By Nyima Sillah
Essa Faal, an independent presidential candidate has urged electorates to refrain from selling their voter cards in favor of politicians, as it is few weeks to the December presidential election.
Speaking at a campaign rally held in Kuntaur, the former lead counsel of TRRC, described buying voter cards as an ‘attack to the democracy’ saying action destroys a country’s progress.
“Do not allow yourself to be fooled if they give you five hundred dalasi and take your voter card it is as if you have sold your life for five years,” he said.
“Within 5 years you would not be able to voice out your pain anywhere and it is clear that what is given to you in exchange of your vote they will take it from you because your money is in the government and you leave it with them so they will take it and spend it anywhere,” he said.
Meanwhile, he lashed out at the Barrow administration saying the government woefully failed the country in taking it to the promised land.
“I never see a hospital without doctors. I see that only in Kuntaur why will they establish hospitals and make you believe that you have a hospital whilst it does not have a hospital. That is just a joke. a village like Kuntaur and its importance in The Gambia. There is no doctor in the hospital so this is very sad,” he said.
He challenged Kuntaur people to show themselves in this election and vote for him because he will care for them. This is because he and his team know the problems in Kuntaur village and they have solutions to all problems if they vote for him in the December 4 election.
“If you vote for us, Kuntaur will harvest rice so that Gambia can start eating the rice we grow but we have to inform you that we going to bring up agriculture in the Gambia and put it in place, we know that a country that cannot feed itself cannot go further and Kuntaur should be in a position of feeding itself and feed the Gambia,” he advised them.