The IEC has clarified that it received a letter dated 13 May 2017 from Musa Batchilly that he has resigned from the GDC party. But this letter was received by the IEC on 3rd July, 2017.
The letter from IEC acknowledging a receipt of a letter of resignation dated 13th May , 2017 from Batchilly was dated by the IEC on the same day, 3rd July 2017 and in that same letter from the IEC, its dispatch signature is dated 3rd June, 2017.
Now the GDC expelled Musa Batchilly on 24th June, 2017 but before his expulsion, Batchilly attended a GDC executive meeting on 6th June, 2017.
Lessons to learn from this sag
1. GDC has dismissed Musa Batchilly and that is very true and correct. We have been vindicated.
2. Musa Batchilly thinks he is smart and decided to write a letter which he back-dated to the 13 May as his resignation, in an attempt to disqualify the GDC’s announcement that he has been dismissed. But unfortunately for him, he is not smart. He failed woefully because in the first place, he back dated his letter.
Secondly, the said date of 13th May, falls on Saturday, which is not a working day in the Gambia Government working hours and the IEC will be closed on that day.
Thirdly, he attended a GDC executive meeting on 3rd June, 2017, after writing his resignation letter.
Fourthly, why did the IEC receive his resignation letter on 3rd July, instead of the 13th May as he claimed?
3. The IEC in itself as an institution has committed a mistake in its dates in the letter where it acknowledged receipt of the resignation of Musa Batchilly. The letter was dated 3rd July 2017 and in its dispatch letter it was signed and dated 3rd June, 2017. That is the IEC’s fault on that letter.
Therefore, it is now very clear that GDC dismissed Batchilly but he did not resign before being fired. I realised he is beginning to deny his signature on the last executive meeting he attended but there is a proverb which says a drowning man will clutch at a last straw.
People who were at the meeting can confirm that he attended.
By MC Cham Jnr; GDC National Youth Mobiliser
