Dawda A Jallow, minister of justice, has revealed that the cabinet will convene a three-day meeting this week to decide on how to proceed with the reintroduction of the draft constitution.

Addressing the retreat which aims to enhance consultations for the actualisation of diaspora voting which was outlined in the draft constitution, Minister Jallow said “the draft constitution process has begun and the cabinet is sitting over it next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. We are hoping to gazette it once again and reintroduce it in the National Assembly for consideration in its next sessions,” he said.

“Hopefully if the draft constitution goes through we might not need that amendment. But we don’t want to rely on only one approach, so both the amendment approach of the 1997 Constitution and the draft constitution process will be in progress and whichever one comes sooner and takes care of the problem, it will suffice,” he added.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba