‘Ibn Chambas Did Not Receive Such A Letter’ These are the words of Ms. Ade Mamonyane Lekoetje,The United Nations Resident Representative to The Gambia.
Ms. Ade Mamonyane Lekoetje was contacted by The Fatu Network to shed light on information making the rounds on social media that the dismissed coalition members have petitioned The United Nations on the legality of their dismissal during President Barrow’s first cabinet reshuffle last week.
The news went further to say that Ibn Chambas, UN’s Special Represntative of the Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel and head of UNOWAS is to travel to Banjul for mediation this week.
‘In fact Mr. Chambas is planning a visit to The Gambia as part of his quarterly visit, this has absolutely nothing to do with the alleged letter you asked about. She said
Gambians woke up to the Whatsapp message below stating that a petition was sent to UN on the legality of the dismissal of key coalition members after President Barrow’s first cabinet reshuffle.
‘Apparently a petition was sent to U.N.on the legality of dismissal of certain coalition members.. to that effect IBN CHAMBAS will be coming to Gambia.’
Meanwhile, Sulayman Bokar Bah, a Gambian journalist based in Birmingham, UK has this to say:
‘It is against the foundational principles of the UN Charter to interfere in the domestic affairs of a sovereign state. The UN will only intervene in situations that poses threat to regional and global security’.
