The renowned lawyer, former TRRC lead counsel and now politician, is vying for the Office of the President in the December 4th polls.
Faal’s comments came after he heard of the supposed bribery of electorates, especially those around the rural communities, with money and milling machines by the National People’s Party (NPP) of President Adama Barrow, and also accused the party of interference with the political process.
Faal said that the dishing out of whopping sums of money, machines or such kinds of favour while at the height of election campaign cannot be termed as part of state development plan but instead an election bribery.
The renowned lawyer also raised the alarm of people complaining of surveillance by the incumbent’s people, which he said, is undone, and thus, urges to be investigated.
He urged the IEC to investigate such claims and put a stiff resistance to it as it is becoming too much at the moment.
However, Faal has controversially already expressed that the country’s election is already being rigged by the incumbent and his people, considering the purportedly crude political activities that are being employed by their campaign team.
BANJUL, 23 February 2021: The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Mamadou Tangara, on Tuesday 23 February received copies of Letters of Credence from the Ambassadors of Belgium and the Kingdom of Spain accredited to The Gambia.
Samba Baldeh, Gambian-U.S. lawmaker says tribalism and tribal identity will not develop the country at all and called on the citizenry to avoid all forms of tribalism to ensure unity and national development.
Extreme poor households within the settlements of Kantora, Sandu and Wulli East Districts have started benefiting from the Nafa – a project that rolls out cash to the poor and seeks to elevate the rural poor households in terms of food security and more.
From time immemorial, local griots also known in Mandinka parlance as ‘Jali’ have not only served as praise singers, but custodians of oral history. They belong to an important hierarchy in Mandinka social groupings just like smiths, metal workers and leather workers also known as‘Karanke’.
