TALIB AHMED BENSOUDA and Fifty Five Others vs The State
Yesterday the Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda,55 other Chairmen and Councilors obtained judgment in the Supreme court.
where the Supreme Court in its wisdom has declared:
That municipal councils shall no longer be dissolved 3 months before elections.
That the President cannot as a result appoint interim management to operate councils for the three months before elections.
That mayors/chairpersons and councilors no longer need the permission of the Minister of Lands in order to travel out of the country.
And the term of councilors and mayors shall be four years and not five.
The elections of councils shall not be postponed by 12 months if they should fall within the same period as national assembly elections.
Featured yesterday on the Mayor’s Facebook Page
This is a small first step.
I would like to thank my co-plaintiffs for believing in justice and devolution of powers. I would like to thank the Honourable Justices of the Supreme Court for this historic verdict.
A special thank you to our Solicitors, Lawyer Yassin Senghore and Lawyer Abdoulie Fatty who are always at the for-front fighting for justice.
I shall continue my quest to transform the municipality and to seek reforms for the remainder of my term.
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