Hagi suwareh MP, Basse Santa Su (2025)

07/01/2025

No Genuine Representative of The People Will Support This 2024 Barrow Draft Constitution.

I believe this must be clear to every citizen that the purpose for a new Constitution is not only based on Term Limit or 50+1. Indeed we want and need a term limit with 50+1 in any new constitution but, we need more good laws than these two clauses.

The Gambia needs a progressive constitution that would promote good governance and protect the collective rights of the people. We need a constitution that would not only strengthen our state Institutions but also will set the bar to fight corruptions particularly to prevent public servants or anybody from receiving bribes in the name of gift while they engaging on state functions. Leadership & Integrity clause totally deleted from the 2020 draft constitution, vetting of Ministers’ appointments, confirmation of IEC Heads and composition of Judicial Service Commission all omitted.
Also the appointment of IGP to protect and promote an independent police that will operate effectively, apolitical and render protections and services to the people which will not be influence by political interferences these are all omitted in the 2024 Barrow self tailored and designed constitution.

The 2024 Barrow Draft constitution is like a rotten food that should be thrown into the garbage. The reason been for their lack of consultation is enough for Members of Parliament to throw it out. Consultations and building public trust are fundermental and key. We cannot allow the executive to throw the people's constitution just to rush and impose their own laws on the people. NAMs are elected by the people to honourably represent them in the House of Parliament. Thus, if the Executive disrespect us and deliberately failed to enggage the people they represent, then the NAMs must show the Executive that they are the representatives of the people the government is ignoring.

Why would you entertain a constitution which the Executive single handedly made over 120 fundermental changes. Among them, teachers welfare, consumer protection and unelected vice president to automatically succeed and complete the te4m of the president instead of facilitating elections within three months. More concerning g in 2024 Barrow Draft is the President's intentiin to be given powers to remove nominated Members if he wish to do so.

Diaspora voting is a law according to the judgment of Supreme Court but, the Barrow government has no regard for the rule of law. We have recently seen the IEC favoring NPP and its alliance parties all whom refused to do the mandatory biennial congresses.

Winning the 2026 election is not subject to a 50+1 because without 50+1 Barrow claimed he won with absolute majority again under the same 1997 constitution we were able to defeat Jammeh in 2016.
What we all need to do is to stand firm agaisnt any electoral malpractices and we must be ready for anything to stop electoral malpractices by all means necessary. Without these measure even if we bring new constitution we will still encounter the same issues

06/12/2024

What is the state of the black sand mining under Adama Barrow? Who's in charge?

05/12/2024

Why Barrow is silent about the record debt from 48 billion Dalasis in 52 years to o er 110 billion Dalasis he set in less 8 years?

Barrow and his people are amplifying this message to mislead the Gambians. He is claiming ownership of works Jammeh Government already did. For example, Sukuta-Jabang road, Yeli Tender-Bamba Tender bridge (Senegambia bridge) and Bertile Harding are build by Jammeh. Barrow only rehabilitated and built a flyover at the Bertile Harding road but not an initial design project.

If Barrow can say the developments he did in 8 years was not done by Jawara and Jammeh combined in 52 years, he should also never shy away from saying he has imposed tuition fees in College which was free under Jawara &Jammeh and under Barrow's leadership there is no more free college there is no affordable and quality education in public schools. All because of his lack of priority for the education sector. He is also paying himself D500,000/month and whooping D150,000/day grocery allowance. His one day food cost is equivalent to 6 months of President Jawara’s salary in 1990s. Two days food cost is more than the annual salary of sir Dawda Jawara. Royal Victoria Hospital which less than 200 metres from the state house has no stable running water and never mind the medication and doctors.

President Adama Barrow should start admitting the truth that he has also managed to dragged Gambia into a debt distress country in less than 8 years which double what Jawara and Jammeh left us in 52 years.

Barrow should inform Gambians that the worst is yet to come for Gambia as long as he remains the president, as
the Minister of Finance admitted to by confessing at the Nationsl Assembly.

I can comfortably say we are not only getting close to debt distress but we are already debt distressed. Barrow, Seedy Keita and Mambury Njie brought that to us.

They said we inherited a horrible situation from Jammeh but when Amadou Sanneh and the initial Coalition Government were turning that around and restructuring our debt, Barrow was mislead that they were undermining his presidency. Without calculating his bad adviser’s ill-advices he quickly replaced him with Jammeh'a economic jugglers Mambury Njie and now Seedy Keita who now brought our economy back to "Square One". We are are now in ground zero.

Their carefree approached to fiscal discipline has caught up with us and it’s clear that Barrow is being ignorant of the situation. He is only focused on the white elephant projects and false comparation.

They attested that we are nearly closed to debt destress but yet still this Barrow government is still prioritizing wasteful spendings like Meet The People's Tour and increased its cost from 10 million in 2023, 30 millions in 2024 to 50 million for the coming 2025 and Foreign Service to over two billion and expanding government by creating more new ministries to squeeze in morally bankrupted politicians. Are they are considering the current hardship people are going through?

To show the lack of solutions by this government, all what the Minister of Finance sees as a solution is to widen the tax base. Because they lack solution to increase domestic production? Expanding agricultural production, by way of industrialization.

Today our fishery sector is dead, agriculture collapsed and Tourism no more attractive all because of corruptions and incompetence.

30/10/2024

Barrow is a joke but, we are here for him as the wollof proverb says: Saaye Saaye Wakut Dega waye defdeh yakha Hele!

President Adama Barrow should know that his predecessor strongly claimed that, he will rule the Gambia for a billion years, only to be seen at the foot of the aircraft. Between the hours of 8pm-9pm with a small group of people waving to exile.

Thus, who cares if President Adama Barrow said oppositions should relax. Because he will rule as long as he wish and hand it over to his son, grandson and great grandson.

We know why your draft constitution wants the vice president to complete the term of an elected president i, the president resigns, dies or incapacitated instead of facilitating elections. Your intention in the draft constitution is what you're technically communicating.

I will repeat again, If Barrow calls for a rally to go against his own words which to me is not surprising. But, that rally was meant to mislead their own fellow betrayed party members who were not happy with Barrow's single-handed selection of Muhammed Jah as his successor.

The slogan and purpose of the so-called Barrow third-term-endorsement rally is in serious contradiction with what Barrow promised during his first term in office, i.e no president will serve for more than two terms after Yahya Jammeh. What has changed?

I hasten to remind Adama Borrow that he is only deceiving himself, not the Gambian people.
Those roads you're bragging about were negotiated by ministers whose Integrity, honesty and loyalty to their country are beyond doubt. That's the reason why it was easy for the workforce to invest their time and energy in those multimillion-dollar roads and bridges, to your advantage and to that of your government.
Today, tell me, after sacking those assets from your government, which major project has Government been able to secure from the development partners, with the exception of the recent hospital project you obtained from China and which you decided to deny the poor Gambians by diverting it to State House?

You talked about the difficulty of crossing River Gambia, at Basse, during the 2016 campaign but you blithely failed to mention those who led that campaign and forced you to cross the river to visit the north bank of URR. Mr. President, you can't talk about those people because you betrayed the cause. The main reason for that journey to northern URR and the rest of the country was to fight dictatorial laws, corruption, mismanagement and impunity. After your partners of those difficult days helped you win that election, you betrayed them and turned to your erstwhile political enemies. You did so because you were yearning for what they did to enable dictator Jammeh in his wrongdoing. Mr. President, you indeed hired those who were aiding and abetting the autocratic government of Jammeh to help embezzle public funds with impunity. They became your newfound and closest friends. You even call them patriots. What an about turn!

To conclude, I would like to ask you these two questions: did you stick to your words that no president will ever serve again for more than two terms? Didn't you say that Jammeh would be the last Gambian present to serve more than two terms? The Gambians are watching.

Hagi Suwaneh

11/10/2024

The integrity of IEC is under serious question.

The Independent Electoral Commission is muted on matters of public concerns. From the term of the current chairman which has expired. Also, since the 2021 presidential election to date, the commission refused to publish the results of the elections on its website for the interest of transperncy and accountability. Again the recent disturbing audios going round on social media for a number of days now.

The IEC should come out and clear themselves from the allegation that some of their staffs are in the provincial communities approaching people to bring their voters cards and register for aids. According to the rumours the alleged IEC staffs are telling people that IEC is on the verge of helping people and when people register they will be given D200 follow by social Aids. I heard that the said individuals were in Kaur and the soroubding villages.

This is a serious rumour and a concern which the commission must immediately clarify and call for action if it is impersonation. This can easily cause serious tensions and possible violence if the authorities failed to clarify and condemn those going around using the name of IEC. As we all know the Independent Electoral Commission doesn't have any mandate to give or distribute any social financial assistance to the people. So why would people request voters cards for such activities and who are they?

Yes, we may not be in any electoral Season but the motives of this exercise should be investigated and identify the group responsible.

The Independent Electoral Commission must bear in mind that, matters relating to election will never be taken lightly towards 2026 be it pre-election, during or post election. If the commission thinks this will be business as usual then, that would be a mistake, seriously for that matter.

Nothing will be seen or taking as rumors as far as we the citizens are concern. There must be total transperncy and complete free and fair elections and it must start now. You cannot sit at your corner and allow such disturbing rumours regarding our electoral integrity and pretend that nothing is happening.

We will always abide by the laws of the land but we will never allow again electoral vampires to meddle with our elections.

Therefore, if you think we are only talking then keep sleeping.

Hagi Suwaneh

02/10/2024

When I heard NPP supporters insulting King FM news readers about the voice newspaper publication. Certainly I know Barrow will crack on either king FM of voice newspaper because I kn ok w they that hit the truth about Barrow's succession plan. Nko fire in NPP

18/09/2024

Is this a botched attempt at transparency or does this Barrow government think that it is enough to issue a mere public notice on a fire outbreak without any explanation?

It is now almost 96 hours since when the Ministry of Information issued a public notice, which only informed the public that there was a fire outbreak at the Ministry of Youths and Sport. There was no further explanation or follow-up after that statement. The public is left in darkness and is none the wiser about what caused the fire and the damage done to the Ministry.

The Ministry of Youths and Sport is a public institution. Therefore, they must come out and tell the public the cause of the fire and the extent of the damage the fire has caused to the Ministry?

Who was responsible? According to the Ministry of Information, the fire was started by an electrical problem. The Ministry of Youths and Sports should also come out with detailed explanations as to the amount of damage caused by the fire. The Gambians are entitled to comprehensive information on this matter.

Was the fire started as a result of negligence, or otherwise, by staff of the Ministry or by poor NAWEC services. The author of the fire, be it NAWEC or Ministry staff, should be held accountable. We need a transparent and accurate update from the Ministry of Youths and Sports, ASAP.

Don't try to brush this under the carpet as was the case with the the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources. The report relating to that incident has been buried in the corruption ditch. Burning down public offices and blaming that on fire outbreaks, could quickly become a tradition in the Barrow Govement, particularly in the case of Ministries that have been adversely mentioned in corruption cases.

Hagi Suwaneh

Cc/National Assembly Members

14/09/2024

Is this ethical or even presidential?
Leaving out hundreds of Gambian businessmen/women struggling instead of creating a conducive environment for all the country's entrepreneurs. President Barrow reduced the presidency to do a PR job for one private company

14/09/2024

Incompetent cabinet Exposed again.

No progress since the sacking of the londee buntung and people of high integrity.

Former Finance Minister Amadou Sanneh, took us from drowning with less than three weeks import cover to an impressive import cover of over four months in 2017. After he left that ministry for six years now, this is where we stand. Is this not what is real stagnation?

I refered you to 2018 budget speech by Amadou Sanneh

13/09/2024

Is this another game at play like that of the deliberate burning of Fisheries ministry?
Who will take responsibility of this one, NAWEC or who?
Why rush to published without signing it.
Don't set another commission to waste our money because we still can't see the joint investigative tax force report for the burning of Fisheries ministry

13/09/2024

My comrades at the National Assembly need to stand up on their feet to liberate our dear motherland.

I am completely baffled after hearing from the Minister of Energy informing members of the parliament that NAWEC is owing SENELEC over ten billion CFA in only three months. How does this happened? NAWEC cannot say that it's customers are owing the company. Because we know that end consumers are all using cash power metres which means consumers have to buy cash power credit to be able to have electricity.

We all know that electricity supply in the Gambia now is on prepaid basis. Thus, where does this ten billion CFA arrears come from? who is using electricity on credit? Hon. Members of the National Assembly should ask the minister to explain. The country's debt is increasing tremendously without any meaningful result that is impacting and lives and livelihoods of the citizens.

This is why when I saw the Barrow Government beating their chest saying that they are expanding electricity supply to rural communities and my reaction to that So-called project is that it is a fake and a scam. Looking at the realities of our country's electricity situation under Barrow, we all know there is no progress because there is no sustainable energy policy, no energy infrastructure goal or direction. They are only operating on political basis which is to look at communities who sought for electricity then they contract one electrical company to supply those communities with electrical poles and hang wire gables over their villages just to decisive the masses for the purpose of political points. But, I know it is a fake project because both the Capital City and the entire Greater Banjul area are facing power shortage nightmare and I remember asking one top NPP guy about this electricity issue. Guess what, he refered me to candles and kerosene lights. Which means they have no solution to the problem

A serious Govement will first and foremost make feasibility studies then develop a comprehensive energy policy that will incorporate the economic condition of the people and attract investors to come to the country. Instead of just jumping and hanging electrical gables everywhere without thinking about affordability, quality and efficiency.

Just recently cast power tariffs have been overwhelmingly increased to over 37% promising better service delivery but the electricity supply is poorer today than ever before. Also in their electricity expansion project, Barrow Govement only targeted communities they think NPP may loss next elections because of their failed promises and discriminated other villages. For example in my Constituency they jumped villages such as Touba Tafsir, Sare Bonna, Sare Musa and Mampstayelly one could name them and there is no sign that those communities will have any electricity.
This is what the UDP was telling Gambian people that we should vote wisely and avoid being sentimental when electing for leaders. Looking at the UDP energy infrastructure policy it highlights all the challenges and designs sustainable solution to those challenges which would have given Gambians in the short term and long term some quality and affordable electricity supply while we work on an aggressive reforms including energy transition to meet the demand of the people with climate friendly energy infrastructure.

NAWEC is a serious burden and liability on citizens. Due to the massive leakages at both the ministry and NAWEC, it will be very difficult to address the problem at hand because from president Barrow to his ministers no body is interested to fight the big monster called corruption which is a serious virus affecting NAWEC and the general development of our country.
Tell me a national enterprise that is working Gamtel Gamcel collapsed GIA out source SeneGambia bridge mortgaged, Ferry service almost half sold to a Turkish company and NAWEC on its knees. Wake up Gambia before it is too late and don't forget as at yesr 2023 our debt stands at 110.6 Billion GMB. I am just reminding you.

Wasalam
Jumma Mubarak

Hagi Suwaneh

12/09/2024

NAMs should ask more questions. How was it possible to owe SENELEC over ten billion CFA when we the consumers are using Cash Power

31/08/2024

Barrow's draft constitution

31/08/2024

The Venting bill very dangerous for democracy and I hope NAMs will do justice to the people

23/08/2024

This day Aug 23 1996 UDP was founded to fight for Just society. I will reject any constitution that promote impunity and bad Governance and corruption.

Barrow's 2024 draft constitution is very very dangerous is more than autocratic is the worst ever draft constitution in the history of our country

17/08/2024

What amazed me in this new draft constitution is that, President Barrow and his people rejected the first Draft constitution with a justification that counting the first term of the President as part of term limit is retroactive but this new Barrow Draft Constitution also said if this constitution becomes effective, it will be the first term of the current president who will also be first president of the third Republic. Just with an addition that if the current president wants to contest another five years can challenge this provision.

Therefore, Let’s stand up and demand for the Gambia's Draft Constitution and reject Barrow's Draft Constitution.

This Draft constitution is just tailored to satisfy Adama Barrow only. This will mean that if he wins the next two coming elections, he will be in power for Twenty years. We Gambians must unite and REJECT the Barrow Draft Constitution.

If you want any unqualified persons to be in Ministerial posts only being loyal to the President, then support this Barrow Draft Constitution. Have we not had enough bad experiences with the nominated NAMs, already? Approving anything on the table as long as it favors Adama Barrow.

If we need a Progressive and Democratic Constitution, Let Adama Barrow bring back the 2020 Gambia’s Draft Constitution. In this Barrow Draft Constitution, Embezzlement of public funds and consequences of corruption is not included in its entirety. His Draft Constitution also dropped the provision for National Assembly member’s to be approved by the ministers.

Fellow Gambians do you want a constitution that will give power to a President to dismiss National Assembly members of his choice as well as Speaker and Deputy Speaker if he desires.

The Barrow Draft Constitution also disregarded the proper affairs of women and reduced it from 14 to 7 seats. The 2020 Draft Constitution provided a quarter system by allocating 14 National Assembly seats to women.

In his presidency of this new constitution, he will not be liable for any crime both civil and criminal. Which means he can even steal elections and cannot be sued in court. In other words, He will be untouchable, and no political party will have a say. What is the point of having a political party then?

In the Barrow Draft Constitution, IEC and other independent institutions such as IGP are all going to be answerable under the presidency.

Fellow Gambians for a nation to prosper with independent and impartial institutions we must have a Just system to uphold good Governance and Rule of law. We must establish strong institutions that are independent with no influence of the presidency and serve the Gambia. This Constitution is almost the same, if not worse than the current Constitution of Jammeh.

I recalled when the CRC team came to meet with the villages of Sare Dulo, Fass Bajong Sare Pirasu and Chinchan Bajong to discuss the 1997 constitution and the remaining villages and towns of this country. The villager’s wish was to have it change for the future generation of the Gambia. All this will go in vain just for the selfish interest of a few. This few, has taken the Gambia HOSTAGE, with D116 million wasted.

Hagi Suwaneh

17/07/2024

Elections have consequences!

The Vetting Bill is nothing but a political weapon to suppress critics and a gears machine to towards making Gambia like a one party state. I am calling on NAMs to look at this bill critically. We should not be creating laws with the sole aim and objective of empowering only the president and forgetting the consequences of our actions. The Gov't should do effective background checks on people before appointing them even without this agency.

This bill only give the president the power to further expand his Gov't by creating an unnecessary agency just to appoint people only for his political gains. I think NAMs should be busy doing their responsibilities and ask this government to downsize some of these irrelevant portfolios to match the country's current economic realities. Already the draft constitution has given the National Assembly the mandate to scrutinize, vet and approve appointments propose by the President including the state ministers which the executive arm of the government opposed. So creating a whole agency which will be another big economic budden on our budget. Why can't our representatives in the National Assembly be mandated to do that?
This bill’s only objective is to control whistle blowers on corruption, mismanagement and embezzlement of public scarce resources and it is not about national security.

NAMs should understand that governments will come and go but the most important thing is what laws do we enact and the legacy we leave because history will surely judge us. Therefore, we should advocate for a country that treats her citizens fairly for that matter. Let's not allow ourselves to be enacting laws simply because we are NPP because NPP is the ruling party or refusing bills because we UDP and UDP is not in ruling. That would be a catastrophic mistake which seem to be the culture now.

We should be encouraging government to come up with socio- economic transformative bills that would promote fiscal discipline in Gov't expenditure with zero tolerance policy against any form of corruption.

I believe all the citizens are severely affected by the rampant and the systematic corruptions in this country today. Remember, the executives benefited from huge salary and other remunerations follow by the National Assembly who also enjoys massive salaries and allowance increments even before legislating it and now is the turn of the judiciary.
That's why the Judiciary Officers Bill is calling for a legal framework to back their augment.

The ball is now in the hands of the NAMs to be remorseful and consider the situation of the poor Gambians who lined up in the extreme heat to vote for them.

We all ignored the unprecedented mismanagement of public funds such as the D669 million Dalasis from the state house, 20 Million dollars at Gampetroleum corruption scandal. The report on the burning of the fisheries ministry, the D35 million Dalasis FaBB Foundation, Jambour solar power plant contract award, recent auction of a medical container to FaBB and list goes on and on.
Nko if the head of village becomes a thief, no stolen materials will be found in that village

Welcome to The Gambia! the home of corruptions.

Hagi Suwaneh

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