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Gambian opposition leader, Halifa Sallah, on Monday sharply reacted to President Yahya Jammeh's assertion that "neither coup nor elections" could remove him from power, saying Jammeh's remarks were "alien to the constitution" of the West African nation, PANA reported from here.
Jammeh, while on a nation-wide-tour recently, told Gambians he would stay on till he decides to hand-over the presidency to his chosen representative.
Sallah wrote to Jammeh, reminding him: "Mr. President, your remarks are alien to the constitution, which states; - The sovereignty of the Gambia resides in the people of the Gambia from whom all organs of government derive their authority and in whose name and for whose welfare and prosperity the powers of government are to be exercised".
He wrote: "Mr. President, unlike you, we are telling the Gambian people that in 2011, they should elect a government that will last only for five years and the incumbent should preside over free and fair elections and leave office like Nelson Mandela.
"Let us remind you that modern South Africa is also 16 years old. Apartheid was put to an end in 1994 when Nelson took over. Now South Africa is proud to display three presidents, whose assumption of office is peaceful and has not led to any erosion of national integrity."
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- All this policitians are thesame. They give words intead of actions........When they want to become a president, they will used words that will make the people to vote in their favour but after elections they would try to forget all the promises made
(Posted on July 27, 2011, 8:04 PM malick)
- A sensible person will never used tribalism or hatered as his weapon. If you see him, he is always trying to find a positive way of solving a problem but not blaming one person for everything. This is just to make it clear that tribalism doen't help
(Posted on July 27, 2011, 7:54 PM malick)
- as we believe god lets see ,whats goin to happen ,bt allahu allen, means only god knos
(Posted on October 2, 2010, 5:16 PM lele)
- it is stupied to stand in the gambia and tell people that you will stay ontill you like ,then thier is no democracy in the gambia ,who are you at the first place ,a jola from joladu that thing of him self more than what he can do than that of god .
(Posted on September 26, 2010, 11:09 AM MANNEH WALE)
- @ A.A Sambou, Karamo Manneh- please try writing better English when commenting, this is a Gambian site which has worldwide viewers, with your stupid English typo is only showing that dumb shit heads like you people are the ones behind him, No Wonder!
(Posted on September 20, 2010, 12:53 PM Marshall John)
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