UDP has lost its bid to have by-elections held after the party sacked Sheriffo Sonko.
UDP in March last year fired Sonko alongside two councilors in West Coast Region after they were found to be ‘non-compliant’ with the rules of the party.
UDP had argued Sonko automatically lost his Brikama Area Council chairman role, relying on a local government law which says an elected local government official automatically loses his elected role when his party sacks him.
Sonko refused to vacate the role and the party then took the IEC to the high court for the electoral body to conduct by-elections. The case was later forwarded to the Supreme Court.
UDP spokesman Almamy Taal told The Fatu Network the Supreme Court is now saying the law the party relied on is unconstitutional.
It means there will be no by-election and Sonko will now keep his job as chairman of Brikama Area Council.
