The high court in Banjul on Monday struck out a lawsuit against Banjul Mayor Rohey Lowe and the IEC.
The court struck the suit out after the absence of the plaintiffs in court.
Gambia Participates, Centre for Reserch and Policy Development Banjul Box Bar councillor Aziz Gaye last week sued the mayor of Banjul and the IEC over voter’s cards issued through attestation by the mayor. Their suit came after they earlier on won a case against Mayor Lowe where the high court held she did not have the power to issue attestation.
Lawyer for the plaintiffs Abdoulie Fatty confirmed that the suit was indeed struck out but insisted they had in fact decided to withdraw the case and had informed lawyers for the respondents about it.
Mr Fatty said the mayor is appealing the earlier decision by the decision and that they thought it wise to focus on the appeal instead of fighting two fights.
