{"id":1685,"date":"2019-10-08T14:48:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2019-10-08T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:48:51","slug":"mai-says-gmc-hasnt-rejected-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/mai-says-gmc-hasnt-rejected-barrow","title":{"rendered":"Mai says GMC hasn\u2019t rejected Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leader of the Gambia Moral Congress, Mai Ahmad Fatty, has clarified that his party\u2019s decision to disassociate itself from the extension of President Adama Barrow\u2019s mandate doesn\u2019t mean a rejection of the Gambian leader.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The GMC issued a public statement distancing itself from the declaration of Fatoumatta Jallow Tambajang on the extension of Barrow\u2019s mandate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But Fatty, who also doubles as the President\u2019s special adviser said the decision was not a rejection or ill intention to sabotage the President.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the Leader, I am bound by the Party\u2019s position and decision. GMC assumed a principled stance, not contradicting the law, but rejecting the marginalisation posture adopted by Mrs.Tambajang and her group.<\/p>\n

In effect, it is not a rejection of the President, rather an expression of the Party\u2019s repugnance against a fraudulent process; a process that inexorably excluded a major stakeholder like us.<\/p>\n

There is no Coalition 2016 without GMC, and the Party felt it cannot validate the conclusion of a process that intentionally excluded us,\u201d he told The Standard yesterday.<\/p>\n

He said the 3 years commitment was a matter of pure principle and requires a moral judgment, arguing that \u201cif the President opts for the full five-year mandate, this too is supported by the law, as stated by the President times galore\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, speaking as an ordinary citizen, it may not be realistic to conduct elections this year. Certainly, I don\u2019t personally find it desirable to go to the polls under Yahya Jammeh\u2019s constitution, while the existing Elections Act itself is replete with anomalies that seek to empower the incumbent.<\/p>\n

For credible elections to take place, the elections law and all other processes relating to elections must be overhauled, and replaced.<\/p>\n

This will not be done before December 2019.<\/p>\n

In essence, so far, the relevant administrative, budgetary and statutory structures are not in place for elections to be conducted. That is the realistic situation as we speak,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Fatty has also added his voice to the statement by Vice President Dr Isatou Touray, who had said the coalition\u2019s decision to extend Barrow\u2019s mandate to 5 years was discussed at the first cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

Fatty said: \u201cCabinet has no such authority, and no such agenda item was ever discussed up to the time I left cabinet on 10 November 2017.<\/p>\n

I was present at the first ever cabinet meeting of this government mentioned by Dr. Touray, but the President\u2019s tenure did not even come within cabinet\u2019s contemplation.<\/p>\n

VP Touray should refresh her memory by referring to the minutes of our first cabinet meeting.<\/p>\n

I am certain that being a credible national figure, she will subsequently amend her public assertion on this\u201d.<\/p>\n

Having said that, Mr Fatty went on, \u201cPresident Barrow derives the legality of his claimed 5 years tenure from the Constitution as stated by himself, he remains committed to serving the full term. Therefore, I see no wisdom in continuing to flog a dead horse,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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