite the silence of the...
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE STATE MEDIA IN AN ELECTION...
The GRTS is the state broadcaster. It is required by section 208 of the Constitution to broadcast divergent views and dissenting opinion.
It is very...
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
This is an election year. The ministry of the Interior should play a major role in promoting police -political party relation to prepare the...
IS IT NOT INCREDIBLE THAT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS QUIET ABOUT...
It is very strange that a law maker could be held in detention without trial for over two weeks in gross violation of section...
1st December is round the corner, Who will be the...
Every Gambian of 18 years or above has the right and power to determine who will be the President of The Gambia in 2016...
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
The Gambia does not have any pollster who would give accurate projects of the state of mind of the voters. This is a disadvantage...
IF A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IS NOT IMMUNE TO...
Parliamentarians all over the world are seen as the eyes and ears of the people they represent. They do not have assistants who would...
AN INCREASE OF 89,649 IN THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS
There were 796,929 registered voters before the supplementary registration of voters this year. Hence this number of voters joined the list. Some people have...
WHO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE...
The political parties and the people of The Gambia are poised for election to fill the highest position in the country. What is to...
THE CHANGING FACE OF GAMBIAN POLITICS
The election agenda appears to be gaining solid ground. The political parties are selecting their presidential candidates. The UDP have selected Adama Barrow as...
THE AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTIONS IN GABON
Gabon has gone through the most highly contested election in its history. The results are still being disputed. They are too close to call....
THE ELECTION AGENDA APPEARS TO BE GAINING GROUNDS
September will be the decisive month. All the presidential candidates who are to contest against Jammeh would be declaring their candidature in September. The...
WHY IS THE UDP LEADERSHIP AND ITS MEMBERS NOT RELEASED BY...
Ebrima Solo Sandeng is dead. He has not received a fitting burial. His body is still at large. A Coroner’s Inquest has not been...
