Pressure Group Granted Permit to Protest for 2020 Draft Constitution Tomorrow

The Coalition of Progressive Gambians (CoPG) have been issued a protest permit by the Gambia Police Force yesterday 5th November 2024 to protest tomorrow, 7th November 2024 in Banjul for a return of the 2020 Draft Constitution.

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Breaking: 2024 Draft Constitution Set for Parliament in November and December 2024

After the Fifth Legislature shockingly rejected the 2020 Draft Constitution in September 2020, Justice Minister, Hon Dawda Jallow is scheduled to table the 2024 Draft Constitution in Parliament in November 2024.

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Gambian Civil Society Leaders Chart Plan for Constitution Building

Leaders from various Non-Governmental Organisations and civil society organisations meet today 29th October 2024 to chart a way forward towards the Gambia’s Constitution Building Process at the Headquarters of The Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (TANGO).

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Justice Minister Jallow: “The Constitution Should be in Place Sometime in 2025, if…”

The Minister of Justice revealed that a Constitution should be in place in 2025 after our reporters questioned him on the President's promise for a referendum on the Draft Constitution in December 2024.

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MoJ Outlines Consultation on 2024 Draft Constitution

The Minister of Justice, Hon Dawda A Jallow released a statement on 28th August 2024 on the government's decision to gazette the 2024 Draft Constitution. The statement outlines the consultation that the Minister of Justice claims was undertaken prior to the gazette.

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CSOs Raise Concerns on No Consultation on “2024 Draft Constitution”

After the Government issued the 2024 Draft Constitution last week Civil Society Organisations have issued press releases reacting to the Government's lack of consultation on the publication of the "Draft 2024 Constitution".

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President’s 2020 SONA & Constitution Bill 2020 set for Parliament Next Week

The Gambia’s Minister for Justice, Hon. Dawda A. Jallow is set to table “The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia” on Monday 14th September 2020 before the National Assembly for the first reading. According to the National Assembly’s Agenda for the “third ordinary session of the National Assembly in the 2020 Legislative Year”.

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