EMBASSY AND DEMOCRATIC SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICA

THE GAMBIAN EXPERIENCE

Authors

  • Nuka Saturday AMANYIE University of Uyo, NIGERIA
  • Kia BARILEDUM National Open University of Nigeria, Port Harcourt Study Centre, Port Harcourt, NIGERIA
  • Sunny Mene PIATE Akwa Ibom State University

Keywords:

Embassy, Permanent Regional Leadership Evaluation Committee in the West African, Gambia and Preventive Diplomacy, democratic accountability

Abstract

 Democracy and good governance are concepts which are yet to be fully embraced by political leaders in Africa. The many troubles and political tensions which have sympathetically engulfed the landscape of Africa are tested proofs of the dilemma of democratization and democratic accountability in the continent. This paper aimed at ascertaining the role of the embassy in fostering pro-democratic interventions in troubled spots in Africa. Using the Gambia as a case study, the paper assessed the factors responsible for the difficulty of effecting a democratic transfer of power in that country and the legal implications of swearing-in a president-elect in an embassy out-side the domains of the affected country. Data for the study was generated through secondary sources and analyzed via content analysis. The study adopted the Relative Deprivation Model and the Resource Mobilization Theoretical Postulations in explaining the social movements in The Gambia in the aftermath of the December 2016 general elections. The paper found that non-restriction of the number of presidential terms in office by the Gambian constitution affects democratic accountability in the country. Urgent constitutional reforms and the establishment of a Permanent Regional Leadership Evaluation Committee in the West African sub-region are recommended.

Author Biographies

Nuka Saturday AMANYIE, University of Uyo, NIGERIA

Department of Political Science and Public Administration

Sunny Mene PIATE, Akwa Ibom State University

Department of Political Science

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Published

2018-09-10

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AMANYIE, N. S., BARILEDUM, K., & PIATE, S. M. (2018). EMBASSY AND DEMOCRATIC SUSTAINABILITY IN AFRICA: THE GAMBIAN EXPERIENCE. Socialscientia: Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 3(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aphriapub.com/index.php/SS/article/view/507

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