OP Skip to main content Search This Blog OP The Outpost is an online publication of news, opinion and civic education content on pertinent issues which are of importance, significance and public interest to The Gambia and her Citizens. News Column Opinion Youtube (Podcast) More… Posts Showing posts from November, 2020 Show All COLUMN | The TRRC: Does the Orthodox Criminalisation of Coup D’tats Require a Rethink? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - November 20, 2020 By Pa Louis Sambou Commissioned to “ create an impartial historical record of violations and abuses of human rights from July 1994 to January 2017..., establish and make known the fate or whereabouts of disappeared victims, provide victims an opportunity to relate their own accounts of the violations and abuses suffered and, grant reparations to victims...”, the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation Commission (TRRC) carries an enormously heavy burden on its shoulders. With a duty so fundamentally salient, it isn’t controversial at all to say that it is one which must be discharged with due care and skill and with a degree of moderation which doesn’t give the impression of a deviation from the TRRC’s raison d’être — whether perceived or real. It’ll be hard to disagree that the TRRC’s reaffirmation of the orthodox briefed wisdom in relation to Coup d’tats is in harmonious sync with this statutory duty and expectation. However, this isn’t to say that such orthodoxy isn’t due a rethink o Post a Comment Read more CIVIC EDUCATION | Ba Tambadu Explains His New International Justice Role - Could IRMCT Pro... Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - November 12, 2020 Post a Comment Read more COLUMN | ‘Diaspora will Get the Vote’ says IEC: Is This A Slam Dunk? Get link Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Other Apps - November 10, 2020 By Pa Louis Sambou I can imagine very few people being opposed to Diaspora enfranchisement, something which appeared to have been a dirty word in the vocabulary of the previous government. With the current administration, hooray here it comes! Is this really the case or, perhaps naïve optimism? Given the circumstances, I guess it’s safe to assume that the answer lies somewhere in-between. The Diaspora in 2016 accounted for over 22% of The Gambia’s GDP which in cash terms is reported to be $205.6 million and steadily rising to $226.7 million in 2017, $277.9 million in 2018 and $318.5 million in 2019 . The economic contribution of this ‘off-shore’ citizenry dwarfs that of key sectors such as Agriculture, Industry and even Tourism all of which individually account for much less. In light of these facts one could reasonably argue that the economic case for Diaspora enfranchisement is made out, something which convincingly diminishes the ‘lack of funds’ argument by the powers Post a Comment Read more More posts Powered by Blogger Copyright © 2022 The Outpost. All rights reserved. Archive September 20223 August 20225 May 20222 April 20225 March 202214 February 20225 January 202216 December 202111 November 202117 October 20212 September 20211 August 20211 July 20212 June 20211 February 20211 January 20213 December 20202 November 20203 October 20207 September 20205 August 20201 July 20202 June 20201 May 20202 April 20201 March 20202 February 20201 January 20202 Show more Show less Menu Civic Education7 Column35 News51 Opinion23 Podcast3 Press Release5 Rejoinder4 Report Abuse