By Lamin Njie
Nominated National Assembly Member Majanko Samusa has accused the majority leader of the National Assembly Kebba K Barrow of spreading false news.
The majority leader on Monday told journalists in Banjul that 31 national assembly members consented to a declaration that came out of an emergency caucus held in response to the sacking of nominated national assembly member Ya Kumba Jaiteh.
Gambian lawmakers are at odds on Ya Kumba Jaiteh’s firing. She was fired from her position as a nominated national assembly member by President Adama Barrow on Monday.
The bickering took a new turn on Tuesday with a number of NAMs inviting journalists to a press conference.
“What has happened yesterday is very unfortunate. Unfortunate in the sense that people just do things without proper consultation. The majority leader deliberately mislead the public, the dishonesty by giving the fake information to the public,” Samusa, who was hand-picked by President Barrow to be a member of the National Assembly, told journalists who attended Tuesday’s press conference.
