Following the circulation of about four leaked whatsapp audios between former President, Yahya Jammeh and memebers of his Alliance For Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC) party, The Fatu Network has gathered that The Gambia Government is working towards criminalizing contacts with the former president.
According to highly placed sources, considerations are said to be in high gear to start working on this. Here is what The Fatu Network is told the act will look like.
“Any citizen of The Gambia, or person, entity, organization, registered or unregistered political party, association or other group in The Gambia who for any reason, objective or purpose gives to or receives from former President Yahya Jammeh any gifts, monies or materials in any form whatsoever whether directly or indirectly commits an offence under this Act”.
Once this is put in place, those who speak to or receive gifts from Jammeh will be punished by the law.
In one of the audios making the rounds on social media, former president Jammeh could be heard telling his new party leader, Fabakary Tombong Jatta that he is working on something and that once that is finalized he will hear back from him. He was also heard giving directives to Jatta to expel two members of the party, those directives were later carried out by Jatta.
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