By Alieu Ceesay
Plans are afoot to have Gambians in the diaspora vote in their native country’s political elections, the Chairman of The Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission said in an interview with The Fatu Network.
“They [Gambian in the diaspora] were supposed to be voting but because the former regime felt that probably 90% will not vote for him [Former President Jammeh], so it was not implemented. But it is in our plans now to have them vote,”
Alieu Momar Njai, the head of the electoral body of the tiny West Africa Nation told this medium that Gambians in the diaspora are active players in their country’s domestic politics, but do not have the opportunity to vote away from home.
Gambia has thousands of its citizens living in the diaspora. They have been and continue to demand to be given equal rights as citizens to vote during elections.
However, Njai could not give a timeline as to when that will come into effect, but certainly not in this upcoming Local Government Elections.
