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The Independent (Banjul)

May 25, 2001
Posted to the web May 25, 2001

Pa Modou Faal
Banjul, the Gambia

Baba Jobe the assistant secretary at the Office of the President and
chairman of the APRC youth wing was on Wednesday accused by party agents
posted at the South Atlantic voter registration centre in Bakau of
interfering with the work of the IEC officers.

Speaking in an interview with The Independent Babucarr Jammeh a party agent
at the centre said that since the commencement of the voter registration the
officers had not encountered any problems until on Wednesday when a man by
the name Salieu Jallow showed his identity card to the IEC but through the
interview the officers found out that he came from Cassamance and did not
have the valid document and he was therefore rejected.

According to Mr. Jammeh at that point Baba Jobe protested to the IEC
officers to give reason for rejecting the man, he further alleged that Mr.
Jobe went on to the extent of even questioning the citizenship of the IEC
officers after a short quarrel with them. He allegedly said that if the man
was not registered nobody would be registered at the said centre.

Mr. Jammeh also revealed to The Independent after the incident an old woman
in front of Mr. Jobe came with an identity card but was rejected again by
the elders because none of them can guarantee her citizenship and again Baba
Jobe allegedly wanted to disrupt everything but there was a bitter argument
between him and the party agents and even some of the people present after
which he left.

According Mr. Jammeh upon his departure the matter was reported to Malleh
Sallah the operations manager of the IEC who said that nobody has the right
to interfere with the work of their officials. He urged Gambians to desist
from such practice, noting that the IEC would not allow such acts from
anybody

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