By Lamin Njie
A US-based political activist has slammed Dembo By Force Bojang over his attack on Mandinkas.
Speaking at the United Democratic Party national congress earlier this month, the UDP national president who also doubles as religious adviser to President Adama Barrow said that Mandinkas were the people insulting President Barrow, Ousainou Darboe, Mai Fatty and others on social media.
His comments have since prompted anger from Gambians.
“From all due respect to Honourable Uncle Dembo that statement was awful,” Pata Saidykhan told The Fatu Network in an exclusive interview.
“When you’re in a gathering like that, you’re addressing your party member or even addressing the nation, you don’t confine that speech to one particular group of people when you’re talking to a whole nation.”
Mr Saidykhan who is also a UDP hardliner said when you go to social media “you will not find only Mandinkas insulting there.”
“There is nothing wrong with admonishing the UDP without having a sectionalist kind of approach to it. That was ugly. You don’t do that at that setting,” he said.
