|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…
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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…
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…
COLUMN | How Yankuba Touray’s Legal Adventures Upend Society and Spook the Constitution
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…
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…