By Philip Saine The Gambia Electoral Cycle has reached a climax for the 2021 Presidential Elections. A total number of 962, 157 voters have been registered and citizens are presented with 6…
Author: Pa Louis Sambou Jr
ICC Net Closes In On Former President Jammeh
ICC Advisor says: Jammeh Must Be Prosecuted, “Impunity is not an option” By Amadou Manjang The special adviser to the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, Adama Dieng, has…
OPINION | D.A Jawo Shares Pertinent Observations on Presidential Elections 2021
By D. A. Jawo As we approach the last lap of the campaign for the December 4th presidential elections, it may not be out of place to make a few observations regarding the entire…
PRESS RELEASE: NHRC Condemns President Barrow’s “Glorification of Human Rights Abuse” and Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s “Inflammatory Statements”
WORRYING CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS MADE BY HE PRESIDENT ADAMA BARROW AND THE UDP LEADER AND FLAG BEARER OUSAINOU DAROBOE DURING THEIR POLITICAL RALLIES/CAMPAIGNS The NHRC is extremely concerned about the statements uttered by President Adama Barrow at his recent political campaign in Farafenni when he seemingly took pride…
Peace Ambassadors Publishes Report on Presidential Elections Nomination Process
By Alimatou S Bajinka Peace Ambassadors the Gambia (PAG) in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) has recently completed an overall report on their findings and observations of the nomination…
COLUMN | Presidential Election 2021 Nominations & the Big Questions Emerging From it
|The Tricky Business of Relying on Military Junta Decrees to Organise Democratic Elections in a Post Dictatorship Era| By Pa Louis Sambou For anyone who’s had to await decision on…
COLUMN | Why We Must Not Weaponise Section 62 of the Constitution
|We should be easing, not unduly heightening pre-election tension| By Pa Louis Sambou As the Presidential election nears, section 62 of the Constitution appears to be attracting unprecedented level of…
COLUMN | The Irony of The Gambia – EU Deportation Ping-Pong
|A Classic Example of Mercenary Diplomacy and How Not to Conduct International Relations| By Pa Louis Sambou With Presidential elections barely two months away, visa restriction measures imposed against The…
OPINION | Reasoning an APRC/NPP Alliance
By Philip Saine (Contributing Author) On Thursday 2nd September, 2021 the National People’s Party (NPP) and the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) formed an alliance that seems not to be a popular initiative. The People…
COLUMN | Why President Barrow’s Threat To Go Rogue Constitute a Self-Inflicting Hinderance Rather Than a Help
By Pa Louis Sambou Continuous politicking is a permanent fixture in any democracy. Without such, there will be no democratic counterbalance to the incumbent, nor any mechanism through which the…