{"id":4031,"date":"2019-12-21T16:57:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=4031"},"modified":"2019-12-21T16:57:12","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T16:57:12","slug":"o-j-i-will-never-support-anybody-promoting-tribalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/o-j-i-will-never-support-anybody-promoting-tribalism","title":{"rendered":"O.J: \u201cI Will Never Support Anybody Promoting Tribalism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-header\">\n<header class=\"td-post-title\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Omar Amadou Jallow, one of the leading figure of the People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP) has vehemently expressed his opposition to tribal politics, making it very clear that is not ready to throw his weight behind anyone pursuing a tribally-biased political agenda.<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-content\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs Gambians, we have been known for our peacefulness and coexistence of all tribes,\u201d Jallow told this medium in an exclusive interview.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Fears are mounting in some quarters that power-hungry politicians will not hesitate to use tribalism in order to trigger some voters to shift their support to their party. A situation that could pose a real threat to national unity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>PPP\u2019s emblematic said it is a shame the generation of people who are supposed to be more enlightened, more educated will go to the extra mile to start introducing tribalism and religious discrimination in our politics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThat is the most backward activity that has ever happened in Gambia,\u201d he deplored.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The political temperature is going crescendo as the Jotna movement and those calling on President Adama Barrow to stick to his five-year constitutional mandate are putting up plans for real showdowns.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cFor me, I will never, ever support or condone anybody promoting tribalism in politics,\u201d Jallow said as he draws a straight line between the disruptive consequences of tribal politics and politics by the people and for the people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He then added that wherever tribalism and religious discrimination erupt, there is always violence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe should learn from other countries\u2019 mistakes. Gambia is so small that there is nobody whose part of his\/her family is not married to a different tribe or belonging to another religion,\u201d he emphasized.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>PPP\u2019s Omar Amadou Jallow reminded Gambians that our ancestors were able to nurture a peaceful coexistence that became the hallmark on which the nation is built.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWhy should we at this time with our exposure, our education try to introduce it for our selfish ends?\u201d he quizzed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tiny West African is navigating through a rough path with many hurdles that need to be surmounted. The long lasting peace prevailing in the highly depends on the ability of politicians to desist from crossing the Rubicon\u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Written by Abdoulie John<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omar Amadou Jallow, one of the leading figure of the People\u2019s Progressive Party (PPP) has vehemently expressed his opposition to tribal politics, making it very clear that is not ready to throw his weight behind anyone pursuing a tribally-biased political agenda. \u201cAs Gambians, we have been known for our peacefulness and coexistence of all tribes,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":4032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[2192,2232],"class_list":["post-4031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-omar-amadou-jallow","tag-one-of-the-leading-figure-of-the-peoples-progressive-party-ppp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - 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