{"id":86712,"date":"2025-09-25T07:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal"},"modified":"2025-09-25T07:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T07:52:41","slug":"udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal","title":{"rendered":"Udp&#8217;S Lamin Manneh Condemns Auditor General Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the<\/p>\n<p><b>Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized the recent removal of Auditor General Modou Ceesay, describing the action as unconstitutional.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with West Coast Radio, Manneh emphasized that the Auditor General\u2019s office enjoys a secure nine-year tenure under the 1997 Constitution and the National Audit Act. He noted that removal from office is only permissible in cases of proven incapacity, misconduct, or voluntary resignation\u2014none of which, he argued, apply to Ceesay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of these things happened; he has not voluntarily resigned, he has not been incapacitated, and he has not been derelict in duty. He has not had any case of misconduct,\u201d Manneh said.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh also criticized the reassignment of Ceesay to a ministerial position, calling it a lateral move designed to sideline the Auditor General. He noted that Ceesay declined the appointment, as it fell outside his area of expertise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey promote you to get out of the way. So they kicked him sideways and gave him a promotion to become a minister. And he said, No, that is not my specialty,\u201d Manneh stated.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting constitutional protections for the office, Manneh underscored that the president\u2019s decision disregarded these safeguards. When questioned about Ceesay\u2019s political affiliations, he clarified that the former Auditor General has no ties to the UDP.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh further stressed that political considerations cannot override the law. He revealed that Ceesay intends to challenge the removal in court, suggesting a possible legal victory could result in reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president will have egg on his face because he will have to remove the current incumbent and reinstate the original auditor general,\u201d Manneh 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. Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has strongly criticized the recent removal of Auditor General Modou Ceesay, describing the action as unconstitutional. In an interview with West Coast Radio, Manneh emphasized that the Auditor General\u2019s office enjoys [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Udp&#039;S Lamin Manneh Condemns Auditor General Removal - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the Un ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Udp&#039;S Lamin Manneh Condemns Auditor General Removal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the Un ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-25T07:32:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-25T07:52:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758774129.714508.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Udp&#8217;S Lamin Manneh Condemns Auditor General Removal\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-25T07:32:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-25T07:52:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\"},\"wordCount\":306,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758774129.714508.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-lamin-manneh-condemns-auditor-general-removal\",\"name\":\"Udp'S Lamin Manneh Condemns Auditor General Removal - 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