Hon. Njai was speaking to waiting reporters at the Parliament earlier this week after the Bill [Constitutional Amendment Bill 2021] she tabled before fellow lawmakers failed to proceed for a third reading as the required number of legislators was not available to vote the bill.
The Bill seeks to strengthen the composition of the National Assembly with 14 reserve seats for Women and Persons with disabilities.
The bill would have needed the support of three quarter in both second and third readings before it is enacted.
She cited standing orders clause 16 which states that; in an instant where the Constitution requires, the fixed majority desire on question, the Assembly shall not proceed on that voting until a number of equivalent members is present at the time of voting.
The Banjul South lawmaker said she followed all the International Convention and protocols in order to see thirty (30) percent female representatives at the decision making process in the country.
Hon. Njai said she was not disappointed with the turnout of her fellow parliamentarians because they were busy with their re-election. However, she said National Assembly sitting is mandatory and it’s their responsibility.
Justice Momodou S.M. Jallow has dismissed the application filed by the Lawyer Lamin Camara, who was seeking for the court to set aside the order of the 7 July 2022, he (judge) made at the Bundung High Court in the ongoing alleged rape case involving Babucarr Keita commonly known as (Bob Keita) and the State.
Top brass of The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MoFEA) over the weekend returned from Dakar, Senegal after five days of successful meetings with Senegalese customs counterparts. The meeting took place from 7 to 11 March 2022 at Pullman Hotel in Dakar.
Yahya Sonko, the newly elected speaker of Refugee Council of Germany state of Baden-Württemberg has called on the Barrow government to take advantage of and restart positive, transparency and fruitful negotiations with the coming government in Baden-Württemberg.
Officials at the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue have said that an integrated policy framework built around the energy transition could bring a wave of new sustainable energy investment to Africa, growing the region’s economy by 6.4 percent by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB).
