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kobo
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 Posted - 27 Feb 2014 : 20:34:01
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1. Presidential messages on Commonwealth withdrawal, British ‘misrule’ spread
Thursday, February 13, 2014
A nationwide tour has begun in Banjul Tuesday, designed to spread messages contained in two books authored by the president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh.
The books entitled; ‘A million reasons to leave the Commonwealth’; and ‘How the tragic consequences of British looting and misrule in The Gambia inspired the founding of the United Nations and its drive for decolonisation in January 1943 and beyond’; explained extensively how colonial hegemony has contributed in no small measure to the underdevelopment of the nation.
Under the aegis of the ‘National Youth Bantaba’ TV show crew, participants at the Banjul meeting were taken through the contents of the books in an attempt to make them understand the key issues.........
Source: Daily Observer News & full report
2. Related Daily Observer News report West Coast receives presidential messages on Commonwealth withdrawal,‘British misrule”
3. Related Daily Observer News report ‘The British forced us to work for them against our will’
4. Tour on presidential books continues today
Thursday, February 27, 2014
The nationwide sensitisation tour on the two books, authored by the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh will continue today, Thursday 27th February to the regions.
The books, entitled “A million reasons to leave the Commonwealth’ and ‘How the tragic consequences of British looting and misrule in The Gambia inspired the founding of the United Nations and its drive for decolonisation in January 1943 and beyond,” explain extensively how colonial hegemony contributed to the underdevelopment of the nation........
Source: Daily Observer News & full report
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Mar 2014 : 03:39:53
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Halifa Sallah Takes On the APRC Leadership “The Million Reasons to leave the Commonwealth are nowhere to be found,” says Halifa Sallah
Published on Friday, 14 March 2014 | Written by Ousman Njie
I have read the content of a 24 page pamphlet entitled “A Million Reasons to leave the Commonwealth” with the hope of apprehending the facts that led to the decision of the government to sever relation with the Commonwealth. What I found is the publication of two statements presented at two sessions of the United Nations.
The first statement was delivered during the 60th Session of the United Nations General Assembly dated 19 September 2005 and the second one was delivered during the 68th Session of the United Nations dated 27th September 2013.
The other component of the pamphlet is a paper apparently written by Donald Wright with the claim that what Franklin Roosevelt saw in Gambia helped to found the United Nations.
This is buttressed by this claim by Donald Wright:
“At Yalta in February 1945 Roosevelt won agreement from Stalin and Churchill for including the trusteeship principle in the Charter of the United Nations, and afterwards mounted a stronger public attack on the British and French empires, believing that pitiless publicity would gain support for decolonisation.
It is easy to see the president’s hands in the chapters dealing with colonies and international trusteeship in the United Nations Charter, upon which delegates agreed at the San Francisco Conference just months after Roosevelt’s death and which took into effect 60 years ago this month.”
It is important to state that I have explained the role of the Pan African Congress of 1919 in the origin of the mandate and trusteeship system in my book entitled, “Treatise on the Founding of a Federation of African States”.
The trusteeship system was established to replace the mandate system introduced after the First World War under Article 22 of the covenant of the League of Nations.
The Yalta Conference, after the Second World War, simply addressed the vacuum that was left after the dissolution of the League of Nations.
In my critique of the pamphlet I will give the details.
Secondly, I will prove that the title of the pamphlet is not backed by substance when it comes to the details in the presentation. Thirdly, I will provide evidence that the decision to break away from the Commonwealth without constitutional amendments and consultation with the National Assembly is not in line with judgment that is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
Lastly, I will prove that the Commonwealth has evolved and the role of progressive African leaders is to promote its further evolution to embrace Republican and Democratic values and promote partnership aimed at enhancing fair trade, technological transfer and sustainable development.
To be continued
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Mar 2014 : 20:23:52
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1. Gambia no longer in Commonwealth ‘official list’
Friday, March 28, 2014
The Point can reliably confirm that The Gambia, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, over the past several decades is no longer officially affiliated with the group.
Even though President Yahya Jammeh announced last October that his country was quitting the Commonwealth, Gambia’s name was still referred to in the official list.
However, it is no longer the case, as the country’s name was finally erased from the list of member states.
At the moment, current members of the Commonwealth from Africa in chronological order are: Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia.
Gambia is now listed in the domain of ‘former members’. Further notes regarding the reason why the country pulled out stated: ‘withdrew on 3 October 2013 citing neo-colonialism’.
Another African country mentioned regarding withdrawal is Zimbabwe and the reason stated is: ‘suspended on 19 March 2002, withdrew voluntarily on 7 December 2003’.......
Full report from The Point News
2. More information from The Commonwealth Website:
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kobo
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Posted - 10 Apr 2014 : 23:50:20
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Daily Observer update Gambia adopts books on British ‘misrule’, divorce of Commonwealth
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
Lawmakers at the country’s Legislative Chambers Tuesday endorsed with a unanimous vote, two books on the decision to end The Gambia’s decades-long marriage with the Commonwealth, a 53-member bloc headed by the queen of England, as well as the centuries-old “British misrule” in The Gambia.
The books entitled: “A million reasons to leave the Commonwealth” and “How the tragic consequences of British looting and misrule in The Gambia inspired the foundation of the United Nation’s drive for decolonisation in January 1943 and beyond”, were authored by the president of the Republic, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya Jammeh.
The two intellectual works of President Jammeh were presented at the Chambers by a nominated National Assembly member, Hon. Seedy Njie, during the first session of the House in the 2014 Legislative Year....
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