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Sorry, I thought u were embarrassed

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:52 AM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Cherno, read the news. It is Fabakary Tombong Jatta who said, he is
> embarrassed at the infighting for candidateship.
> Cheers
> Suntou
>
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 12:15 PM, C. Omar Kebbeh <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Suntou, Why are you embarassed?
>>
>>  On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:32 AM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>>
>>>  http://kibaaro.com/nomination-row-embarrasses-majority-leader/
>>>
>>>
>>>  *By Bakary Jarjue*
>>>  [image: Fabakary Tombong Jatta]<http://kibaaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Fabakary-Tombong-Jatta.jpg>
>>>
>>> *Fabakary Tombong Jatta*
>>>
>>> *The majority leader of the Gambia’s parliament was deeply disturbed
>>> about his party supporters’ fight over councillorship nomination in Abuko.
>>> *
>>>
>>> Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the APRC member for Serekunda East,
>>> explained how he was “deeply embarrassed” about the rivalry between the
>>> backers of Momodou Pika Jallow and Jang Bah. Mr. Jallow was nominated at
>>> the expense of Mr. Bah who wielded huge support among Abuko ward voters.
>>> This flared tempers in Mr. Bah’s camp resulting to what Hon. Jatta called
>>> “deeply embarrassing confrontation.”
>>>
>>> Mr. Jatta was so concerned about the political fallout that he traveled
>>> to Abuko in an attempt to bury the hatchet. He wondered why Abuko – a tiny
>>> fraction of Mr. Jatta’s mighty constituency – has been singled out for
>>> creating “bad names for me.”
>>>
>>> Hon. Jatta felt offended for being excluded from the Abuko crisis
>>> management. He did not understand why an issue that could have been
>>> internally solved was taken to the electoral commission. Hon. Jatta said
>>> Bah should have followed the party’s procedures which would have guaranteed
>>> him nomination a ticket on the ballot instead of trading misleading
>>> information among his supporters. Describing the APRC as a party of all,
>>> Mr. Jatta said the onus then lies on its supporters to follow the proper
>>> channels if they desire to run for any elected office rather than trying to
>>> imposing themselves on people.
>>>
>>> Jatta however reminded his party supporters to be wary of the fact that
>>> leadership is bestowed by Allah and not humans.
>>>
>>> Jang Bah begged to differ. “I had no previous desire to run for
>>> councillorship; I was only responding to the wishes of the people,” he
>>> said, admitting to have filed late nomination papers. He endorsed Mr.
>>> Jallow’s candidacy to maintain the party’s unity, much to the consternation
>>> of his already bruised die-heart supporters who accused Mr. Jallow of
>>> rampant corruption and mismanagement. But the majority leader said that
>>> could be averted with proper transparency and accountability.
>>>
>>> Ends
>>>
>>> --
>>> www.suntoumana.blogspot.com
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