By Lamin Njie
GDC leader Mamma Kandeh has said that President Adama Barrow is engaged in desperate attempts to hold on to power.
“Barrow wants to strengthen himself forgetting that he said he was going to be in power for only three years; forgetting that he said that he will step aside. That’s what he signed. Now he’s in power and doesn’t want to leave. Someone who calls himself an honourable man… He says something until the whole world hears it and now he wants to change that,” Mr Kandeh told a crowd of supporters at a rally held on Saturday.
Opposition Gambia Democratic Congress on Saturday held a massive rally in Mamouda, Kombo South – as the party presses on with its political activities countrywide.
Mr Kandeh told supporters President Barrow formed a movement “going to people for him to stay in office.”
“This government has no interest in development. They have no interest in Gambians. They have no interest in the progress of this country. Each among them is trying to see how he or she could protect his or her position,” he said.
Kandeh also told supporters “I saw them bribing some old men in URR to come and meet Barrow.”
“Those people didn’t come on their own volition,” he said.
“And I heard some people want to embark on a solidarity march in Basse for Barrow to remain in power. If they do that, we will also do a march for Barrow to leave power. All these show that these people are trying daily to see how they could remain where they are.”
Plight of Gambians
Mr Kandeh also faulted the Barrow administration for being insensitive to the plight of Gambians.
The GDC leader said: “What we have in The Gambia is felt by everyone. I told you there will come a time when you will meet a Gambian with his hands on his head saying, ‘I didn’t expect this.’ That wasn’t long enough. And it’s come to pass.
“What has The Gambia government done in this country from 2016 to date? There’s something that they’ve done but is that what Gambians need? On the whole a foundation is better than a government… As things stand, all the projects that should be implemented by the government have been diverted to Barrrow Youth Movement.”
Kandeh said further that “The Gambia government cannot fit into a movement.”
“A movement cannot move the Gambia forward and the people of that movement are entering houses, bushes, going everywhere lying to people,” he added.
