By Lamin Njie
UDP Busumbala leaders have accused the constituency’s national assembly member Saikouba Jarju of indifference towards Busumbala’s development.
Animosity and mistrust between Saikouba Jarju and UDP leaders in Busumbala is growing over the lawmaker’s open romance with President Adama Barrow.
Mr Jarju is suspected of being a member of Barrow Youth Movement and has been accused of pushing President Barrow’s political agenda in Busumbala, a move UDP leaders in the town say runs counter to the party’s interest.
Kemo Ceesay the town’s UDP chairman spoke at a news conference today saying while Mr Jarju claims to be a member of UDP, his actions prove otherwise.
“For us at the constituency level, we are seeing him as UDP. He is not participating in UDP activities and not giving us any feedback from the national assembly,” Mr Ceesay said of Jarju who has UDP to thank for his lawmaker job after claiming his stake under the party’s ticket at the 2017 national assembly elections.
The UDP Busumbala constituency leaders say if they do not succeed in bringing him back to line, they will petition the party’s national leadership.
Saikouba Jarju could not be immediately reached for comment.
