Dodou
Jah, deputy spokesperson of the opposition Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation
and Construction (APRC) has slammed international bodies of ECOWAS, AU and the
United Nations, accusing them of turning a deaf ear to his party over the
possible return of former President Yahya Jammeh, who is currently in exile in
Equatorial Guinea.
“The
APRC is just reminding those stakeholders who negotiated the departure of
former President Yahya Jammeh to Equatorial Guinea. We are just reminding them
but we are not demanding. There was a joint declaration and we feel they are
ignoring it,” Mr. Jah said in an interview with journalists
Former
President Yahya Jammeh last week in an audio conversation with the party’s
deputy leader urged his supporters to protest and demand the implementation of
the joint agreement with ECOWAS, AU and UN.
“The
government’s saying that it can’t guarantee security to former President Yahya
Jammeh if he forcefully comes to the country is an insult to Gambians. For 22
years this country had peace and stability of which the entire world can attest
to that.”
He
added: “So if this government says they can’t provide security for one man,
that is an insult to this country. One, it shows the incompetence of this
government. What is the essence of having an army?, the police, PIU and prison
among others. What is their use then? It is better we dissolve them and make them
normal civilians,” he emphasised.
“For
EU, ECOWAS and UN not to listen to us are up to them. We just want to remind
them and show the entire world that APRC is up to task; whether they take it
seriously or not, history will judge them. If they didn’t reply to us, the
executive of the party will sit and discuss about it and whatever decision they
take we will go with it,” he said.
