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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Essa Njie, popular political commentator and lecturer at the University of The Gambia, has said all political parties in the Gambia are the same \u201cin terms of misappropriation of public funds\u201d, saying they \u201cshould have condemned\u201d parliament\u2019s decision of buying cars that are each worth over 2 million dalasis but instead \u201cthey are keeping quiet because their parliamentarians are affected\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n

The political Science lecturer argued that the political parties in the country should take a share of the blame since the National Assembly Members are from political parties who have a responsibility to talk to their members. He emphasized that political parties have to be blamed, and the buying of these cars has equally affected the trust many have in the parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, you cannot blame only the parliamentarians for this, but the political parties as well. All these political parties are the same in terms of misappropriation of public funds. It will be difficult for people to even trust these political parties because, on the side of the opposition regarding this issue, they cannot say certain things about President Barrow,\u201d Njie explained in an interview with LSTV 1.<\/p>\n

Njie further argued that the United Democratic Party (UDP), the biggest opposition political party in the country, and others should have condemned parliament\u2019s act.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll these political parties, including the UDP, the biggest opposition party that has been vocal against corruption and other issues about this government, are keeping quiet on this. They are not talking about it. They should have condemned this, but they are keeping quiet because their parliamentarians are affected. If they hadn\u2019t been affected, they would have come out. Other parties are like that too,\u201d Njie commented.<\/p>\n

The National Assembly of the Gambia has purchased 2023 model Toyota Prado vehicles worth over 2 million dalasis each. Half of the cost of these vehicles will be paid by the taxpayers\u2019 money, something that many political analysts and commentators argued should not be done.<\/p>\n

It is not apparent how much the parliamentarians will pay for the purchase of these vehicles. Some sources believe MPs will pay only 30% and the rest will be paid by taxpayers.<\/p>\n

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Essa Njie, popular political commentator and lecturer at the University of The Gambia, has said all political parties in the Gambia are the same \u201cin terms of misappropriation of public funds\u201d, saying they \u201cshould have condemned\u201d parliament\u2019s decision of buying cars that are each worth over 2 million dalasis but instead \u201cthey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":38753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-38754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nEssa Njie: \u2018All these political parties are the same in terms of misappropriation of public funds\u2019 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Essa Njie, popular 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