Members
of the 3 Years Jotna, a pressure group demanding that President Adama Barrow
steps down after completing a three years of presidency as promised during his
campaign in the 2016 presidential election, said they want to see the president
resign in honour of his promise to the nation.
Speaking
in an interview with The Point Newspaper, Yankuba Darboe, a 3 Years Jotna
official said that all they wanted was to see President Barrow to step down,
adding that Barrow is not the man of his words.
“We
don’t want President Barrow to go beyond 3 years, because if we go beyond three
years, it is going to be another dictatorial rule,” he said.
According
to him, it’s a sign of dictatorship by letting them to protest in “this bush,”
saying they will not allow that kind of rule in the country again.
“We
all know that this kind of things shouldn’t happen.”
Darboe
who is a lawyer by profession, said that Barrow has been only following his
interest and not the nation, adding that goes to show he doesn’t want the
country’s economy to grow.
“We
are fighting against another dictatorship because looking at how things are
going, we are heading towards another dictator ruling,” he emphasised.
Buba
Ceesay from Badibou said that they have come out to remind Adama Barrow about
the agreement he made together with the Coalition members. He added that
failure to honour that agreement shows that he is not and would never be a good
leader for the country.
“Adama
Barrow has failed all Gambians not only for not honouring the 3 years agreement
but also for not working towards the development of the country,” he said.
Alhagie
Dembo Sarja Krubally from Basse Koba-Kunda, said that he was at the protest
ground to give advice to the young protesters to maintain peace.
“I really respect the 3 Years Jotna Group for
persistently applying for permit to protest against what is not going good for
them. This is democracy and it called for equal rights,” he said.
Fatoumatta
Sillah, a protester revealed that they were doing this to ask President Barrow
to step down, adding that they no longer want him as the president of the
country.
“We
will want someone to lead us who will respect whatever he or she promises to us
Gambians. Adama Barrow is taking us backward and we don’t want him leader,” she
said.
According
to her, they no longer have trust in Adama Barrow’s government and they want
him to step down immediately. She added that they will never get tired of
protesting until he honours the agreement.
