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. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~