In a campaign rally of the  GDC-led three party alliance in Garawol and Koina on Saturday 20th November 2021via a telephone call, former president Yaya Jammeh said he will return to The Gambia but did not disclose details of his return.

“I heard people are saying that Yahya Jammeh is in exile and he will not come back to The Gambia. I am not in exile, I am on leave. I left for Equatorial Guinea because of an agreement with Ecowas, AU and UN. Unfortunately, the government of [President] Barrow did not respect that agreement, and the AU, Ecowas and UN did not enforce the agreement we signed. But that will not stop me from coming to The Gambia. Election or not election, I will come to the Gambia.”

Jammeh added: “Adama Barrow had been saying he is a law-abiding president but he has been violating the law in so many ways. People are dying like dogs. We have seen containers of drugs coming into the country and not even one person arrested and prosecuted. We must unite by voting him out whether he likes it or not.

“We will regulate the security sector by ensuring the safety of all Gambians. I am aware that Senegalese troops come to Gambia, shoot people, arrest them and prevent you from cutting firewood in your own forest and taking them to Senegal. That is unacceptable and that will stop within the first week of our [GDC, APRC, GAP] administration because The Gambia is a sovereign state.”

He promised that the suffering, violence, continuous disappearance of children and other unlawful activities Gambians are currently going through will become a thing of the past within a year of their administration.

 Concluding, he urged Gambians to rally behind Mama Kandeh and vote for him come December 4th to regain the country’s lost sanity and rule of law.

 

By: Fatoumatta Samateh