By Adama Makasuba
The draft new constitution is demanding candidates for president to at least obtain a minimum of senior secondary school leaving certificate with twelve years work experience.
But if the clause is approved, it will affect many aspirant candidates for the country’s top job especially young people who are without undergraduate degree and haven’t got twelve years work experience.
Qualification for president was an emotive issue during CRC’s in and out-country consultation with many people saying a candidate for president of The Gambia should at least hold an undergraduate degree.
But the new draft constitution which is published today is saying a “candidate must hold a minimum of an undergraduate degree plus five years’ work experience after the date of attaining that degree, or hold a minimum of a senior secondary certificate or its equivalent plus twelve years’ work experience.”
Presidents in The Gambia are known to be poorly educated, with the exception of former president Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara who had attained university education.
