Bad Clauses in the Media Commission Bill Should Be Deleted




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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