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Gambia was set to get first post-Jammeh constitution to check term limits – until MPs said no

Gambia was set to get first post-Jammeh constitution to check term limits – until MPs said no

When Adama Barrow became President of Gambia in 2016, ending Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year strongman rule, one of his key promises was to bring a new constitution to replace Jammeh’s. For the 22 years that Jammeh was president, he amended the constitution 50 times to perpetuate his stay in power. Barrow, upon assuming office, appointed an…

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