Gambia: Supreme Court Has Jurisdiction to Hear Anti-FGM Challenge, says Lawyer Darboe –

By: Nicholas Bass

 Lawyer Lamin J. Darboe, representing Foni legislature, Almamy Gibba, and seven other PRO-FGM organizations and individuals last Thursday contended that the Supreme Court of The Gambia has the jurisdiction to hear and determine his clients’ submission.

Lawyer Darboe in his submission argued that section 127(1)(a) of the 1997 constitution empowered the Supreme Court of The Gambia to interpret or enforce any provision of the constitution, adding that the only exception…