Hello, Modou, I am not saying that quoting the Constitution is
necessarily a bad thing, and I laud PDOIS's efforts to educate people.
 However, the way in which the Constitution is quoted implies that the
rule of law actually means something in The Gambia, and that by
quoting the Constitution, this will somehow make the government of The
Gambia conform to it.  Quoting the Constitution and working within the
framework of the "rule of law", is all well and good, if that
framework exists, which it doesn't, or at least, recent events should
tell us that it's falling apart day by day.

As far as other options/alternatives, unfortunately, I don't have any,
and admittedly Halifa Sallah seems to be in a serious predicament to
me.  And perhaps PDOIS's only option is to work within the framework,
fragile though it may be.  However, the way this article talks, you'd
think that all one had to do was educate the Jammeh government on the
Constitution and they'd all of a sudden do the right thing.  And we
all know that's not going to happen.  However, at least the PDOIS
leadership is coming up with something.  Where are all the other
opposition members?  Heck, where is everyone else?  Even if you don't
support PDOIS, what is going on in The Gambia is very serious.

Ginny



On 3/11/09, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> *'Facts are Sacred, opinions are Free' E.H CARR
>
> To your hearts content whatever one feels about quoting the constitution*, i
> for one do not see anything wrong with citing stipulations of statutes or
> what have you to drive home a point. It does help clarify issues. I also
> applaud the work of Foroyaa in always teaching and reminding the citizenry
> of the what the constitution says and how it is applied.  The folks at
> Foroyaa and for that matter PDOIS work within the framework of the Gambian
> constitution however flawed it is.  They adhere to the rule of law as it
> obtains in the present conditions.  Unless one has other means or more
> efficient ways in dealing with Jammeh, let the folks at Foroyaa do what they
> deem fit and as democracy demands do your's as you deem fit.
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  Greetings, all, you know, all of this quoting of the Constitution is
>> good, and letting people know how the Constitution should be applied,
>> however, what good is that going to do when Jammeh, even though he swore
>> to
>> uphold the Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, has pretty much
>> told
>> everyone they can go to Hell (yes he did say this), for all he cares, he's
>> going to do what he wants anyway.
>>
>> Yes, he swore to uphold the Constitution, but we're quoting a document
>> that
>> doesn't mean anything as long as Jammeh is in power.  So how is quoting
>> the
>> Constitution going to help Halifa Sallah, or anyone else?  We're too far
>> gone where quoting a Constitution and explaining its implication would
>> make
>> Yahya Jammeh, along with his cohorts, do the right thing.
>> Ginny
>>
>>
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