The National People’s Party government has been advised to honour its promise to the people by delivering on their wishes and aspirations.
“While wishing all Gambians a very joyous and prosperous 2022, I challenge our government to honour its promise to our people by delivering on their wishes and aspirations. For those of us on the other side of the aisle, we must also remain steadfast in our obligation to drive the people’s’ agenda and to hold the government accountable for its actions. As we embrace 2022, we pray and look forward to a better and accessible health care for all, greater opportunities for the women, youth and other vulnerable groups and liveable wages and better living conditions for the people,” Sobeya team who backed Essa Faal said.
“Fellow Gambians, the year 2021 was a very eventful period in our history. Significant milestones have been achieved, notably the completion of the consultations and submission of a draft constitution that for all intents and purposes reflects the sovereign will and aspirations of the Gambian people, as well as the completion and submission of the highly acclaimed report of the TRRC. These two achievements were the central pillars of the Gambia’s much heralded transitional justice programme. We all know that the draft constitution on which no less than D110 million was spent to make it has been jettisoned to the waste bin. It is very likely that the TRRC report may suffer a similar fate, if the recent political manoeuvres reveal the political leanings of the executive,” the statement added.
“However, we have just concluded a very peaceful and orderly presidential election. I congratulate all the candidates and indeed the entire people of The Gambia for their tolerance, patience, maturity and indulgence in ensuring that the process was enviable and admirable in many respects. More significantly however, our democracy has been strengthened and the value of respect for and resort to the law as the arbiter of societal disputes equally reinforced. In essence, while our democracy is not perfect, it works. As such, we have become a shining example of a tolerant, peaceful and law-abiding country,” statement concluded.