{"id":90809,"date":"2025-11-24T06:44:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T06:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians"},"modified":"2025-11-24T07:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T07:02:59","slug":"sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians","title":{"rendered":"Sidia Jatta: Yahya should Fear Returning not Gambians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Sidia Jatta, a veteran politician and leading figure in the People\u2019s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said over the weekend that former President Yahya Jammeh should be \u201cthe one afraid of coming back\u201d to The Gambia\u2014not the country\u2019s citizens.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Gambia Talents TV, Mr. Jatta said that while Jammeh retains the constitutional right to return home, the former leader\u2019s departure and the circumstances surrounding it make any return far from straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYahya Jammeh is Gambian; he has been the president of this country for 22 years. He has the right to come back home,\u201d Mr. Jatta said. \u201cBut he knows that something has happened and something will happen when he comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jammeh, who has lived in exile in Equatorial Guinea since being forced into departure after losing the 2016 presidential election, has recently renewed public claims about his intention to return. His supporters argue he is entitled to reenter the country without conditions, while his critics cite alleged human rights abuses under his rule and say accountability should precede any homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Jatta suggested that if Jammeh wishes to return, he may have to do so under specific legal or political terms. \u201cHe can come and surrender himself,\u201d he said. \u201cBut he cannot just come back and sit in his home. That cannot happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to renewed rhetoric from Jammeh\u2014including statements hinting at a planned return within a particular month\u2014Mr. Jatta said such declarations were neither new nor meaningful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has said these things before,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact that he mentioned a month makes no difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The veteran politician likened Jammeh\u2019s recent statements to the familiar political posturing of other figures in Gambian politics. \u201cHe is mobilizing his party. He is showing that he is alive, and his party is alive. It is politics,\u201d Mr. Jatta said.<\/p>\n<p>Jatta argued that the ongoing public exchanges surrounding Jammeh\u2019s possible return add little value to national discourse. \u201cThese are discussions that have no benefit to The Gambia,\u201d he said. \u201cGambians are not learning anything from them.\u201d<\/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. Sidia Jatta, a veteran politician and leading figure in the People\u2019s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), said over the weekend that former President Yahya Jammeh should be \u201cthe one afraid of coming back\u201d to The Gambia\u2014not the country\u2019s citizens. In an interview with Gambia Talents TV, Mr. Jatta said that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90809","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>Sidia Jatta: Yahya should Fear Returning not Gambians - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sidia Jatta, a veteran politician and leading figure in the People\u2019s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Soc ...\" \/>\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\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sidia Jatta: Yahya should Fear Returning not Gambians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sidia Jatta, a veteran politician and leading figure in the People\u2019s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Soc ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-24T06:44:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-24T07:02:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763955137.529837.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\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Sidia Jatta: Yahya should Fear Returning not Gambians\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-24T06:44:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-24T07:02:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763955137.529837.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/sidia-jatta-yahya-should-fear-returning-not-gambians\",\"name\":\"Sidia Jatta: Yahya should Fear Returning not Gambians - 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