We should encourage a similar task force for Gambia.............. -Laye On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:42 PM, Haruna Darbo<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanx Laye for sharing. Elections must not go ahead in Niger on the basis of > an engineered constitution. > I encourage Tandja to reflect. Haruna. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A Jallow <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Wed, Aug 26, 2009 2:37 pm > Subject: Fw: Zainab Bangura and Three Others To Engage Niger's Political > Stake Holders > > http://standardtimespress.net/cgi-bin/artman/publish/printer_4162.shtml > > From Standard Times Press News Paper > > NEWS > Zainab Bangura and Three Others To Engage Niger's Political Stake Holders > By Pasco Temple > Aug 26, 2009, 01:48 > > > > Four Foreign Ministers from Sierra Leone, Benin, Burkina Faso and > Nigeria have been charged with the responsibility of saving “a crisis > situation, and prevent the “return of authoritarian rule and dark age > in West Africa” by restoring Political Sanity in Niger. > > The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave the > responsibility to four West African Foreign Ministers including Sierra > Leone’s Madam Zainab Hawa Bangura and three others from Nigeria, > Benin, and Burkina Faso to intercede in the political crisis in Niger > and restore political sanity in20the beleaguered west African Country > Monday August 24th, during a close session of Foreign ministers of > ECOWAS countries at the ECOWAS conference Center in Abuja. > > At a one day extra ordinary meeting of ECOWAS mediation and Security > Council held in Abuja on Monday August 24,it was agreed by thirteen > Foreign Ministers from Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Burkina > Faso, Cote D Ivoire, Liberia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea Bissau Mali, > Senegal, and Togo that a four man ad-hoc ministerial committee led by > Nigeria and composed of Benin, Burkina Faso, and Sierra Leone > immediately start work to restore dialogue and political common sense > in Niger. > > The ad –hoc committee is mandated to work with all political > stakeholders in Niger, including the National Council for Dialogue > towards the restoration of dialogue and consensus which characterized > the political environment before the current crisis, and report its > findings to an already scheduled extra ordinary summit of Heads of > State and Government scheduled for first week September. According to > ECOWAS Commission President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambers, the call for the > extra ordinary summit followed the council’s expression of deep > concern over violation of the 1999 consensual constitution of Niger > and the 2001 ECOWAS supplementary protocol on Democracy and Good > Governance. > > “Again, it has undermined the progress made in the consolidation of > Democracy and the rule of law”. Earlier, in his opening remarks, the > > Chairman of ECOWAS mediation and Security Council Chief Ojo Madueke of > Nigeria decried the situation in Niger and described it as a “defining > moment for survival of hard earned democratic renewal for both Niger > and the entire West African region. While reiterating the role of > peace and stability for Socio –economic stability, Chief Madueke said > the Parliament, the media, and civil society has a critical part to > play in the consolidation of Democracy in the region. > > > > He therefore encouraged his colleagues Foreign Ministers “to stand up > to the Niger Challenge with sincerity candour and respect to the > various challenges faced by each member state, in order that democracy > is safeguarded”. Adding “failure would mean a return to the “dark age” > of authoritarianism and anarchy”. Other members of the Sierra Leone > delegation include Sierra Leone’s permanent representative to ECOWAS > H.E Henry O. 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