Neither the Point, nor the Observer (stories below) bothered to also mention that Cherno Cham is no longer a member of the National Assembly pursuant to section 91(1)(d)) of the 1997 Constitution of the Republic of the Gambia.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh who is also the party leader of the APRC has expelled Hon. Cherno Cham, National Assembly Member for Lower Nuimi, a press release issued on Friday, signed by Saikou K. Gassama, on behalf of the Secretary General at the Office of the President revealed.
Below is the full text of the release; His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia and APRC Party Leader would like to notify all APRC Millitants and supporters a well as the general public that Hon. Cherno Cham, MP for Lower Niumi has been expelled from the APRC Party with effect from today Friday 28th October 2011.
His dismissal from the APRC is due to his serious breach of the APRC.
The National Assembly Member for Lower Niumi constituency has been expelled from the ruling APRC party effective Friday 28th October, this paper has learnt.
Hon. Cherno Cham, according to a media release from the Office of the Secretary General, got his dismissal after a serious breach of the APRC code of conduct, which it said is unacceptable to members of the APRC party.
From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> To:[log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, 31 October 2011, 21:44 Subject: [G_L] We remember JDAM's words. Haruna.
In so far as it effectively collapsed both Legislative, and Judicial authority in the Executive, the Constitution allocates public power in a rather disturbing manner. When the mechanism of government is perversely designed, what government produces cannot but be perverse. For example, the Constitution permits His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh (the Professor) to fire every single elected APRC member of the National Assembly (NA) if he so wishes. He is only required to expel the elected member from the APRC. The power is actual, not merely theoretical (see section 91(1)(d)), and the President will use it if he felt sufficiently threatened by his party’s parliamentarians. Any such action may trigger a constitutional crisis, and a possible political struggle, but with national power so
heavily centralised, the bet should be on the Professor emerging victorious.
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