POLITICAL CRAZZYNESS

President Koroma receives CRC Final Report  {Courtesy: Concord Times Newspaper}      January 26, 2017 By State House Communication Unit The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) on Tuesday (January 24, 2017) presented its final report to His Excellency President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at State House in Freetown. According to the chairman of the presentation ceremony, Secretary to the President, Emmanuel E. B. Osho Coker, the CRC was established on July 30, 2013 by His Excellency the President. He described the presentation ceremony as not only a milestone in the journey to achieving modern constitutionalism, but also a momentous occasion in the sense that the ceremony took place within one of the relics of colonialism, signifying a poignant reminder of the enormous strides the country has made in the area of democracy and good governance since independence. “The major civic education and consultation process undertaken by the CRC gave the people the opportunity to make...

Former Gambian President YAHYA JAMMEH now in Malabo, Equitorial Guinea on a TEMPORARY EXILE facilitating a cooling off period for a peaceful transition of government of Adama Barrow! Saturday, January 21, 2017 FULL TEXT: The deal that Gambia's Yahya Jammeh signed before agreeing to step down Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh finally left Banjul, the country's capital, Saturday night to go into exile after signing a deal. Jammeh leaves "temporarily" and is assured there will be no "witch-hunting" or asset-seizing. According to a deal with ECOWAS, AU and UN, Jammeh is at liberty to return to The Gambia at any time of his choosing in accordance with international human rights law. He was defeated in the Presidential election on 1st December 2016 election by Adama Barrow but he went on to challenge the results. But two days after Mr Barrow was sworn in, in the Gambian Embassy in Dakar Senegal, former President Jammeh is now in Malabo, Equitorial Guinea,...

The Gambian Election of 1st December 2017, has brought to light interesting constitutional issues hedging on the SOVEREIGNTY of Member States and their relationships and adherence to the TREATY PROVISION OF NON-INTERVENTION. By virtue of being a Member State, does that State LOSE or SHARE her SOVEREIGNTY? CLICK LINK BELOW: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=ePpc_n_7afg The comment of the Research Fellow, Professor Charles Dokoba (Nigerian Institute of International Affairs) reply to the specific question posed by the interviewer of Network Africa - Channels TV:  "ECOWAS THREATENS TO INTERVENE MILITARILY If Jammeh does not hand over...by 19/1/17 - won't this be a violation of Gambia's SOVEREIGNTY...? He claims - being part of the organisation, the state's sovereignty is "SHARED". "Sovereignty is no longer absolutely at ease, so GAMBIA'S sovereignty being a member of ECOWAS is a shared one". He then refers to ECOWAS Treaty on NON-AGGR...

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THE JAPAN TIMES http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ The perils of excessive moralism in foreign policy BY  GREGORY CLARK    JAN 5, 2017 “Double tap” was the name given to the U.S. drone warfare technique of first attacking a hostile target and then making another attack shortly after when the family, friends or colleagues rushed to rescue the injured in the first attack. That a number of women, children and noncombatants were killed as a result did not seem to worry our drone operators. Changing the subject slightly, it is quite likely readers have heard of U.S. political commentator Fareed Zakaria. As an Indian-American with strong liberal sympathies he is popular with media seeking to reach out to internationalist-minded audiences. Often after yet another “terrorist” attack in Europe or the United States, Fareed likes to begin his denunciations with the headline “Why do they hate us?” But if Fareed had been a victim, or even a bystander, to a “double tap” attack, would he real...