By Sarjo Brito
One-time Interior Minister and former adviser to the President Mai Ahmad Fatty has joined other political leaders in the country to show his dissatisfaction over the rejection of the draft constitution by parliament.
Speaking at a press conference, the former minister said the day the draft bill was rejected will go down in the history of The Gambia as a day of ‘’The great betrayal’’.
With many believing that the rejection of the draft bill was done along political lines, Honourable Fatty could not agree more.
The former adviser in fact believes that the monumental failure of the draft constitution was masterminded by what he describes as known politicians in the executive and parliament. Calling out parliamentarians, the GMC Leader said their reasons for voting the bill down, reveals nothing but selfish, individualistic and personal interest.
He argued none of the objections of the NAM’s that voted against the bill were grounded either in law, logic or national interest.
The former Minister said 2016 was supposed to be a turning point as Gambians voted on the coalition’s promise for system change and therefore the rejection of draft bill by lawmakers was a direct attempt to kill our collective national aspiration for a new Gambia.
