The Gambia Consultative Council (GCC), recognizing the inalienable rights of the United Democratic Party, and all other political parties in the Gambia, to lawfully hold political demonstrations, protests marches, group meetings and public rallies, without being harassed by security agents of the Gambian military regime, as guaranteed by the Gambian Constitution, wishes to state unequivocally and without hesitation, that the Gambian military regime is over-playing its hand and crossing the boundaries of its authority by denying free speech to a political party; United Democratic Party. In light of the regime’s desire to provoke an incident by denying the UDP…
Author: Gainako
Standoff in Gambia. Cordeg is aware of the on-going standoff between UDP and Security forces in the North Bank Division of Gambia. The UDP is a legitimate registered political party with a large support base among Gambians and a constituent member of CORDEG. For 3 days running, Gambian security forces have blocked the UDP convoy on a countrywide tour to which they are legally and constitutionally entitled. The Gambia constitution does not require a bona fide registered political party to obtain police permission before touring to hold rallies, unless where a public address system is to be used. The…
PDOIS STATEMENT ON THE ISSUING OF PERMITS IN CONNECTION WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITIES The UDP Caravan Does Not Pose Any Security Threat Leave It To Go or Provide Them With A Permit to Have Normal Rallies Issued By Halifa Sallah On Behalf Of The Central Committee 17th April 2015 Political parties are instruments of leadership. They have to employ strategies and tactics which are dictated by times and circumstances to attain their aims and objectives. Opposition parties have been criticised for waiting…
Why is President Jammeh, the police and the NIA Afraid of the Opposition? The government of Yahya Jammeh boast about developing Gambia and giving the people what they never had from the previous regime. They never hesitate to point out that Gambians are happy and that they can gather as many people as possible to celebrate July 22th or whatever event they organize. They are quick to mention the university, the TV station, roads etc. Of late President Jammeh has been promising to turn the country into an African Singapore or Dubai and making pronouncements that “Gambia will no…
There will always come a time when an oppressed people will be obliged to push back against their oppressors, when they continued to be denied the ventilation they needed. It is only natural that patience and perseverance run out and the innate instincts to defend self kick in. This is the state of the Gambian opposition and United Democratic Party in particular. Since its formation in 1996, the United Democratic Party (UDP) endured the nastiest and most undeserved wrath of the military junta camouflaged as a political party, with persistent persecution. Jammeh and his regime certainly did not anticipate…
Senegalese President Macky Sall appears to have enough of the blatant intimidating tactics coming from the President of its next door neighbor Yahya Jammeh. Since his election as President of Senegal in 2012 Macky Sall has made several overtures to extend a hand to the Gambian President Yahya Jammeh. Shortly after being elected Mr. Sall paid a short visit to President Jammeh and gave him the respect for being there before him. His visit to Banjul was a goodwill gesture and an effort to open a communication line between him and Yahya Jammeh whose iron fist grip on to…
PRESS RELEASE POTENTIAL BLOODBATH BEING ORCHESTRATED BY GAMBIA GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE OPPOSITION UNITED DEMOCRATIC PARTY. The United Democratic Party (UDP) is informing the international community about a potential bloodbath being orchestrated by the Gambia Government against the party. Currently the UDP has embarked on a countrywide tour starting from 16th – 26th April, as part of its outreach activities to consult and reach out to its grassroots members. From the onset, the tyrannical regime of the Gambia has been putting in place obstacles to deny the party from going ahead with the countrywide tour. First, the police have been…
Series by Sarjo Bayang Stakeholder Interests, Power, and Decision Making Properly functioning dispensation of public affairs takes into account and provides for all stakeholder shared interests. That is done with great fairness in order to ensure optimal satisfaction. In this edition of our series on Gambian political economy we shall explore and examine the balance of power in decision making for good governance and better management of public affairs including, finance, projects, national development plans, budgeting, in the most gainful allocation of resources. As in so many countries, those who assume political power are seen to be in control…
When Gambians are told about the one man brutal system in Gambia, they come out swinging and denying every aspect of criticism against President Jammeh and his rogue regime. When facts are pointed out that Jammeh holds everyone accountable while he is not accountable to any citizen, they deny it and call critics “enemies of the Gambia”. When we point out that Jammeh has jailed almost all his top senior aids, they call us haters. A president who jailed his numerous secretaries of State, his Chief of Defense Staff, his Inspector Generals of police, his…
Some say Kim Kardashian’s photo is worth at least a million USD and if you are Kim, it’s all about ‘looks.’ Nobody really cares what you actually do except looking good. Others say, but for Justin Bieber ‘looks’ alone are not enough. He should also produce the goods (the so called delicacies for the ears, that is). These are some rumours we read and hear about on the Internet everyday. But what does that have to do with brand Africa? One might justifiably ask. Not much, except that these rumours are all about brands and branding. Brands are about…