It comes as no secret that the pursuit of justice in normal times in itself is a challenge let alone doing so in circumstances as unique and extraordinary as that in post Yaya Jammeh Gambia. The latter requires an innovative approach modelled and designed to suit the needs of the victims rather than a copy and paste transitional justice model from elsewhere...
Continue reading...The 'Coalition' Survival Meeting & The Attorney General's "False Statement Threshold" (the unilateral supposed ‘legal’ test) In Determining Witness Prosecution at the TRRC
The Justice Minister's Meddling In Our Judicial Process & the Outsourcing of Government Legal Duties to Private Law Firms
The democratic verdict was delivered and, on landed the lethal blow which would end the long bitter 22 years of pain, horror and heist. The final batch of rodents either fled, abandoned ship or switched allegiances one after the other...
Continue reading...Gambia: Political Dynamics, Promises, Agreements, The Constitution, Barrow/UDP, Elections, Change, TRRC..
Gambia: The SCoTG Interim Ruling: Ya Kumba Jaiteh, The President, Supreme Court, Presumption of Regularity, Judicial Precedent, etc
Since the coining of the phrase ‘New Gambia’ and its widespread use to reference this post Jammeh era, one could be forgiven for assuming that we are now a functioning democracy...
Continue reading...Gambia: Should President Barrow Honour the MOU & Step Down in 2019; or, Should He Simply Give Way Due to Incompetence?
Gambia: A conversation on offensive language, bigotry in the "New Gambia", in the wake of the Abdoulie Saine tapes: were his pronouncements Free Speech, An Incitement of Violence or Hate Speech?
The Gambia is a great country in prospect but which is being destroyed by dishonesty among some of our public officials...
Continue reading...Gambia: Dictatorship Part 2? In The Gambia? Lets prevent another reoccurence by safeguarding our little gains.