Ndey/Abdou,
It is indeed a sad day for our country. Yaya Jammeh and his agents in
Parliament have hijacked our country and this is a government of criminals who will
no doubt have to pay for their crimes against the people when the time
comes. They are also totally clueless as to what role they should be playing and
the entire thing is one big tragic joke.
Jabou
In a message dated 8/18/2006 5:43:41 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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Jabou and Abdou,
I guess Abdou has summed it all “Constitutional Coup" infact it is a
constitutional robbery. Just listen to the kind of people ruling our
country. If you carefully read Hon Fabakary Tombong Jatta's defence is just
laughable. Can you imagine the kind of people seating in our national
Assembly? This is really a choke.
The Struggle Continues!!!
Ndey Jobarteh
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>Subject: Fwd: National Assembly amends Section 63(2)
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:59:59 EDT
>
>
>More evidence that we are dealing with people who have no regard for any
>laws!!
>I think sister Ndey Jobarteh mentioned the necessity for electoral reforms
>if these were undertaken in a timely manner but one has to be dealing with
>people who respect and abide by the constitution instead of people who
>shape the
>constitution to satisfy their needs.
>
>Written by Alhagie Jobe
>Thursday, 17 August 2006
>Members of the National Assembly, on Monday amended Section 63 (2) of the
>1997 Constitution Bill, consitutionalising the date for the Presidential
>elections in September, instead of October.
>Presenting the Bill, Sheikh Tijan Hydara, Attorney-General and Secretary
>of
>State for Justice said the new amendment proposes that the elected
>President
>shall take the prescribed oaths and assume office on the exact day, when
>the
>term of office for the incumbent President comes into expiration.
>
>SoS Hydara then told the members of the National Assembly that “the only
>requirement that must be satisfied is that of Section 46 of the
>Constitution,
>which provides that elections can be held within three months, before the
>expiration of the incumbent President’s term of office. With this
>proposed
>amendment, the IEC will no longer be restricted to hold Presidential
>elections on a
>particular date within the last three months, before the expiration of the
>incumbent’s term,†he said.
>
>SoS Hydara pointed out that this amendment to Section 63 necessitated the
>amendment to Section 96 of the Constitution, adding that “the latter
>provides
>that elections to the National Assembly shall be held three months, after
>the
>date of the Presidential electionsâ€.
>
>He then observed that the proposed amendment to Section 63 indicates that
>Nat
>ional Assembly elections may fall on the date that the “President elect
>takes his or her oath of office, and also the word three in section 96 be
>changed
>to fourâ€. According to him, this will give provision for the National
>Assembly elections to be held the following month, after the President
>elect takes
>his, or her prescribed oaths to the office.
>
>However, SoS Hydara noted that Section 63(1) is an entrenched clause that
>must go through a “special procedure, before it is amended. This
process
>has
>commenced since April 2006 and it is now time for it to be tabled before
>the
>National Assemblyâ€.
>
>To back up the amendment, Hon Sellu Bah, NAM for Basse described the Bill
>as
>preventive to imminent “problems. It will rectify and safeguard any
>possible
>confusion in both the Presidential and any National Assembly electionsâ€.
>
>Hon Halifa Sallah, NAM for Serrekunda Central said the amendment was
>suggestive of an inditement made by the IEC, saying the scheduled date for
>the
>Presidential elections is not in line with the required Section of the
>Constitution. “What we are amending today reveals the shortcomings of
>the IEC. Today, if
>we pass this Bill, then the date will be unlawfully legitimised,†he
>asserted.
>
>According to him, the IEC Code of Conduct requires fair play and integrity
>in an election. “Therefore, I have every right to say that this
officers
>are
>not capable and effective. We do not need people, who do not or cannot
>administer such an office like the IEC,†he said.
>
>At this jucnture, Hon Fabakary Tombong Jatta, NAM for Serrekunda East
>expressed his disappointment with the opposition bench of the National
>Assembly,
>saying “I was expecting the opposition to congratulate Shiehk Tijan
>Hydara,
>Secretary of State for Justice, instead of being controversial to the
>Bill. Is
>it that the oppositions are not ready for an election, or less confident
>about
>themselves?â€
>
>Hon Jatta asserted that the IEC was operating according to the
>Constitution,
>adding that “if the ruling party did not complain of the scheduled date
>by
>the IEC for the election-which really shorten the term of the incumbent
>President- then I see no reason why the opposition should complain.â€
>
>He said the date did not fall in the Ramadan and during the period of
>heavy
>rains. “This means that it satisfies everyone. No one should complain
>about
>it,†he said.
>
>He then impored his counterparts to “unanimously amend the Bill to
>ensure
>that the election take place as scheduled.â€
>
>Hon Netty Baldeh, NAM of Tumana, expressed similar sentiments.
>
>
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