Citizens’ Alliance on Saturday unveiled its 68-page manifesto where its presidential candidate Dr Ismaila Ceesay insisted it should not just be a document to fulfil a request.
“This should not just be another document to fulfill a request that a party should have a manifesto,” Dr Ceesay speaking during the unveiling of the document at Paradise Suites Hotel said.
CA’s manifesto dubbed ‘a contract with the Gambian people’ offers a real idea as to how the party is planning to govern the country.
CA says its commitments are anchored on four pillars which “will be critical in navigating our country’s reversal from underdevelopment and stagnation to the pinnacle of growth, progress, and prosperity”. These pillars are: creating economic prosperity and decent Jobs; empowering the Gambian citizenry; promoting good governance and transparency; and ensuring peace, security and stability.
Dr Ceesay said: “We call this document a contract with the Gambia people. And contracts must be respected and fulfilled. No, it must be put into practise when we come into government.
“If you make a promise, you must fulfill that promise. We don’t want to be a government that doesn’t adhere to contracts they’d signed with the population. It will not tell well for our legacy.”
