{"id":89359,"date":"2025-11-04T07:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/faal-claims-barrow-retains-ecomig-due-to-jammeh-fear"},"modified":"2025-11-04T07:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T07:49:55","slug":"faal-claims-barrow-retains-ecomig-due-to-jammeh-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/faal-claims-barrow-retains-ecomig-due-to-jammeh-fear","title":{"rendered":"Faal Claims Barrow Retains ECOMIG Due to Jammeh Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Essa Mbye Faal, leader of APP Sobeya, has accused President Adama Barrow of maintaining the presence of ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) out of fear of former president Yahya Jammeh.<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with West Coast Radio, Faal said there is no current security threat in the country that justifies the continued deployment of ECOMIG forces nearly nine years after the 2016 political transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you see Barrow still keeping ECOMIG until today, in my view, it is out of fear,\u201d Faal said. \u201cThe Gambia has no security crisis that warrants ECOMIG to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faal also criticized President Barrow\u2019s shifting stance on Jammeh\u2019s possible return to the country. He recalled Barrow\u2019s 2021 visit to Kanilai, where the president reportedly said Jammeh could return as a citizen and reside there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBarrow went to Kanilai and said Jammeh can come back and said he is a citizen of this country and can stay in Kanilai,\u201d Faal said. \u201cBut now he is saying if he comes, we are going to arrest him. Just imagine if being scared of Jammeh and the loyalty he commands in the army can make him keep ECOMIG here; for nine years, he would not have asked Jammeh to come back. He was just bluffing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Faal said President Barrow\u2019s shift in position regarding Jammeh\u2019s return stems from growing indications that the former leader may be considering a comeback to The Gambia.<\/p>\n

He also spoke about the implementation of the Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) recommendations, pledging that if elected president, he would make accountability and reparations for victims a top priority.<\/p>\n

The APP leader criticized the Barrow administration for what he described as slow and inadequate progress in implementing the TRRC\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue is that he has an obligation to implement all the recommendations, including the accountability part. It has been four and a half years since the white paper came out, and we have not seen any significant implementation. The perpetrators are still free in the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Essa Mbye Faal, leader of APP Sobeya, has accused President Adama Barrow of maintaining the presence of ECOWAS Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG) out of fear of former president Yahya Jammeh. 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