By Pa Louis Sambou It is natural human reaction cum instinct to embrace any, if not the first conviction which comes by, following the occurrence of a crime. In this…
Author: Pa Louis Sambou Jr
OPINION | “Doff Yi”: My Struggles with Depression
By Amran Gaye (contributing author) In 2011, while in college in the US, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. It was a new label, for things I had always felt, as far…
COLUMN | A Nation Ripe for Change — Is a ‘TRRC Party’ the Silver Bullet?
By Pa Louis Sambou Since the disintegration of what was the Coalition, our political discourse largely revolved around the binary black and white worlds of President Barrow versus Lawyer Ousainou Darboe. Therefore,…
COLUMN | Why the Rearresting of Freed ‘Three Years Jotna’ Leaders is Bad on Every Front
By Pa Louis Sambou One really need not have a vested interest in the subject matter nor even have a skin in the game one way or another for them…
COLUMN | Is 4 Years of President Adama Barrow Deserving of Commemoration or Lamentation?
By Pa Louis Sambou The fourth anniversary of the Barrow Presidency, unlike the previous three, appeared to have been accorded a much greater degree of recognition and publicity with the cross-cutting theme…
REJOINDER | Open Letter to Citizens’ Alliance – Re: Your Public References Denoting Violence
In a press conference held or broadcast on Friday 15th January 2021 which was widely reported by several media outlets, your party leader and flag bearer Dr Ismaila Ceesay expressed your party’s concerns and frustration in…
COLUMN | Are We Sleepwalking into Another Post-Election Impasse?
By Pa Louis Sambou In an election year (2021) in The Gambia, Electoral Commission’s first official move is to announce the shredding of voter registration timetable dramatically coinciding with the President’s first official appointment…
COLUMN | Constitutionality (or Not) of Current IEC Chairman’s Position
By Pa Louis Sambou If one reels together the pitiful state of affairs of our post dictatorship transition, one realises that its essence is no longer what marshals the…
COLUMN | The Commodification of Public Office By the Infamous 40 NAMs – Is the ‘Loan Scheme’ Even Lawful?
By Pa Louis Sambou A key objective behind the design and concept of republican governance is, to prevent a total autonomy of any of the three arms of government (the…
COLUMN | The TRRC: Does the Orthodox Criminalisation of Coup D’tats Require a Rethink?
By Pa Louis Sambou Commissioned to “create an impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights from July 1994 to January 2017…, establish and make known the fate or…