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

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.

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