Gambia: Gibba drops Jammeh condition for opposition alliance
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kerr Fatou
Almameh Gibba, leader of Gambia’s No-to-Alliance movement, says the presence of former president Yahya Jammeh will not be a condition for joining an opposition coalition. He urges parties to put the national interest first and hold talks before the presidential election, according to an interview with Kerr Fatou.
Almameh Gibba, Gambian MP and leader of the No-to-Alliance movement, has dropped the condition that former president Yahya Jammeh must take part before he will join an opposition coalition ahead of the presidential election, according to Kerr Fatou. He said the national interest should take precedence over considerations tied to an individual or a party.
Gibba urged opposition groups to set aside their individual ambitions and discuss a common candidate. He cited the UDP, UNITE, NDP and other parties as forces that could work together, saying their divisions could lead some officials to move closer to the government of President Adama Barrow. However, he ruled out any alliance between No-to-Alliance and Barrow’s party, Kerr Fatou reports.
The position follows discussions about a Gambian opposition coalition, after Yahya Jammeh appointed Gibba to lead an APRC faction on 17 October. It also comes after Gibba pledged to facilitate Yahya Jammeh’s return in the event of an election victory, announced on 19 October.
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