Sister Jabou

You are right, however I need to make some further
points.

(1) The Old man was banned 20 years by the AFPRC. One
point to note whereas the Commission recommended that
Jawara be banned for 5 years, the AFPRC in presenting
its White Paper increased the ban to 20 years. Even OJ
Jallow was also banned from public office but I think
this was just for 5 years which should definitely
expire by now.

If the Likes of Dibba, Camara or Jawara intend to
resurrect their political parties and contest the
presidential elections, then there is a big hurdle to
face, which is the age limit for the Presidency.
According to Section 62(1)(b) of the Constitution, a
person shall not be qualified for election as
President if   he or she has attained the minimum age
of thirty years but note more than sixty-five years;

Based on information received from Gambian History
books;

Assan Musa Camara was born in 1923- (Age- 78)
7Sir Dawada Kairaba Jawara was born in 1924-(Age 77)
Sherrif Mustapha Dibba was born in 1937.(Age - 64)


From the information mentioned above, only Sherriff
Dibba has a slim chance of contesting the next
elections. Jawara and Assan Musa Camara may be
disqualified due to their age.

(3) According to section 62(1)(d)of the constitution
states that a person shall be qualified for election
as president if he or she has been ordianrily resident
in the Gambia for at least 5 years preceeding the
election. This proviso appears to be a poison chalice
for DK Jawara since July 1994 was the last time he
resided in the Gambia. Having said, I will expect that
he defends his case by saying that 70 years of his
life have been spent in the Gambia.

(4) Repealing Decree 89 does not give any of the
banned politicians the ammunition to resurrect their
political parties. In the eyes of the law, a mere
repeal of decree 89 does not guarantee PPP, NCP, GPP
the status of a political party. All these political
parties will have to register according to section 60
of the constitution.

I think for the reasons mentioned above, the repeal of
Decree 89 must be looked at properly before jumping
into conclusion. In my view, there is long way to go.

Have a wonderful day

Sanusi

- Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In a message
dated 7/25/2001 10:21:20 PM Central
> Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > As I am writing this, it has been brought to my
> attention that OJ gave an
> > interview to the Point newspaper in which he is
> quoted to have said that the
> > PPP will be resurrected and that Sir Dawda will be
> coming back before the
> >
>
> Question anyone. Was Sir Dawda not banned for 20
> years by some decree that
> arose out of a commission of enquiry, and were there
> not others as well? Has
> this been resolved? I hope so because it would
> indeed be a waste of time if
> all these people think that this decree being lifted
> has now given them the
> green light to go ahead only to find that they are
> still banned under some
> other decree that is still in the books.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
>
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