I am not a legal person and I am not pretending to be one, but I think I also have an opinion regarding the appointment of a VP past 65yo, and this is it:
Even if no one finds the clause that justifies it, Ma’am Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang's VP still, and I find her appointment legitimate. You may say it isn’t legal because the constitution/law says otherwise, but I’m saying legitimate because it’s justified with logic. Look, half the laws of the 2nd Republic being bad laws is common knowledge, as the rules were made to agree with what was, and to get in the way of what should, particularly the age limit was to restrict our elderly folks of wisdom, those who braved up against the shit-stem when most of us were cowered.
Coming from absolute rule where the usual was an obvious contempt for our wishes and reason, some transitional actions should as any rational person would expect be based on logic –legitimacy over fraudulent-legality if you like; so it shouldn’t be uncommon to see many unusual acts, this appointment included.
It was the same logic that gave the foreign forces the authority to invade, and ours not facing trial for treason - the logic behind Barrow’s independent candidature in order to lead a coalition although UDP still - the reason why the former president was babied out despite an illegal overstay - the reason why President Barrow took oath in a Gambia away from The Gambia - the reason why the coalition’s agreement somewhat disagrees with certain provisions of the constitution but still holding – the reason why the State of Emergency and extension of the mandate of Parliament was paid no attention to, et cetera.
See, “protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” because: “Any fool can make a rule and any fool will mind it.” and because: ‘Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law.' – Quoted from Henry David Thoreau, Howard Zinn and Cassandra Clare respectively.
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