The
ECOWAS Commission, the African Union Commission and the United Nations Office
for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) congratulate the people of The Gambia
for peaceful, free, fair and transparent presidential election held in the
country on 1st December 2016.
The
election was in line with the provisions of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol
on Democracy and Good Governance and the AU Charter on Democracy, Elections and
Governance.
The
President of the ECOWAS Commission, the Chairperson of the AU Commission and
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to West Africa
and Sahel commend His Excellency President Yahya Jammeh for gracefully
conceding defeat, and also congratulate Mr. Adama Barrow for winning the
presidential election.
The
President of the ECOWAS Commission, the Chairperson of the AU Commission and
the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to West
Africa and Sahel further commend the Independent Electoral Commission, the
people of The Gambia and the international community for their relentless
efforts to ensure a successful and smooth electoral process.
They
wish to express their satisfaction with the maturity, calm and dignity with
which the Gambian nation has conducted a peaceful, credible and uncontested
presidential election.
The
President of the ECOWAS Commission, the Chairperson of the AU Commission and
the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to West
Africa and the Sahel stand in solidarity with the government and the people of
The Gambia to ensure constitutional and legal transition and peaceful transfer
of power.
It
is the wish of the International Community that the newly elected President
will engage the citizenry to combat poverty by putting in place the needed
programmes necessary for creating jobs for the teeming youths for a sustainable
economic development.
