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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Talib Ahmed Bensouda, the Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) has described the Ministry of Local Government personnel breaking down an office door at KMC on Thursday to get CEO Sainabou Martin an office in the building as an attempted coup d\u2019e\u0301tat.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat has happened today is unprecedented, and I think a new line has been crossed. It was a coup attempt. When there\u2019s an illegitimate seizure of power or authority it is a coup d\u2019e\u0301tat. Today I saw the government effectively tried to seize power from KMC. Forcefully break into public office to install an individual and forcefully try to transport authority to that individual,\u201d the KMC mayor said.<\/p>\n

The mayor said if the government was operating by law, all they needed was a judgment or court order.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the commission felt that we were not complying, you could have taken us to court.<\/p>\n

You do not need an executive directive to infiltrate a council that already has an authority and as we speak, they have armed police officers sleeping right now in the council Chambers and an armed officer escorting the individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo when I say dictatorship, because this is how it starts and when citizens watch and don\u2019t push back and tell the government that they are crossing lines, or they are exceeding their limits and not following due process and law, it will keep happening, they will keep pushing the boundary and then one day we all wake up with an autocratic regime,\u201d he told his audience on the premiere of the press show on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Sainabou Martin Sonko was on Wednesday accompanied by an official said to be from the Ministry of Local Government and Lands and security officers to the Kanifing Municipal Council to resume her CEO role.<\/p>\n

After meeting with the Deputy CEO of the Kanifing Municipal Council and the Lord Mayor, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, to get them to hand over the CEO\u2019s office keys proved unsuccessful, an office was later forcefully opened by a carpenter brought in by the Local Government authorities.<\/p>\n

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