PDOIS’ CONTRIBUTION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON THE ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) BILL OF 1st JUNE 2O15 How Seasoned Parliamentarians Would Handle The Debate Introduction The Legislative power of the Gambia is exercised by the National Assembly members by passing Bills which become law when assented to by the President and published in the Gazette. Bills are introduced either by members of the Cabinet or a National Assembly member. To register the unalloyed interest of the executive in having the Bill passed it is introduced by the President of the Republic. This however should not be given much weight by seasoned…
Author: Gainako
Contrary to what has been paraded as an arm invasion and an attempt to destabilize and destroy a country, the events of December 30th 2014 exactly six months today were anything but arm banditry or an attempt to destabilize Gambia. What it was and we have evidence to back it up was an attempt to rescue a population from a mad man masquerading to be a supreme leader of an impoverished nation. It was an attempt to once again restore civility, dignity, rule of law and respect for…
Taxation, an age-long practice, is a form of levy that enables various forms of regimes not only to survive, but also provide essential services to their constituents. Examples include provision of labour, tithe, cash or other means of exchange widely accepted in place of money. In Egypt for instance, poor peasants unable to pay their taxes would provide free labour to the state. Taxes have also been used by regimes to restrain undesirable conduct or reinforce public policy. For instance, some authorities would impose tax on imported goods to reduce their consumption, or hike parking fees to curb congestion…
By Dbanjulist Over the weekend 27th/28th June news of more Presidential Directives have surfaced from Gambia. This time Jammeh has decided to dip his hands into Gambia’s Fishing industry. Its alleged that any fishing trawler operating in Gambian waters must give up 10% of their catch to the President’s office after paying a monthly licence and all the necessary tax to operate a business in Gambia. The biggest news regarding this latest development is involving one Fishing Trawler from Senegal name Ebenezer. The shipping Trawler is said to be under Navy guard at the Warfi Njago for over five…
Book Author: Momodou Sallah: Title: Global Youth Work: Provoking Consciousness and Taking Action GLOBAL YOUTH Work provides a succinct and interesting introduction to the contested understandings of this area of youth work and work with young people. It critically unpacks and explores Global Youth Work (GYW) as terminology, concept, process and praxis. It does this by clearly locating GYW in the changeable world of youth work and youth policy. Here the author addresses a range of interrelated social, economic, and political changes that impact on young people across the world and it contributes to struggle, understanding, defining, and applying of GYW. In each chapter, Sallah…
By Mathew K Jallow On the surface, the looming opposition presidential contest fee hike, and its affordability or lack thereof, may seem like a benign money matter, but it is far more complicated than its superficial appearance. It is, first and foremost, a withering indictment of the Gambian regime’s mindset and Gambians’ collective complicity by indifference, which has enabled Yahya Jammeh, time and again, to undermine the capacity of the Gambian Constitution to regulate the political atmosphere and ensure civility in the political discourse. It also challenges Yahya Jammeh’s indifference to the Constitution as a living document that is replete…
Statement on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture The absolute and non-derogable prohibition against torture is routinely disregarded by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s regime, which has subjected countless Gambians to torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishment and treatment for over twenty years. In light of this widespread practice and in connection with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (June 26), the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is highlighting the story of one Gambian torture victim: Musa Saidykhan. In 2006, Saidykhan was arrested, detained, and tortured by Gambian security forces for three weeks for…
African migrants being rescued in the Mediterranean BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union decided Friday to share 40,000 of the refugees landing in Italy and Greece but foot-dragging and verbal sniping over the move exposed deep divisions about how to deal with Europe’s massive migrant influx. While the size of the challenge is daunting, the EU’s response has been underwhelming. More than 114,000 migrants fleeing wars or poverty have been plucked from the Mediterranean so far this year as they try to cross in unseaworthy smugglers’ boats. Some 2,600 have died…
Where is Jammeh moving the bodies of December 30th, 2014 Attackers? For six months Gainako’s embedded reporter in Banjul closely monitored soldiers guarding the dead bodies of the alleged State House Attackers at the Mortuary at the RVTH now called Edward Francis Small Hospital. Our reporter has uncovered that the bodies of the December 30th 2014 Coup victims have now been moved. The bodies of the deceased were discretely moved overnight to an unknown destination. Many Gambians may recalled the vivid photos of the deceased after the failed coup on the eve of New Years day. Since then family members have…
Our politics is centered on elections. The underlying assumption is we are a democracy. This isn’t true! Jawara has commingled PPP and state to gained undue political advantage. He has also appointed his political representatives at each division as his Election Returning Officers. Yahya also commingled A(F)PRC and state and even claimed personal ownership of state. He on the other hand appointed one Election Commission that he fires and hires as he wish. Both exert similar control over the local administrative structure thereby dictating the very nucleus of our society. In this formula there can be only one outcome…