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:
> 
> Another e-mail from one of my sources in Banjul.
> 
> Ebrima Ceesay
> 
> _______________________________________________________________
> 
> Hello Ebrima,
> 
> 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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