{"id":88811,"date":"2025-10-27T18:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T18:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged"},"modified":"2025-10-27T19:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T19:57:53","slug":"kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged","title":{"rendered":"Kandeh Insists 2021 Election was Rigged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Opposition Gambia Democratic Congress GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has repeated his claims that the 2021 presidential election was rigged.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing supporters at his residence in Kitty on Saturday, Kandeh said:\u201dUp to this day, I don\u2019t agree with the results, and there were lots of evidence that proved that the election was rigged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kandeh illustrated his points by highlighting concerns about the registration process, claiming that the ruling NPP continued to register voters even after the official closure of registration.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining, further, the GDC leader cited the main opposition UDP\u2019s experience with the Supreme Court, where their petition against the results was dismissed on the grounds of technicality. \u201dThis is an example of citizens being denied their rights,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Turning to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Kandeh cautioned the election body saying it has a critical role to ensure a free and fair election.<\/p>\n<p>Kandeh\u2019s GDC which allied with former president Jammeh\u2019s APRC faction in the last election, accused the IEC of bias, recounting instances where it alleged the election body failed to respond to their complaints but was ready to take action in matters raised against the GDC alliance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we complained to the IEC, they never responded to us but when Barrow complained to the IEC that Yaya Jammeh was speaking at our meetings, they sent us a warning and even threatened to stop our campaign. So you see the unfairness. They are more than bias,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The GDC leader demanded fair play from the IEC, emphasising that IEC\u2019s role as referees should ensure that the election is fair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll what I want to see is fairness from the IEC since they are the referee. I swear that what happened before will not happen again. We are not going to take it lightly with nobody, especially IEC. They cannot play Hanky Panky this time around,\u201d Kandeh said.<\/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. Opposition Gambia Democratic Congress GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has repeated his claims that the 2021 presidential election was rigged. Addressing supporters at his residence in Kitty on Saturday, Kandeh said:\u201dUp to this day, I don\u2019t agree with the results, and there were lots of evidence that proved that the election was rigged.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Kandeh Insists 2021 Election was Rigged - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opposition Gambia Democratic Congress GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has repeated his claims that the 2021 presidential elec ...\" \/>\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\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kandeh Insists 2021 Election was Rigged\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Opposition Gambia Democratic Congress GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has repeated his claims that the 2021 presidential elec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-27T18:39:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-27T19:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761582429.768463.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\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kandeh Insists 2021 Election was Rigged\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-27T18:39:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-27T19:57:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\"},\"wordCount\":332,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761582429.768463.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/kandeh-insists-2021-election-was-rigged\",\"name\":\"Kandeh Insists 2021 Election was Rigged - 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