Mamma
Kandeh, leader of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has commended UDP
secretary general Ousainou Darboe and his team for calling on all Gambians to
exercise forgiveness.
He
said going to prison does not make one a hero and being a political prisoner
would never make one a hero; it was only after that, that one becomes a hero.
He
said what makes one a hero is to forgive and, as a result of that, he thanked
Ousainou Darboe for calling on Gambians to forgive the out-going President
Yahya Jammeh.
Speaking
at a press conference held at the Baobab Hotel yesterday, the GDC leader said:
“I am pleading with all, let us try and forgive, close all of our old chapters
and open a new page. In this way, we will become the heroes.
“Why
are people talking about Mandela,” he recalled, saying that what happened in
South Africa never happened in this country, but they were able to forget and
forgive.
“Today,
every South African is happy and I want that also to happen in this country,”
he said, adding that a small country like The Gambia with less than two million
people, does not want any form of revenge in the country.
He
said the press conference was held to contribute his quota to peace and
tranquility in the country.
“I
would also like to seize this opportunity to thank all Gambians and our
electorate, especially those who voted for the GDC. I want to register my
appreciation to all the members of the Gambia Democratic Congress.”
He said the GDC is a young party, and they
have achieved a lot with the support of the executive and the sympathizers of
GDC.
The
GDC leader also thanked everybody, starting from the deputy party leader,
saying he could not have done it alone knowing what the newly amended Act of
the Independent Electoral Commission requirements are for registering a
political party are.
Mamma
Kandeh equally thanked every Gambian for standing side-by-side until the party
was registered, and that the supporters were always with them up to the
election.
He
also registered his appreciation to all the political parties, starting from
the coalition to the APRC, saying the entire campaign was “conducted peacefully
and everything went fine”.
