Ngorr, thanks for this forward.  Can someone in the know tell me what Hamat
is alluding to when he said "since the Gambian constitution emphasised the
need for an independent press, these clauses must be deleted.  At the same
time, however, he added that there was the need for a media commission to
regulate the excesses of the excited press."  Who is/are the excited press
and what excesses is he talking about?  Please focus on the last sentence of
the quote.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Ngorr Ciise <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Hamat Bah on the defects in the Media Bill
>Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 13:40:57 +0000
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>Bad Clauses in the Media Commission Bill Should Be Deleted
>
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>
>The Daily Observer (Banjul)
>
>April 30, 2002
>Posted to the web April 30, 2002
>
>Samba Ceesay
>
>
>Honourable Hamat NK Bah, National Assembly member for Upper Saloum, says
>certain clauses in the controversial Media Commission Bill should be
>deleted
>because they do not accord with some fundamental provisions of the 1997
>constitution of this country.
>
>Mr Bah was speaking at a public lecture titled "The Way Forward" organised
>by Gambian Youth for Self Development last Saturday, at the Gambia Red
>Cross
>headquarters in Kanifing.
>
>The controversial Media Commission Bill which goes before the honourable
>members on May 2, has excited a lot of mixed feelings across the country,
>and its presentation to the National Assembly has had to be postponed a
>couple of times before.
>
>In his lecture, Mr Bah observed that since the Gambian constitution
>emphasised the need for an independent press, these clauses must be
>deleted.
>At the same time, however, he added that there was the need for a media
>commission to regulate the excesses of the excited press.
>
>
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