By Jaka Ceesay Jaiteh
GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty has said it is not realistic for presidential elections to be held this year.
The 2016 coalition pact demands that President Adama Barrow resign at the end of three-year term. That term will expire next month and already some coalition political parties have called on Mr Barrow to step down and fresh elections to be called.
GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty returned to the country from a tour of four Europe nations, a tour he used to interact with supporters of the red party.
Speaking to journalists at the airport on the idea of holding presidential elections next month, Mr Fatty insisted: “For GMC, we have made it very clear. For us [GMC], for us to have elections in 2019 is not realistic. Why is it not realistic? One, we have the same constitution that Jammeh left with us and this constitution is heavily skewed in favour of the incumbent.
“Simply majority, you are gone through. And it is now the prevailing trend across the world in the develop world and in developing countries to have absolute majority. Now, the current constitution does not cater for that.
“Secondly, we need to change the electoral laws and the system of registration. There are too many distortions in our elections laws and unless we sanitise our elections laws, we will have something similar to what we have with Jammeh.”
