Kejau

You made good case - and that's never in contention.

We have a lawless state and we want to treat it as a flourishing democracy.
Again how can we win an election if we can't even campaign? The first step
of that answer in my mind to defy those denials with civil actions on the
ground. Press conferences are not going to do it.

Is certainly dangerous on the ground. I hold no Gambian to go demonstrate
in front those butchers. Yet we can't fall in despair - alternatives must
be develop.

My alternative is to develop political leverage that Yahya and his thugs
fear.  That leverage shall be used to piece by piece strip him of such
unlawful powers. The IG of Police will then act in accordance with the laws.

The fight around who should be the next candidate is a stretch i
never comprehend.

In fact don't be surprised that other parties/individuals inwardly like
that UDP is denied permit.

We seriously have our cards badly mixed up.

Your case is water tight but where there are laws.

Gambia is simply Yahya. As sad as that comes from me.

Regards

Burama


On Tuesday, September 2, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The word Constitution comes from the latin word, constitutio‘, meaning a
> legally issued authority from the people. Article 16 of the 1789
> Declaration of the Rights of  [image: DIG Gibba Denies UDP Right to Hold
> Rally]Man and the Citizen, according to which ‘[a]ny society in which
> rights are not guaranteed, nor the separation of powers determined, has no
> constitution.
>
> The denial, albeit continously and consistently, by the police HQ, of
> permit to UDP, is an affront to all parties, all individuals, all equality
> loving citizens of The Gambia and must be condemned by all in the strongest
> possible terms. ‘[c]onstitution-texts can be mere façade legitimation, mere
> window-dressing on actual state practice. The practice may be of one-party
> rule, of police torture, of corrupt and intimidated judges, of a military
> or militia barely if at all under civilian rule, of business practices
> distorted by the need for systematic bribery of officials, and so on’
> (MacCormick, 24; see also Sartori).
>
> The International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
> Article 19 guarantees the right to expression and association which can
> only be restrained if necessary and by law for the sake of security, public
> order and morality. The 1997 Constitution of The Gambia guarantees the
> rights to expression and association with the reasonable restriction
> necessary in a democratic society.
>
> The case of Darboe, UDP v IGP demonstrated this effectively, where Justice
> Obayan ruled that the denial of the UDP to hold a rally was
> unconstitutional and in contravention of their fundamental rights, much
> more if no reason (reasonable or completed) was given.
>
>
>
>
> Read more here:
>
> http://gambiadaily.co.uk/13-united-democratic-party-udp-denied-right-to-hold-rally-yet-again
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