The
Alliance for Patriotic, Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party has filed
for an injunction at the Supreme Court of The Gambia yesterday seeking a court
order to block the inauguration of president-elect Adama Barrow, The Point
newspaper has gathered.
Sources
said the lawyer standing for the party in the petition case, Edward Gomez,
yesterday afternoon, filed for the injunction.
The
office of the Chief Justice confirmed receipt of the document, but it is not
yet known when it will be determined.
President
Yahya Jammeh initially accepted the result of the 1st December election which
he lost after ruling the country for 22 years.
However,
in a U-turn a week later that drew international condemnation, he denounced
what he claimed was widespread fraud.
Subsequently,
his APRC party filed a petition to challenge the result at the Supreme Court,
but the court was unable to determine the petition on Tuesday as there were no
judges to constitute a penal to determine it.
Chief
Justice Emmanuel Fagbenle adjourned the hearing until Monday 16 January.
The
court hired foreign judges from Nigeria and Sierra Leone to hear Jammeh’s
appeal. The judges would not be able to
make it to Banjul until May, the Chief Justice confirmed.
