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Friends,
how do you change the constitution of The Gambia ?
How is the constitution "protected" against "arbitrary" changes?
If you want to change a single word in the danish constitution you has to
decide so with a very high number of votes in the parliament. Next you have
a national referendum where all with voting right has to cast their votes
for or against the changes. Then you have a new parliamentary election and
the new elected parliament has also to decide the changes with a high number
of votes. This a very difficult procedure, but it´s for the protection of
the constitution, and for the protection of the minority of the people who
don´t want changes, or for the protection that a party or government or
parliament with a high majority of seats can change the constitution in a
direction that they want it, just because it suits them well.
How is the constitution of the Gambia "protected" against changes ? by a
majority-party ? a president in power ?
The French parliament has just with a big majority decided that the term for
the french president will in the future go from 7 to 5 years.
Question from Asbjørn Nordam
on 14/06/00 13:06, Ebrima Ceesay at [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Gambia-L:
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> Another e-mail from one of my sources in Banjul.
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> Ebrima Ceesay
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> _______________________________________________________________
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> Hello Ebrima,
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> A month ago, I was informed by a colleague of Yaya Jammeh's intention or
> desire to amend the New Constitution in order to extend the current
> presidential term from 5 to 7 years. However, I did not take it to be a
> serious matter then, but not any more.
>
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