PUBLIC STATEMENT Eight years ago, Gambians under the auspices of the 2016 Grand Coalition of opposition parties voted out the autocratic regime of Yaya Jammeh in the December 1 presidential election. It marked the first time in the 60 years of the nation’s history for citizens to remove a president […]
Author: Madi Jobarteh
Position of the Edward Francis Small Centre for Rights and Justice on the 2024 Draft Constitution
PUBLIC STATEMENTThe National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has convened a ‘National Convergence on the Draft Constitution 2024’ at the Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara Conference Centre starting today November 26 to which we were invited. According to the invitation letter,“This activity aims to engage all the key stakeholders to discuss the […]
No President Should Serve More Than Two Terms
Over the past year, Gambians have been hearing Pres. Barrow and his surrogates confirming that he will seek a third term in 2026. In fact, some of his ministers, parliamentarians, advisors and NPP members have gone further in making the ridiculous claim that 2017 – 2021 was not the first […]
EFSCRJ Concerned Over the Unconstitutionality of 2025 Budget Estimates
PUBLIC STATEMENT The Edward Francis Small Centre hereby registers its unreserved condemnation of the Speaker of the National Assembly and the President of the Republic for failing to uphold the Constitution in regard to the tabling of the 2025 budget estimates. Following an amendment of Section 152(1) of the Constitution […]
