{"id":1782,"date":"2019-10-10T14:44:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2019-10-10T14:44:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T14:44:03","slug":"ex-vp-tambajang-accuses-tangara-darboe-of-engineering-her-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ex-vp-tambajang-accuses-tangara-darboe-of-engineering-her-sacking","title":{"rendered":"Ex-VP Tambajang accuses Tangara, Darboe of engineering her sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former vice president Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang has accused Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara of running a vendetta against her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking to Kerr Fatou in a lengthy interview to be aired on GRTS today, Tambajang further blamed Tangara and Ousainu Darboe for masterminding her sacking in 2018 after just over one year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president said he removed me because I have written a letter to the UN signing it as acting president which was unconstitutional and undiplomatic.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow said that was the advice he got from Mamadou Tangara, now Foreign Minister and the former vice president Ousainu Darboe,\u201d she told Kerr Fatou.<\/p>\n<p>However according to her, at the time, she had an issue with Dr Tangara during her visit to the United Nations to attend a confrence on the status of women.<\/p>\n<p>She said the sum of $32, 000 was sent to the Gambian mission for her accommodation and transportation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of this Mamadou Tangara claimed $21, 000 was spent on vehicle rentals, an amount I found to be too high. I told my permanent secretary that he must be joking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has gone to the extent of convincing him (President Barrow) that I was in a haste for his position,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She also said she felt betrayed by the President for sacking her and believing the story that she was in a haste to take his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I am talking about this but really I felt betrayed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former vice president Fatoumatta Jallow-Tambajang has accused Foreign Minister Mamadou Tangara of running a vendetta against her. 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