According to the GRTS RADIO NEWS: FRIDAY 7TH APRIL 2000, "The Justice Secretary Pap Ousman Cheyassin Secka has said that the Gambian constitution will soon be revisited with a view to amending sections that are deemed necessary. Mr Secka made this revelation while on a visit to the NBD as part of a familiarisation tour of judicial and penal institutions around the country, and to get first hand information on the state of affairs of the judicial system. During the tour various district authorities expressed the wish to be appointed directly by the head of state instead of going through election processes." Are these district authorities afraid that they will loose their positions because people will not vote for them? This reminds me of the "no election" campaigners of 1996. Momodou Camara ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------