{"id":88901,"date":"2025-10-29T07:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-urges-jammeh-to-accept-former-president-status"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:28:14","slug":"barrow-urges-jammeh-to-accept-former-president-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-urges-jammeh-to-accept-former-president-status","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Urges Jammeh to Accept Former President Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has called on former President Yahya Jammeh to accept his status as a former head of state, emphasizing that his time in office has come to an end.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is left with only one position, and I want him to hold on to that \u2014 former president. It is an honorary position,\u201d President Barrow said during a meeting with residents of Foni at his residence in Mankamang Kunda over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Barrow added that whether Jammeh accepts it or not, that is now his only title, describing Jammeh\u2019s recent claims of returning to The Gambia as \u201cmere politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he really wanted to come back, he would have attended his mother\u2019s funeral,\u201d Barrow said, noting that Jammeh remains in self-imposed exile in Equatorial Guinea. \u201cNobody chased him from this country. The Gambia belongs to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president further advised Jammeh to remain calm and pray for peace in the country. \u201cAs humans, we should be mindful. There is today, but tomorrow will come \u2014 and we do not know what it brings,\u201d he cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>President Barrow\u2019s comments come in response to Jammeh\u2019s recent statement in which the former leader claimed that ECOWAS officials informed him that members of the coalition government were uneasy with his continued presence in the country due to his \u201cmassive support\u201d among both the public and the military.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh also asserted that an agreement had been reached through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), allowing him to return to The Gambia within six months without preconditions \u2014 a claim that directly contradicts Barrow\u2019s assertion of self-exile.<\/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. President Adama Barrow has called on former President Yahya Jammeh to accept his status as a former head of state, emphasizing that his time in office has come to an end. \u201cHe is left with only one position, and I want him to hold on to that \u2014 former president. 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