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Governance will continue under the 1997 Constitution without dialogue, consultation, and consensus among all stakeholders for a domestically-developed constitutional process

Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: The Gambian government, opposition, civil society, and the Fifth Columnists need to consult and agree on the reintroduced and gazetted draft constitution before presenting it again to the National Assembly for debate and voting. Without such consensus, governance will persist under the remnants of Yahya Jammeh’s […]

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Presidential Term Limit: A Crisis in the Making

Constitution Series Presidential Term Limit: A Crisis in the Making.  Gambians must brace themselves for a future crisis if this Cabinet-drafted constitution passes with its current text on presidential term limits. In Section 5 of Schedule 5 on ‘Transitional and Consequential Provisions’ the Cabinet has provided this text on the […]