By: Momodou Justice Darboe
The Campaign Manager (CM) of the NPP, Mr. Lamin Cham, has asserted that the clamor of the opposition against President Adama Barrow’s return to office in 2026 amounts to the contravention of the Gambia’s Constitution.
Mr. Cham explained that the Gambian constitution does not bar President Barrow from seeking a third term in office, describing the No-to-Third-Term agitation as indicative of the lack of confidence in the opposition camp about their electoral prospects in the next general election.
“I know that they are afraid of Adama and are now clamoring for a No-to-Third-Term. If you are confident enough, you don’t need to talk to us about any third term. Prepare yourselves and let’s meet in the middle of the arena so that it can be clear to all who exactly is the victor,” he stated.
“If you[opposition] say no to a third term, you are saying no to the Gambia’s Constitution because that has not been provided for in the Constitution. If you have confidence in yourselves, you need not talk about a third term. Prepare your contestant for us to contest. That’s it,” he added.
The NPP’s chief strategist was speaking at a political rally in Busumbala over the weekend when UDP and No-to-Coalition supporters declared their allegiance to the ruling party.
“I said in Brikama that this [defection to NPP] will continue. Before 2026, the opposition’s support base will shrink. The opposition must break. Victory for NPP in 2026 is irreversible,” said Cham.
CM Cham told the rally that the opposition members were so scared of President Barrow that they decided to make a profession out of spinning his utterances.
“They are so scared that they made a profession out of twisting his [Barrow] utterances because not long ago when we inaugurated a bureau at Kerewan, Adama talked about the possibility of some bureaus degenerating into ‘Narr’ boutique and they held a press conference…Adama’s father and my uncle [Darboe] spun this statement and attributed it to TalibBensouda,” maintained Cham.
Meanwhile, he assured the defectors to feel at home.
