Sorry to butt in, what the president said is that "decree 89 is no more".
All those affected by decree 89 are henceforth free to execise whatever
rights tbey were denied. By this he  explained, all who where affectd by
decree 89 are now free to take part in political activities, join any
political party of their choice or ressurect their old parties. He further
went on to state that by that declaretion, he was instructing the attorny
general and speaker of the National assembly to urgently make the necessary
arrangements to legalise the declaration. That is my understanding of the
gist of his pronouncement.

Have a good day, Gassa.

>From: Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: DEGREE 89 IS HISTORY
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:01:29 +0200
>
>Mr. Tombong Saidy,
>please enlighten me a bit, and excuse me being ignorant.
>
>One thing is a president making a declaration in a speech held to celebrate
>july 22nd. Our Prime Minister does the same on certain occasions. But that
>is not the same as presenting the same idea as a bill in the parliament and
>get it through. Does the Gambia constitution give the President the
>absolute
>power  to put decrees into action and then later in a speech just take them
>out of action again ?
>Is decree 89 no longer existing from the day of july 22nd?
>
>Regards from Asbjørn Nordam
>
>
>on 22/07/01 17:42, TOMBONG SAIDY at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > President Jammeh has lifted the ban on all political parties and
> > politicians. He made this declaration today, JULY 22ND 2001. DEGREE 89
>is
> > history. All former politicians are now free to either join existing
> > political parties, form new ones or rejuvenate their old parties.
> >
> >
> > PEACE
> >
> > Tombong
> >
> >
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