(JollofNews) -Members of the European Parliament (MEP) from the five major political parties have written a strongly worded letter to the high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, calling on the European Union to immediately implement severe sanctions on former President Yahya Jammeh.
Exiled Gambian President, has been accused of stealing millions of Dollars in his final weeks in power and shipping luxury vehicles out of the country. He left Gambia late Saturday for Equatorial Guinea, following a deal brokered by the Presidents of Guinea Conakry and Mauritania that guaranteed him safe passage in return for him to step down.
“We are writing to you in your capacity as the as the high representative of European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to convey our deep and serious concerns for the post-election situation in the Gambia.The EU must be prepared to implement severe individual sanctions targeted at Jammeh himself as soon as possible,” the MEPs wrote.
They also applauded the decision of many prominent institutions and individuals within Gambia for their condemnation of former president Jammeh`s action to thwart the democratic will of the Gambian people.
“It is a mark of how important Jammeh`s defeat was to the Gambian people that these organisations and individuals citizens have step forward to oppose him,” letter stated.
“He has done this with the self-serving aims of retaining power for himself and avoiding prosecution for the numerous and serious human rights abuses allegedly committed under his rule”.
The MEPs noted that former President Jammeh`s rule has been marked for its severe and brutal oppression of all opponents and dissenting voices, as outlined in the European Parliament resolution on Gambia. This has led to a toxic regime where freedom of speech has been fundamentally restricted.
“The European Parliament has actively been monitoring the situation in the months leading to the election with our May 12 resolution, registering the dire situation in the country.The parliament also send a delegation from the Human Rights Subcommittee to the Gambia in September to see the reality on the ground first hand,”.they added.
Members of the European Parliament, also hailed the Gambia`s Presidential election as a beacon of hope not only for the Gambia but for sub-Saharan Africa, and applauded the Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) for conducting a free,fair and transparent election.
Ecowas/AU will sort it out not European business I think we African can solve our problems our differences .
And that’s why we still have dictators in Africa, united we stand strong.,the whole world have to be together if we want to stamp out dictatorship in Africa.
Europeans are always in Black people’s business but Blacks have no say in their business. Are these parliamentarians Angry gay politicians seeking revenge for not getting they way in the Gambia? The days of European destruction of African life is over.
I think you will find that Jammeh did more to destroy Gambia than the Europeans. Bad healthcare, lack of education, people scared to say what they think, not to mention amassing a great amount of money for himself from the Gambia. It is not a question of white or black, it is a question of justice. As for your “angry gay politicians seeking revenge” I’m afraid that is a figment of your imagination. As a European I am overjoyed at the change of leadership and am certain that Gambia will now be able to rebuild itself.
Maybe?
But for now we need all hands on deck
Foreword ever backward never
All EU wanted to introduce is their gay law allowing gays to adopt our citizens our kids so they are working hard for that, or gay law or we call you dictator etc unfortunately our leaders have no own words own decisions look like we nothing we don’t have own choice
We thank EU for giving support to Gambian people and restored peace and stability in Gambia. As we have political conflict in our country. EU give support to ECOWAS for deployment in gambia
I thing only the backward people who will follow EU on what they are sayiny even themselves the y cannot solve own problem now gambia is rule by ecowas and macky sallah not adama barrow and coming so many problem because of this illegal action because gay marriaga is on it way of coming to gambia
EU/USA or gay law or no Aids and we will call you dictator our leaders are not fit to stand in defence for our citizenship and culture soon our beaches are going to be for only gays, they gonna choose Friday as day gay day just to hurt poor Muslims with no power.as Muslim nations we will talk about this and introduce in the campaign to face the new government to respect Islam in The Gambia
The EU MUST reveal assets hiden un their banks and return these to the african people. They should mind thier culture and not interfere in ours. Africans are not gays. WTF should they even consider us implementing gay laws??
The crimes Jammeh committed against the Gambia people should not go unpunished. The man was a criminal who brought the country on the brink of civil war. He demonstrated in the last few weeks what type of person he was by using every trick in the book to bend the rule of law. The victims of his crimes must be allowed to see justice is served. If he is allowed to get away with it, what sort of precedent is that sending to would-be coupist? You can grab power by force, kill, torture and imprison opponents and get extremely rich then run away and enjoy your loot. We should stop blaming others, poor leadership is our problem not the white man.