Burama,
To answer your question at the end, this is pure poppycock  to put it mildly, as long as Mr. Jammeh calls the shots in Banjul! The Gambia's problem is not about lack of smart people, or lack of good ideas or good laws. The problem is twenty years ago someone decided to take the government BY FORCE!! During these years he removed long-term civil servants at will and without compensation for their service, incarcerated citizens for refusing to give up their properties and businesses,   executed military officers for "conspiring against him" without the right to a fair trial, and even denied the remains of  opponents to be interred in the Gambia. Go read the current constitution and tell me where such acts are condone.

Now how do you re-write the constitution, create environment and mechanisms to uphold the constitution when Mr. Jammeh is calling the shots in Banjul? Really?

Malanding Jaiteh

On 11/10/2014 1:32 PM, Burama Jammeh wrote:

1)    Rewrite the constitution:

-        that recognizes The Gambia as a republic and the people have collective responsibility to manage it (the constitution didn’t create the republic)

-        that numerates our rights as a recognition but not creation hence guarantee their maximum protection

-        create a limited, separated and decentralized governance structure with clearly defined authorities

-        free the constitution of matters are should be legislated such as parastatal divesture

-        limit the role of the presidency to half a page (font 11) and the whole constitution 25 pages or less

-        etc

2)    Create environment and mechanisms to uphold and defend the constitution. This is difficult than writing one. This is where we have always failed. Our constitution as is not terrible but the adherence is almost 100% none existence. To ensure such will not be a one off activity but multiple level and task efforts.

3)    Rule of law the dictator of everything state

4)    Due process of law dictator of everything state

5)    Maintenance of basic social data for inform decision making and accountability

6)    Capacity building – a people can’t sustain democracy if they do not acquire the requisite capacity to live a life of a democrat

 

Numbers 2 is the most difficult task here. Numbers 6 is the most important and is only possible with a tangible republican environment.

 

This is the(a) only common agenda. This is the only agenda that guaranteed equal opportunity Gambia for all of us.

 

Giving the current political and socioeconomic environment in The Gambia and our disjointed struggle – how do we do this?

 

The first essential step is communication…lets begin the discussion of what really matters.

 

Burama

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