By Lamin Jahateh
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| Lawyer Malick H.B. Jallow |
Based
on the Constitution of The Gambia, any candidate who does not have evidence of
completing a minimum of senior secondary school education is deemed ineligible
to be president, said a legal expert.
Malick
H.B. Jallow, legal practitioner and senior law lecturer at the University of
The Gambia, said the rationale for minimum education requirement stipulated in
the constitution for president is to ensure that presidential candidates have a
sufficient amount of exposure to formal education that will enable them deal
effectively with the role of president.
The Point newspaper
recently had an exclusive interview with Lawyer Jallow on the legal
interpretation of Section 62 of the Constitution, which outlines the minimum
requirement to be president.
