{"id":86184,"date":"2025-09-18T08:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ceesay-condemns-calls-to-remove-president-barrow"},"modified":"2025-09-18T08:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:12:42","slug":"ceesay-condemns-calls-to-remove-president-barrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ceesay-condemns-calls-to-remove-president-barrow","title":{"rendered":"Ceesay Condemns Calls to Remove President Barrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>By Fatou Sillah<b>Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, has described recent calls to remove President Adama Barrow from office as reckless and tantamount to treason.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with West Coast Radio, Dr. Ceesay was responding to a viral video in which activist Kemo Fatty reportedly told Auditor General Modou Ceesay that either he should be reinstated or the president would be forced out of the State House.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging citizens\u2019 constitutional right to protest and express their views, Dr. Ceesay warned that threats to unseat a democratically elected president outside the law cannot be tolerated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them need to be advised and well guarded that some of their statements really are akin to treason. It is a conspiracy to treason because they are saying that they will remove the president,\u201d He Said.The minister stressed that political leadership can only be challenged through constitutional means, not through threats or street actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot remove a democratically elected president just like that, and those statements are reckless statements, and I think they need to be guided,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay also criticized remarks suggesting that President Barrow should step down if Auditor General Ceesay is not reinstated. \u201cIf you are making threats that either someone goes to work or someone leaves the State House, that is a reckless statement, and that cannot be accepted in a democratic setup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further condemned the Gambians Against Looted Assets\u2019s (GALA) attempt to hold a press conference inside the National Audit Office, describing it as provocative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody stops anybody from conducting a press conference anywhere in the territory of this country, but you cannot go and hold a press conference inside a protected public institution. That is tantamount to provocation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to upholding democracy, emphasizing that grievances must be addressed through legal and constitutional channels. \u201cThere is a rule of law in this country. If somebody is not happy with the manner in which the president runs the country, the Supreme Court is there to make those judgments. The courts are there for everyone,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. By Fatou SillahMinister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, has described recent calls to remove President Adama Barrow from office as reckless and tantamount to treason. 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