Constitutional Reforms Needed to Avoid Egypt-Type Uprising - Madi Ceesay

Madi K. Ceesay, the publisher/CEO of The Daily News, an independent Gambian newspaper has said that African heads of state should embark on constitutional reforms which must include presidential term limits in order to prevent the kind of violent and deadly civil unrest unfolding in the Arab world. 
Mr. Ceesay made these remarks on Senegambia News radio program, �Kachaa�, which sounds off opinions and views of Gambians about the current political dispensation in the country.
Peaceful, but deadly protests for democratic reforms, have for the past one month, rocked the North African nations of Tunisia and Egypt forcing the leaders of both countries to vacate their seat. 
Mr Ceesay, a renowned journalist and a CPJ 2006 International Press Freedom awardee, said it is not too late for The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh to introduce reforms and put limit on presidency.
The events in Egypt and other North African countries send strong signals to those African leaders who have been in power for more than 15 years, Mr. Ceesay said. 
A victim of arbitrary arrest and detention by the current regime, Mr Ceesay said Gambians would respect and forgive any wrongs Jammeh administration might have committed if there genuine democratic reform.