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…
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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…
COLUMN | ‘Diaspora will Get the Vote’ says IEC: Is This A Slam Dunk?
By Pa Louis Sambou I can imagine very few people being opposed to Diaspora enfranchisement, something which appeared to have been a dirty word in the vocabulary of the previous…
COLUMN | UDP’s Lawyer Ousainou Darboe — Is He Barred From Running For the Presidency?
By Pa Louis Sambou General public discourse has for sometime regularly featured the subject of the UDP Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe’s eligibility to run for the Presidency under the existing…
REJOINDER | Response to Mai Fatty’s Comments on Draft Constitution Published on Standard Newspaper on 12 October 2020
Rejoinder: ‘Christians’ complaints over draft should be taken seriously’ By Pa Louis Sambou Having come across the above captioned article which was published on Standard newspaper on 12 October 2020, I have…
REJOINDER | Response to Mr Mai Fatty’s Claim that: ‘Plans to Resurrect Draft Without CRC are Unlawful’
Rejoinder – ‘PLANS TO RESURRECT DRAFT WITHOUT CRC ARE UNLAWFUL’ By Pa Louis Sambou Having read the above captioned article which was published in the Standard Newspaper on 7 October 2020,…
COLUMN | The CRC Press Conference: A Solemn Eulogy or, a Reluctant Validation?
By Pa Louis Sambou I must begin by lamenting the personal abuse Justice Jallow said they have been subjected; the subject-matter is indeed quite a highly charged one and, whilst…
REJOINDER | Unsolicited Response to DUGA, Right2Know, Team Gom-Sa-Bopa and Gambia Participates
Rejoinder – ‘Open Letter to President Adama Barrow: Resubmit the Bill for a referendum and let the people decide’ By Pa Louis Sambou Having read the above captioned publication by…
COLUMN | The Democratic Extermination of CRC’s Genocide Charter (Draft Constitution): Time To Coalesce & Move On
By Pa Louis Sambou I think one would be hard pressed to find anyone who in 2017 foresaw any cataclysmic defeat of the primary pillar of the Coalition…
COLUMN | Draft Constitution Section 36: Enabling People’s Exercise of Rights or Entrenching State’s Urge to Curtail Rights?
By Pa Louis Sambou Just when one thinks that all bad news is exhausted, more and more nasty surprises keep emerging from the horizon. One would have expected the media and press…