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Gambia News : Sidia Jatta & Babanding Daffeh MPs walk out of parliament over Speaker’s “interruption”
Two Gambian opposition members of parliament walked out of the House on
Friday apparently taking offence when the Speaker Fatoumatta
Jahumpa-Ceesay interrupted them during their contributions and asked
them sit down.
Sidia Jatta, MP for Wuli West for the opposition National Alliance
for Democracy and Development (NADD), raised concern about alleged
continuing abductions of Gambians by the government and asked the House
to take measures to stop the illegality.
While advancing his
arguments, the Speaker told him that he had one minute to end his
contribution. This angered Jatta who thanked the Speaker, sat down but
walked out less than one minute later.
The second MP, Babanding
K.K. Daffeh, MP for Kaing Central for the opposition United Democratic
Party (UDP), also walked out when the Speaker interrupted him during
his presentation on the education system and asked him to sit down.
Daffeh was contributing to President Yahya Jammeh plan to build a science and technology university in his home town.
He
also said the civil service reform strategy announced by the government
had no impact and civil servants were still finding it difficult to
survive.
The Speaker interrupted Daffeh and told him that the
president had already made his announcement and asked whether he or the
president was telling a lie.
Daffeh said he was not talking about who was lying, but that he was referring to a document before him.
The Speaker then ordered him to take his seat, and as he sat down he took his bag and walked out.
When
he walked out the Speaker told the House that Daffeh was suspended from
two House meetings. However, majority leader Fabakry Tombong Jatta
disagreed with the Speaker saying Daffeh was only expressing his
democratic rights as an elected member of the House.
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- it is very sorrowful that the gambia in encountering such pain from a stupid president call YAHYA JAMMEH. The likes of fatou juhumpa should realised that jammeh has no friend, he uses you and after dump you. so fatou beware!! idiot
(Posted on April 27, 2009, 10:50 PM peter singateh)
- the situation in the Gambia is terribble and a need to be worry because the SPEAKER FATOUMATA JAHUMPHA thinks the her lord..yahya jammeh is the owner of the Gambia and needs no one to critise his ruling.Is a shame but what goes around comes around.
(Posted on April 27, 2009, 6:16 PM emo tunkara)
- Fatou do you know the people that you are talking to because oneday or the other you are going to demand help from this people because at the end you will have problem with whom you are right now relying. Its better for you to go and read your books
(Posted on April 16, 2009, 7:33 PM sanksnombre)
- this is not the way a paliament should be.the president should be in paliament every week for questioning by opposition to answer the question like other country do,but that will never happen in current corrupt bruttal greedy regime.f jumapa is unqua
(Posted on April 15, 2009, 12:48 AM lilllll)
- What a silly idoit speaker she is? she does'nt even know why she is there for , she think she is a layer, CAN I ASKED HER YEAH, what is an house of parliment for. she do things on her own way becaue that LUNATIC OR UNSOUND leader is behind her.
(Posted on April 14, 2009, 10:45 AM sis)
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