There has been a low voter turnout as Gambians head out to cast their ballot in national assembly elections on Saturday, the first since a historic presidential vote saw incumbent Adama Barrow returned to power last December. 962, 157 Gambians have been registered to vote for their next parliamentarians distributed[Read More…]
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Halifa Sallah: “We Should Take Ourselves Seriously”
As the just concluded legislative election was marked by a low turnout of voters , Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has added his voice to the chorus of recriminations. “We should take ourselves seriously otherwise our destiny is lost,” PDOIS emblematic figure told[Read More…]
National Assembly Election Postmortem
Gambians have spoken through their ballots by electing those they want to represent them in the National Assembly for the next five years. It had been an election full of anticipations as well as surprises. In view of President Adama Barrow’s landslide victory in the last presidential elections, most members[Read More…]