Gambia: No Party Owns the Police

Gambia: No Party Owns the Police

Editorial - Taking the law into one own hands plunges a country into the law of the jungle. Political parties and groups of citizens are not the state. They should function under the ambit of the law. In fact the law forbids party agents and agents of association from dressing up in a manner that gives them the appearance of law enforcement agents. No party operative and that of an association should threaten to use force against another group. …

EDITORIALNO PARTY OWNS THE POLICE – Foroyaa Newspaper

Taking the law into one own hands plunges a country into the law of the jungle. Political parties and groups of citizens are not the state. They should function under the ambit of the law. In fact the law forbids party agents and agents of association from dressing up in a manner that gives them the appearance of law enforcement agents. No party operative and that of an association should threaten to use force against another group. The Constitu…