From Daily Observer Posted Saturday, August 19, 2000 by Editor

Hamat Bah, the leader of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) and
National Assembly member for Upper Saloum, claimed that he has received
reliable information that the APRC government “ Is discussing the
possibilities of amending the Constitution to empower the President to
appoint district chiefs instead of electing them through ballot box.” Mr.
Bah accused President Jammeh of intending to “ Use the chiefs for his own
political gains. He wants to return The Gambia to the pre-colonial era when
the chiefs were like kings and deliberately violated the people’s rights
with impunity.” Mr Bah cautioned that if the APRC government insists on
amending the constitution, it would “ be terrible” and they would regret
 it.”


Mori

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