Why should a democratically elected leader listen to a corrupt former Nigerian General who is bedeviled by a manipulative association of the desperate and dysfunctional?  The Gambia does not need any code of ethics from the Commonwealth.  There is a living Constitution and an IEC Electoral Code of Ethics legislated through a democratic process.  Jammeh should just trash this Commonwealth diktat back to where it belongs in Nigeria, the epicenter of corruption and fraud.

Ebou Jallow

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The euphoria and the contentment that accompany the serious parleying among the political parties in The Gambia under the aegis of the Commonwealth may soon die down as the Code of Conduct document is yet to be signed by all the parties.

Recently, the Commonwealth representative, Abdou Salam Abubakar, presided over a parley in Kairaba Beach Hotel  and the meeting succeeded in initiating an inter-party committee that came up with a code of conduct signed by all the political parties except the APRC.

To many, the APRC’s refusal to sign the Code of Conduct will not only render the committee ineffective but also dangerous.

Femi Peters, UDP Campaign Manager, told this paper that President Jammeh is still dragging his feet in signing the Code of Conduct because he has something up his sleeve.

“I believe Jammeh has a hidden agenda. We all live in this country and we all know that when dealing with him you are coming across a man who is not clear in what he says,” he argued.

According to Femi, the APRC’s refusal to sign the Code of Conduct does not augur well for the Gambian body – politic as it will only help in heightening the suspicion and the uneasy relationship between the opposition and the ruling party.

He did not however forget to thank Abdou Salam Abubakar, a former Nigerian Head of State, for initiating the inter-party committee.

Meanwhile, addressing a press conference on Monday in Churchill’s town, the National Assembly Member-elect for Serekunda Central, Halifa Sallah asserted that the APRC has refused to sign the Code of Conduct and the MOU because “they want to allow themselves to do all the dirty work that they have done in the recent by – elections”. This, he explained, is an indication that the APRC doesn’t want free and fair elections in the country.

The Code of Conduct and the MOU among others ,bars divisional commissioners, Alkalolu and Seyfolu from partaking in partisan politics.


By Momodou Justice Darboe- The Point



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