Opinion and Essay

By Madi Jobarteh The president has no authority to discontinue any court case in anyway. He has no such powers at all! The power to discontinue a criminal case lies with the Director of Public Prosecution under Section 85 of the…

By Abubacarr Darboe The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparation Commission in response to the public outcry over contracting a for-profit media company QTV over the national broadcaster did proof, gladly, that GRTS have the competence to do…

By Dr Baba Galleh Jallow Over the past several days the TRRC has had to manage a lot of controversy surrounding the award of a contract to QTV. One of the rumors making the rounds is that QTV was awarded the contract because Muhammed Jah…

By Cherno M. Njie Austin, Texas January 4, 2019 Please, pardon my naivete: I have been insufficiently cynical of the UDP-controlled National Assembly and the Barrow administration. The recent shenanigans surrounding passage of the…

The passing of the SAB is a clear indication of the general lack of courage and conviction in our National Assembly Members collectively. There is no doubt that the Executive will bring proposals that could be either unconstitutional or…

By Dr Assan  Jallow The center of gravity in our distress public debt seems to have shifted in favor of international advisors. The appointment of International Advisors by the current administration to advice and help negotiate on the…

Over the weekend of December 14, the APRC party held their Congress in an unsavoury classroom in Bwiam where they issued a very tragic resolution confirming former dictator Yaya Jammeh as their party leader and flagbearer as well as…

By Demba A. Jawo, former communications and information minister It is 14 years since the brutal murder of Deyda Hydara by yet unknown assassins, and we are still not much wiser as to who may have been responsible for the heinous crime…

Ordinary men and women need support in their fight to claim and protect their liberties, and their natural protectors are the courts. 1            Introduction I want to share with you my thoughts on judicial reform in The Gambia against…

On Tuesday December 11 Finance Minister Mamburay Njie placed before the National Assembly a request for additional 1.128 billion dalasi to be given to Government based on reasons that are far less than convincing. In the first place in…