President Adama Barrow’s decision not to meet with the ambassadors of EU, US, UK and Germany over the draft constitution has been branded as sad.
Last month, ambassadors of EU, US, UK and Germany reached out to State House to meet President Barrow over the draft constitution. The president declined to meet them.
Distinguished career diplomat Dr Sidat Jobe told The Fatu Network while stating his opinion on the president’s decision: “That was a very sad decision and I will tell you why. You see when we beat our chest and get very angry and denounce the West and denounce our development partners or even imagine denounce Ecowas, there are consequences to that.
“‘You do not want to meet our ambassadors, you want us to help you to maintain Ecomig, we will not do it’. They will refuse to do it and if they refuse to do it, Ecomig is going away and it’s one of the desires of the president. And if they do that, it doesn’t end there.
“You see, we overexaggerate our independence. When we say we’re independent, we should also be lucid enough to know what that entails. I only hope somebody can warn the president before it puts him in a very uncomfortable situation. Because if they want to revenge, they will block us…”
