The support for President Adama Barrow five years mandate is deepening as two United Democratic Party lawmakers declared their support to the President five years mandate.
Hon. Saikou Marong and Hon. Fatoumata Jawara, members for Latrikunda and Tallingding Kunjang Constituencies has opposed the views and position of United Democratic Party (UDP) demining President Adama Barrow to leave power by end of his three years in office.
The UDP lawmakers pointed out their party position is not in consonant with country Constitution which calls for any seating President of the republic to serve for five years mandate.
Last week the United Democratic Party (UDP) called on President Adama Barrow to respect the Coalition 2016 agreement and hand-over power by December.
However, the statement made at the UDP press conference did not go down with two seating members of the UDP creating divisions within the UDP party on whether President Barrow should respect the 3 or five years in office.
“I have made my position very clear since the very night UDP made its statement that the President should step-down after three years. I want to make my position very clear to Gambians and my position is that, am supporting the five years mandate of the President given to him by the constitution”, said Hon. Saikou Marong NAM, Latrikunda Sabiji
“This is the first time coming out publicly to affirm my allegiance to President Barrow. My reasons are based on the fact that, I now lost trust and confidence in the UDP and its leadership who have now power away from their common goals of ending dictatorship in the country,” Hon. Fatoumatta Jawara National Assembly Member of Tallinding Kunjang
She revealed that UDP has now started going against the very people who stood by the party shoulder to shoulder at the most difficult times of the party only to be mortgage by people who never contributes to its long journey of struggle against dictatorship in the country.
“Personally I have started losing hope on UDP especially when the party started defamatory the very people who led the struggle against ending dictatorship in this country. Every day you see UDP members harping insults and all sorts of names on people who sacrifice their lives for this party and the leadership keep paying blind eyes on these issues”, Hon. Jawara pointed out.
She added: “I want to make my position clear that am here to support the President and I am with him all the way to the end of his five years mandate given to him by the constitution”.
According to her, she has told the Truth Reconciliation and Reparation (TRRC) that she will never be victimized in The Gambia any more, stressing that her participation in the struggle to end dictatorship in the country will not go in vain for no undue course.
Hon. Jawara noted that she is not bothered to be vilify or label with all sort of names by members and supporters of the UDP, noting that as politicians the politics of character assassination is a mere cream applied on one’s body and as such no amount of such insults or intimidation will make her to change her support to President Barrow.
