GMC party leader Mai Ahmed Fatty has cautioned Gambians against what, he described, as the growing trend of glorifying the country’s former dictator. Mai contended that there had been “astonishing” efforts on certain social media platforms to sanitise or eulogise the legacy of the former regime. Fatty, who has long[Read More…]
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Opposition Leader Mai Fatty Backs Parliamentary Probe Into Jammeh Asset Disposal
Opposition leader and former Interior Minister, Mai Ahmed Fatty, has publicly endorsed the Motion laid before the National Assembly by Majority Leader Hon. Billay G. Tunkara, calling for a Parliamentary sub-committee to investigate the alleged improper disposal of assets recovered from former President Yahya Jammeh. In a strongly worded public[Read More…]
Gambia: Opposition Ridicules Jammeh’s Attempts To Stop Barrow’s Inauguration
(JollofNews) -A senior partner of the Gambia’s opposition coalition has laughed off President Yahya Jammeh’s injunction against the inauguration of Adama Barrow as the third president of the Gambia. Mai Ahmad Fatty said Mr Jammeh’s efforts are futile and incapable of stopping President-elect Adama Barrow from being sworn-in as president.[Read More…]
Gambia: Plot To Kill Key Opposition Figures Revealed
(JollofNews) -A senior partner in the Gambia’s opposition coalition, Mai Ahmad Fatty, Wednesday said they have received information about an alleged plot being hatched by some elements in the regime of Yahya Jammeh to kill one or two members of the coalition. Mr Fatty did not reveal any details about[Read More…]
Gambia: Opposition Vows To Go Ahead With Barrow’s Inauguration
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s opposition coalition has vowed to go ahead with plans to inaugurate Adama Barrow as president of the Gambia on January 19th. Mai Ahmad Fatty, a senior member of the opposition coalition, said they are determined to swear-in the president-elect and no power on earth shall either defer[Read More…]
Gambia’s Opposition Warns President Jammeh
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh will never be allowed to subvert the will of the Gambian people, says Mai Ahmad Fatty of the opposition coalition. He said the Gambian people have spoken in a clear voice in the December elections and their will must be respected in accordance with the[Read More…]
Incoming Barrow Regime Reaches Out To Diaspora Gambians
(JollofNews) – The incoming regime of President-elect Adama Barrow is reaching out to Gambians in the Diaspora to return home and actively participate in building the New Gambia. The new administration which is due to take over from President Yahya Jammeh, who has been in power for 22 years on 19th[Read More…]
Gambia: President-elect Rejects Jammeh’s Election Challenge
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has dismissed President Yahya Jammeh’s attempts to challenge the December 1st election results in the Supreme Court of the Gambia. In a media statement read on his behalf by Mai Ahmad Fatty, Mr Barrow said the Supreme Cour of the Gambia has not been[Read More…]
Gambia: Barrow To Issue Statement On Jammeh’s Election Coup
(JollofNews) – Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow will today issue another statement to update Gambians about the current political standoff with President Yahya Jammeh. Tension is currently high in the small West African nation with a population of less than two million after Mr Jammeh annulled the results of December 1st[Read More…]
Gambia: Opposition Rules Out Fresh Election
(JollofNews) – Opposition parties in the Gambia have rejected President Yahya Jammeh’s calls for fresh elections to be held in the small West African nation. The electoral commission had declared Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition winner and Mr Jammeh had initially conceded defeat and praised the country’s electoral system[Read More…]