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toubab1020
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 Posted - 15 May 2018 : 18:53:47
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This report from The Point.
"If the UDP has right to celebrate, let them go to Ousainou Darboe’s compound and celebrate, but they don’t have right to come to my family compound and stone us or provoke us.”
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Fabakary Tombong-Jatta, the leader of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has called on the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Alieu Momar Njai, to honourably resign, while describing him as anti APRC.
“There are lots of things that the IEC has done against this party. In the interest of free, fair and credible election and the peace and stability of The Gambia, we are calling on the IEC chairman to resign,” he said, arguing he is being bias and has a political position and he is anti APRC; and in this circumstance, he is not qualified.
The APRC party leader was speaking during a press conference held at the party’s new political bureau in Manjai Kunda.
Let him resign and go and join any political party he wants, Mr. Jatta added. “Elections mostly around the world can create lots of instability in a country where there is no credibility.”
The former Serekunda East lawmaker added that the IEC chairman was interviewed on The Gambia Radio and Television Services (GRTS) and said that he was happy that APRC is gone. “The chairman should be independent and those remarks should not have come from him.”
He recalled that in the past Local Government Election of councilors, the IEC announced two results. The chairman announced that the 18 seats for the APRC but later announced 16 seats instead, he said.
Mr. Jatta also expressed disappointment with the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, saying that Darboe in an interview said that his party would celebrate the way APRC celebrates.
“A lawyer by profession and a leader of a political party in The Gambia, I believe it is our responsibility to ensure that we keep discipline and order. I have contested for APRC in Serekunda East for four times and I have won, the former APRC Mayor Yankuba Colley, has contested three times and won and never have we went to anybody’s place to celebrate. When we celebrate, we celebrate in the streets or at the MacCarthy Square,” he said.
He also expressed disappointment with the security within Kanifing Municipality for having thrown tear gases inside his compound, in which he said were targeting the APRC top brasses.
The APRC leader stated that it is the responsible of the state and its machinery to protect lives and liberty of all those residing in The Gambia, arguing that in the absence of that protection, we reserve the rights for self defence and if necessary, maximum retaliation.
“Over the past one year, we have lots of challenges that could warrant us to be in the streets. However, in the name of peace, we restrained our people. In fact some of our people were not happy with us. We don’t believe in violence. If there is violence, may God forbid, it means we are working on the very good things we did for this country.”
The APRC, he said, believes in dialogue and rule of rule. If the UDP has right to celebrate, let them go to Ousainou Darboe’s compound and celebrate, but they don’t have right to come to my family compound and stone us or provoke us.”
Author: Momodou Jawo
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/aprc-urges-iec-chair-to-resign-says-he-is-anti-aprc
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 15 May 2018 : 19:02:41
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And Again from The Point:
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Many youths of Brikama have shown little interest towards the Local Government elections on Saturday May 12, 2018, by not voting as expected.
As reporter Pa Modou Cham embarked on a leg work in Brikama, some of these young people were seen playing football, with some claiming they have no interest in the elections.
Speaking in an interview with The Point, many of them outlined numerous reasons that made them show little interest in the Local Government elections.
Papa Lamin Minteh, a resident of Brikama told The Point that he boycotted the elections because of government’s negligence on deportation. He said he would never vote for leaders who cannot defend his rights both nationally and internationally.
“Chairmanship has a vital role to play in our society and people are elected to run the daily activities of the administrative area, instead they will be there for their pockets, love family members by supporting them with the council’s money. Candidates believe that we should vote them in office and they become better than us, because they would promise and fail,” he argued.
Ansumaneh Beyai, a Brikama resident, also expressed dissatisfaction over politicians, saying leadership without development makes no sense.
“Gambians are not blind; we have been seeing what have been transpiring for the past years because some elected officials did collect our monies from the markets and vendors and we would never see any improvement.”
“I will not throw my vote because it is my right, but giving it to some candidates is just like throwing it; and throwing it means I throw my right.”
Fatoumatta Manneh also expressed similar sentiments. She said their sons abroad should be respected by Gambian government.
“I will vote in election if things are going well in our country by solving the need of young people and also bring the development we want.”
Author: Pa Modou Cham
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/many-brikama-youth-women-showed-little-interests-in-the-election |
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