Juliet Ryan, Founder of BlaXit and Council of African Descendants (COAD) on behalf of the descendants residing in The Gambia congratulate President Elect Adama Barrow on his landslide election victory last Saturday while pointing out that they will continue their support. 

Juliet Ryan told this medium via a telephone conversation and said; they are happy with President Elect Adama Barrow’s victory. “We congratulate president elect Adama Barrow on his landslide election victory,” she said. “We are excited about his landslide victory and we wish him all the best in his second term. We congratulate him and his team for the efforts they put in during the campaign.

“The entire campaign has been peaceful throughout the country and the outcome was positive. We know Barrow is a development oriented person who put Gambia at heart. As we congratulated him, we hoped for a brighter future for the country.

As they congratulated elect President Barrow, However, Madam Ryan said they hope President Elect will remember them as African Descendants who were enslaved in the Carreabean for many years so they can be reintegrated back in Gambia. “We are still hoping to become Gambians citizen.” We hope that he will consider reducing the 15 years term for automatic citizenship. Finally, we are excited that he will be leading the country in the next five years. “We thank him and the Gambians for maintaining peace during the campaign and election time,” she expressed delight.

 

By: Dawda Baldeh