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Momodou
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 Posted - 19 Sep 2007 : 20:57:13
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Foroyaa Editorial
EDWARD IS THE LAST ONE
Out of the four council members who appeared on the historical stage to take over the helm of state, Edward is the last political survivor. He did so by playing a low political profile. He moved from prominence to become almost unnoticeable. What is interesting is that he has recently enrolled in the Law programme to study Law. Did he smell something or has he changed heart about politics and political office.
Very recently, someone came to Foroyaa’s offices to give some reporters the usual dose of rumours. According to him, at a recently held meeting of party stalwarts in Kanilai, the President had asked people to shelter Edward for him.
They claimed that this meant the President was grooming Edward as he plans to ‘call it a day’. Those people would be surprised to hear that Edward is not only relieved of his ministerial post but is also removed as general secretary of the APRC.
What is still unclear is where the President intends to go from here, as the only person left among the 4 coup makers is now out. Will he introduce a term limit and declare that he will not stand in the next election as a way of keeping a legacy or will he continue just to reshuffle his cabinet without explaining the rationale for the change.
We are still wondering what criteria the president utilizes to reshuffle his cabinet. A former Magistrate turned Attorney General is now the Secretary of State for Works, Construction and Infrastructure.
He has also selected a very young lady with all the appearance of a person with deep moral conviction as Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice.
Will human rights improve? Will she be dictated to and removed? Is the President ready for reform or is all this another exercise which makes personalities in the country to sit and hope that they are next in line to a high post as Secretary of State. At least, the president is achieving one thing, that is to enable more Gambians than ever to add in their curriculum vitae that they were ex-ministers or secretaries of state of this or that Department.
Apart from this, we are still waiting to know the reasons for the frequent reshuffles of cabinet. When Mr. Sanyang became Attorney General we expected that youthfulness will lead to improvement in the human rights record but nothing changed. This time around we will keep our fingers crossed.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 110/2007, 19 -20 September 2007
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