Gambia’s Democratic Congress party (GDC) has expressed solidarity with the people of Guinea Conakry, condemning the brutality meted out to unarmed civilian protesters and called on president Alpha Conde to respect the constitution and the people of Guinea.
GDC party leader and Secretary General, Mamma Kandeh, urged Guinean President Conde to drop his sham referendum for a third presidential term.
“I have learned with great dismay and utterly shocked by unfolding events in Guinea Conakry. An effort by president Alpha Conde to subvert the will of the Guinean people by way of attempting to amend the constitution for an unconstitutional third term is unacceptable,” Kandeh said in statement made available to The Voice on Sunday.
He added: “The Gambia Democratic Congress party is in solidarity with the people of Guinea in their quest for the rule of law and constitutional order.”
He stressed that it is utterly shocking that a statesman who visited The Gambia several times in 2017 to broker a political deal and brought an end to the impasse in The Gambia will now cause so much pain and bloodshed in his own country just to remain in power.
“I am a firm believer of an unaltered Presidential term limit and therefore call on regional powers, ECOWAS, AU and the UN, to urge President Conde to step down at the end of his second term.
“Any attempt to fraudulently amend the constitution for a supposed third term will be an affront to the sub regional efforts for a multi-party and presidential term limit democracies,” he pointed out.
