Gambia
Labour Congress has issued a press release calling on President Yahya Jammeh to
respect the will of the Gambian people and relinquish power.
The
press release reads:
GAMBIA
2O16 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS
The
National Executive of the Gambia Labour Congress on behalf of its
affiliates namely; Gambia Labour Union,
Gambia Transport Agriculture Food and Industrial workers Union, Gambia Hotel
Restaurant and Catering Workers Union, Gambia Horticultural and General Workers
Union and The Gambia Agricultural Union wishes to express great concern at the
present political impasse following the 2016 Presidential election held in The
Gambia in which the Coalition Candidate
Adama Barrow was overwhelmingly elected and declared the winner.
As
a Civil Society Organisation pivotal in National Politics, we deplore the
refusal of the incumbent Alhaji Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh to accept the verdict of
the people and call on him in the name of peace and justice to relinquish power
as demanded by the people through a democratic process.
We
further call on the incumbent to desist from any act that may jeopardise the
will of the people and the peaceful co-existence of the working class families.
REMEMBER
THAT THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF GOD.
LONG
LIVE THE THIRD REPUBLIC!
Source:
The Secretariat
