{"id":6889,"date":"2021-12-10T17:12:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ca-makes-court-u-turn-decision"},"modified":"2021-12-10T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T17:45:09","slug":"ca-makes-court-u-turn-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ca-makes-court-u-turn-decision","title":{"rendered":"CA makes court u-turn decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>A court had ordered the IEC to allow Citizens Alliance (CA) leader Dr. Ismaila Ceesay contest the just ended presidential election. The IEC, however, disregarded the court order and CA then asked its lawyers to begin contempt of court proceedings against the chairman of IEC Alieu Momar Njai. But in a statement yesterday (Thursday), CA said it is disinterested in legal action in the interest of unity.<\/p>\n<p>The statement said: \u201cHaving regards for the conclusion of the electoral processes and in order to move on and unify the country, the Citizens\u2019 Alliance (CA) has instructed its lawyer not to pursue the contempt proceedings against the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Alh. Alieu Momar Njie, for violating a court judgment and order in the former\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCA is conscious of the fact that the penalty for contempt of court is possibly an imprisonment, and that it will not be of national interest or CA\u2019s interest to pursue a criminal proceeding that may possibly lead to the imprisonment of an elderly states man in the person of the Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Alieu Momar Njie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decision was arrived at by the CA National Executive Committee for the sake of the overriding national interest. Meanwhile, CA will continue to institute proceedings for compensatory damages against the IEC\u2019s ill-informed decision against the party and its candidate leading to the non-participation of the party and its candidate, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, in the recently concluded presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. A court had ordered the IEC to allow Citizens Alliance (CA) leader Dr. Ismaila Ceesay contest the just ended presidential election. The IEC, however, disregarded the court order and CA then asked its lawyers to begin contempt of court proceedings against the chairman of IEC Alieu Momar Njai. 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