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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The main opposition UDP spokesperson, Almami Fanding Taal, has blasted The Gambia\u2019s last legislature for frustrating the country\u2019s transition after they rejected the draft constitution that would have ushered a third republic.<\/b><\/p>\n

In September 2020, Gambian lawmakers rejected a draft constitution to replace the 1997 Constitution. The document, which was designed to help reform the country\u2019s governance system, could not secure enough votes as 31 NAMs voted in favour of the bill to be passed while 23 rejected it.<\/p>\n

\u201cA minority in the house of representative was able to frustrate the hopes and dreams of the majority of Gambians already consulted on the type of constitution they want,\u201d Taal said.<\/p>\n

He argued that since 2017 neither the government nor Civil Society Organisations have convened a national dialogue to help forge a consensus for the \u2018New Gambia\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe closest the Gambia came to an open conversation post dictatorship was the BBC Africa Debate held at the Kairaba Hotel in March 2017. High hopes for economic transformation were dashed and our leaders have failed to put in place measures both to create livelihood opportunities and to distribute political power more broadly among all the people by decentralisation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Since then, he added, \u2018all we hear are political statements like \u2018respect for human rights and the rule of law\u2019, while recommendations from the Truth Reconciliation Reparations and Commission Report are half-heartedly implemented at the expense of the victims of the brutal dictatorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith zero institutional reforms, massive unemployment and raging inflation ordinary Gambians are asking where is the change; where is the New Gambia and what has Gambia decided on 1December 2016? The stalemate in the constitutional renewal process is not rigorously covered by our media, and not prioritised by our development partners and is being ignored by the elected arms of our government, namely the Executive and the Legislature. How to break this logjam should be the concern of all our compatriots because we must demand from all our leaders a commitment to democratic constitutionalism,\u201d Taal said.<\/p>\n

He said Gambians must urge our leaders to come together and design a process that can bring justice, peace, and prosperity to our homeland. \u201cConstitutional and electoral reforms that the late Solo Sandeng courageously campaigned for, which led to his arrest, torture, and death and to the arrest and imprisonment of the senior leadership of the UDP including the Secretary General and Party Leader Lawyer Darboe in April 2016 is still pending,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Taal said evidently there are no real champions for institutional and electoral reforms so that the Gambian Diaspora can finally fully participate in the elections of The Gambia.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The main opposition UDP spokesperson, Almami Fanding Taal, has blasted The Gambia\u2019s last legislature for frustrating the country\u2019s transition after they rejected the draft constitution that would have ushered a third republic. In September 2020, Gambian lawmakers rejected a draft constitution to replace the 1997 Constitution. 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