PDOIS’ hugely successful congress on Sunday churned out Halifa Sallah as presidential candidate of the party – putting the party firmly on course to showing what it is made of at the December election.
Gambians will head to the polls in December to election a new president and certainly Halifa Sallah will be one of the options.
The credible politician was chosen by delegates to be PDOIS’ battle axe at a congress that began on Friday.
And addressing the delegates, Sallah said: “If I were ever to become the president of this country for months and years and discover that I cannot add value, I promise you that I will resign. And if I have to spill blood, arrest, detain just to be a president of this republic, then call me a criminal, the worst criminal who has ever lived on this earth.
“Power is not meant to oppress and coerce. It’s meant to protect. So the task you have put on my shoulders is a heavy one and I will leave this podium with a heavy heart, seeing the past and looking at the future.”
