Saiks,

From what you have quoted, the only truth there are:

1. That only the APRC, PDOIS and NRP contested the NA elections of which the opposition fielded candidates in 15 constituencies only.

2. That the constitution was ammended to allow the president to appoint chiefs rather than having them elected.

The rest of what you quoted is not true. You will recall that when relations between the US and Gambia were normalised, this is what the US embassy press release said:

"Embassy of the United States in Banjul, Gambia, is pleased to announce that, effective March 5th, 2002, the US government has lifted the restrictions on bilateral assistance imposed against the Republic of The Gambia in 1994, as required by section 508 of the US Foreign Assistance Act. The US government has determined that a democratically elected government has assumed office in the Republic of The Gambia following the Presidential election of October 2001 and the legislative elections of January 2002, which international observers deemed generally free and fair, despite some shortcoming."

This, saiks, is how the US government deems our recently held elections. As you rightly pointed out, at least Jammeh was elected by the people and not by the supreme court unlike George W. Bush of the USA.

Have a good day, Gassa.


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