By Sainey Darboe and Lamin Njie
Fatoumatta Jawara yesterday skewered the leader of the United Democratic Party Ousainou Darboe for acts of betrayal and calumny against her, as the plot thickens on the civil strife in the yellow camp.
Speaking during a meeting attended by President Barrow at Buffer zone, the Tallinding national assembly member acerbically recalled: “I have sacrificed and given my life to the party for 22 years and nobody had a problem with me. But when change came and things got better they found issues with me.
“All the maternal and paternal insults that are being directed at me have been at the behest of a drunkard old man who drank alcohol until the skin on his lips came off and turned red. He is a kaffir (unbeliever) and an accursed old man.”
The female legislator who was recently expelled from the United Democratic Party said she had made spirited efforts to clear her name following accusations of receiving D10,000 from president Barrrow, but her efforts at two UDP rallies met with a brick wall of resistance as her name was expunged from the list of speakers.
Fatoumatta Jawara came into prominence following arrest and prosecution alongside the UDP leader for participating in a protest against the killing of Solo Sandeng by state agents. She earned her freedom after the defenestration of Jammeh regime in 2016 polls.
Darboe reacted to Fatoumatta Jawara’s astonishing meltdown in an audio message to his supporters.
The respected politician said: “I want to call on all UDP members supporters, my relatives, my friends, my spouses, I want to beg all of you. No one should say anything about Fatoumatta Jawara for insulting me. No one should insult her.
“No one should pay attention to Fatoumatta Jawara, no one should respond to her. I leave her with Allah, I leave her with the Prophet. For her to say false things about me, for her to insult me… A young child who Ya Adam is older than, even Numukunda is older than. For her to open her mouth in a gathering, people clapping with her insulting me.”
