{"id":1261,"date":"2019-09-29T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2019-09-29T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T15:42:11","slug":"gambia-diplomatic-passport-scam-adama-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gambia-diplomatic-passport-scam-adama-barrow","title":{"rendered":"GAMBIA DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT SCAM \u2013 ADAMA BARROW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adama Barrow, sit up, listen &amp; learn<\/p>\n<p>There is gross abuse of the diplomatic passport privilege in Gambia. Diplomatic passport eligibility is limited to the very few who\u2019re involved in promoting Gambia\u2019s interest in the international community. These special passports carry Gambia\u2019s prestige behind them and deserve respect; not wholesale sales to friends, their families and those who can afford them. And more importantly, the passports are NOT for sale to the highest bidder 19 pages of issued diplomatic passports, in the short space of three years, is not only more than borderline excessive, it\u2019s criminal abuse of state property. The only few people eligible to obtain Gambia\u2019s diplomatic passport are the senior diplomatic corps, especially, those selected as Consuls in various countries and cabinet ministers. The families of those listed are ineligible for the valued document, because they do not speak for or represent Gambia. And even if Gambia had a Consular representative in each of the 196 countries in the world, which we don\u2019t, the number of diplomatic passports eligible for issue should NOT exceed 250 in total. What is going on in Gambia cheapens the country\u2019s prestige abroad, it\u2019s abuse, it\u2019s criminal and it\u2019s a perfect example of state corruption. You inherited a huge problem and made it far worst<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adama Barrow, sit up, listen &amp; learn There is gross abuse of the diplomatic passport privilege in Gambia. Diplomatic passport eligibility is limited to the very few who\u2019re involved in promoting Gambia\u2019s interest in the international community. 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