{"id":89453,"date":"2025-11-05T17:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/minister-accuses-essa-faal-of-politicizing-trrc-work"},"modified":"2025-11-05T18:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T18:34:19","slug":"minister-accuses-essa-faal-of-politicizing-trrc-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/minister-accuses-essa-faal-of-politicizing-trrc-work","title":{"rendered":"Minister Accuses Essa Faal of Politicizing TRRC Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, has accused former Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) Lead Counsel, Essa Faal, of politicizing his role at the commission from the very beginning.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with West Coast Radio, Dr. Ceesay alleged that Mr. Faal used his position at the TRRC to build a political profile rather than focusing on the core mandate of the commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was paid to do a job, and, in fact, he did not even complete it; he was in a rush to finish it to go do politics,\u201d Dr. Ceesay said. \u201cIn fact, he was forcing them to finish the report so he could go and do his politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ceesay further claimed that he had observed Mr. Faal\u2019s political intentions from the start of the TRRC hearings. \u201cFrom the moment he was sitting on that chair, I knew this guy was politicizing his work; he was building himself, preparing for politics using that platform,\u201d he asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, a political lecturer by profession, added that his assessment was based on his expertise in communication and behavioral analysis. \u201cI\u2019m a political analyst, and I studied body language and communications. He was building himself, preparing for politics using that platform, and it backfired because he got only 1%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Essa Faal, now the leader of the All People\u2019s Party (APP Sobeya), contested the 2021 presidential election. He appeared on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez yesterday, where he criticized the government for its handling of the TRRC recommendations, lack of accountability, and the continued presence of ECOMIG forces in The Gambia.<\/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. The Minister of Information, Media, and Broadcasting Services, Dr. Ismaila Ceesay, has accused former Truth, Reconciliation, and Reparations Commission (TRRC) Lead Counsel, Essa Faal, of politicizing his role at the commission from the very beginning. 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