By Tumbul Trawally Seattle, USA
To those who second-guess or question the importance of having strong government institutions in term-limited democracies—the political impasse in Senegal, and its resolution in a...
By Foday Samateh
On the System of Local Government, the draft Constitution in Section 202 (1) states: “A local government shall be based on a council which...
By Foday Samateh
Before proceeding to discuss Local Governments in the draft Constitution, there is an outstanding matter from a previous commentary that begs for...
By Foday Samateh
Having now summoned the courage to take Lady Macbeth’s seditious incitement to heart, I will repeat after Dick the Butcher in Henry...
By Foday Samateh
The National Assembly is a true winner in the draft Constitution. Here is why.
In the 1997 Constitution (the current Constitution), the President...
By Foday Samateh
Almost all Constitutions share one thing in common. They claim to give the people all the rights and freedoms. What distinguish one Constitution...
By Foday Samateh
Ever known for his histrionics and theatrics as a loquacious minister in Yahya Jammeh’s military-turned-civilian dictatorship, Yankuba Touray was in full character...
By Foday Samateh
Speaking at a news conference on the Constitutional Review Commission’s countrywide listening tour, the Commission Chairman Cherno Jallow was reported to have...
By Foday Samateh
The release of Lawyer Darboe and his UDP top executive from prison just days after the Coalition2016 clinched victory was a landmark event....
By Foday Samateh
This should be the high noon of reform. An unwavering, single-minded moment of transition to the third republic. But rather than rethinking government...
By Foday Samateh
Nothing exemplifies the imperial presidency and at the same time undermines the spirit of separation of powers in the 1997 Constitution (the current...
By Foday Samateh
Issues identified by the Constitutional Review Commission and my responses.
Citizenship
It is expected that existing rights and entitlements to Gambian citizenship...
By Foday Samateh
Momodou Sallah’s second anthology of poems is in many ways a masterful sequel to his acclaimed Innocent Questions. But The Dictator and the...
