As they continue their tour of the country to meet and receive people's contributions on the proposed new Constitution, many are of the opinion that political parties should declare their sources of funding and should issue financial statements to the IEC. People in the North Bank Region, continue to tell Commissioners of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), that the new Constitution should make provision for the President of the country not to appoint or dismiss the Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC); that the Chief Justice, the Auditor General and the Governor of the Central Bank of the Gambia, should not be appointed by the President of the Republic. In all their meetings, the people continue to suggest that there should be independent established bodies responsible to appoint these persons.
On day eight of their tour, the CRC continues with meetings in villages in the North bank region, since November 5th 2018.
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