April 24th Is at the Corner 
There is no budget to commemorate it. No ceremony is held to remind us of the day. Children are more familiar with Commonwealth day than Republic day. It is strange that both the Government of the First and Second Republics have honoured the most important day in our national calendar with disregard
Foroyaa would like to remind all Gambians that the country was a Constitutional Monarchy from 18th February 1965 to April 24, 1970.The country changed on the 24th April 1970 when it become a Republic. At that very juncture all Gambians became sovereign. None is permitted to be a monarch over the people. Each is entitled to a say on how the country is managed.
Foroyaa would want all Gambians to know that they have a right to elect and a duty to serve.The type of country and government we have depends on the quality of Sovereign citizens we have .Those who are conscious of their civic rights and National duties would never allow apathy to overcome them. They would know that they are the decision makers. They would take ownership of their country and would not surrender it to anyone.
We therefore hope that as we commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Republic each will commit subsection 2 of Chapter 1 of the 1997 Constitution to memory. It reads “the Sovereignty of the Gambia resides in the people of the Gambia from whom all organs of government derive their authority and in whose name and for whose welfare and prosperity the powers of government are to be exercised…” The Gambia belongs to the people. Power belongs to the people. This is the essence of the Republic.




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