By Jaka Ceesay Jaiteh
The chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission Cherno Jallow on Wednesday said that Gambians generally have lost faith in their government.
Mr Jallow speaking at a press conference in Kotu in relation to the commission’s just ended country-wide consultation programme said the process afforded many Gambians with the ‘rare opportunity’ to vent their frustration at how government is administered.
“The sum of the most pertinent issues raised by the Gambian community at large relates to concerns about the governance of the country,” Jallow told journalists.
“It is an understatement to say that Gambians generally have lost faith in government – and that is any government.”
The Constitutional Review Commission chairman also said Gambians do not trust the educated class “that they seem to view as untrustworthy, greedy, unreliable and without conscience.”
He said: “One even indicated that he does not trust his own educated sons because of how he has seen them amass their wealth. Some amongst them have even called for farmers to lead this country.”
Meanwhile the chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission has said his commission recognizes the importance of managing public expectations.
“The new constitution cannot embrace everything. However, the people we have consulted with have spoken and we have listened,” Cherno Jallow added.
