EFSCRJ learns with immense grief and disappointment that the National Assembly voted down the right to vote for Gambians who live outside the borders of the country. The right to vote is at the core of what constitutes citizenship in a republic. One-person-one-vote is a classic definition of independence and a republic that lies at…
Momodou Bah, the leader of the African Federalism and Republican Orientation Movement (AFRO Movement) and presidential aspirant for 2026 elections, has said President Adama Barrow’s third-term bid undermines democracy and signals leadership failure. The AFRO movement leader was speaking during an interview with SeniGambia online newspaper on Monday. “President Adama Barrow’s decision to seek a third…
On behalf of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and on my own behalf, I hereby acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23 February, 2025 congratulating me and my party on our victory in the Masembeh Ward by-election, held on 22 February, 2025. I would like to express my appreciation of the content and tone of…
The Edward Francis Small Centre for Research and Justice has expressed concern over the “administrative action” by the Gambia Police against former police public relations officer ASP Binta Njie for comments she made on social media. The human rights and justice body states: “In the wake of the Masembeh by-elections, one Baboucarr Bahoum, a known…
The All People’s Party (APP) Sobeyaa alliance, led by international Gambian lawyer Essa Faal, has condemned the arrest on Monday, 17 February, of Luis Boutanos “for merely exercising his democratic right to free speech”. The APP Sobeyaa states that Boutanos’s only crime was raising the failures of the Barrow Government, the arrest for which, the…
The United Democratic Party (UDP) strongly condemns the arrest of Mr Luis Boutanos, a Gambian citizen, on 17th February 2025, for expressing his frustration with the Barrow Government’s governance of The Gambia. Mr Boutanos’ arrest, reportedly stemming from a social media video in which he criticised the government, is a blatant violation of his constitutional…
The Chief Justice of The Gambia, Hassan B. Jallow, has reaffirmed that constitution is the most important legal instrument for any nation. “When properly crafted it can provide an enduring framework for effective government, for good governance, for peace and for socio-economic progress,” the Chief Justice said yesterday at the opening of the legal year…
President Adama Barrow has re-echoed that his government has enormously enhanced the independence of the Gambia’s Judiciary in line with the rule of law and good governance. The Gambian leader made the statement at the Law Court Complex in Banjul along the Independence Drive during the opening of the Legal Year 2025, which he presided…
The Deputy Head of Mission from the European Union Delegation to The Gambia, Raphaël Brigand has said a free and responsible media is the backbone of any democratic society. Mr Brigand was speaking during the opening ceremony of a two-day capacity building training for Media Council Gambia (MCG) and Gambia Press Union (GPU) on Media…
