Madam
In Gambia, as in all dictatorships, the Fuhrer's word is law. When Tyrant
Junkung wants a law, he decrees one verbally, as in, for example, his
banning of FGM discussions on the public media. And when the benevolent
tyrant wants a law repealed, he just says it, and there!
The unschooled despot is now asking Gambians what else they want, after all
he has supposedly done for them. We are in a sorry mess indeed!!!
Pa Modou

>From: Asbjørn Nordam <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: DEGREE 89 IS HISTORY
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 00:01:29 +0200
>
>Mr. Tombong Saidy,
>please enlighten me a bit, and excuse me being ignorant.
>
>One thing is a president making a declaration in a speech held to celebrate
>july 22nd. Our Prime Minister does the same on certain occasions. But that
>is not the same as presenting the same idea as a bill in the parliament and
>get it through. Does the Gambia constitution give the President the
>absolute
>power  to put decrees into action and then later in a speech just take them
>out of action again ?
>Is decree 89 no longer existing from the day of july 22nd?
>
>Regards from Asbjørn Nordam
>
>
>on 22/07/01 17:42, TOMBONG SAIDY at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > President Jammeh has lifted the ban on all political parties and
> > politicians. He made this declaration today, JULY 22ND 2001. DEGREE 89
>is
> > history. All former politicians are now free to either join existing
> > political parties, form new ones or rejuvenate their old parties.
> >
> >
> > PEACE
> >
> > Tombong
> >
> >
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