The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh has been preaching forgiveness among the political class in his country after the Supreme Court in that country postponed the hearing of an election petition he filed to January 16.
He has addressed Gambians via the state broadcaster urging them to remain calm and respect the ruling of the Supreme Court on his election petition. The embattled president claimed to have appointed his own mediator to help resolve the political crisis.
Mr. Jammeh is refusing to accept the outcome of the December 1, 2016 presidential elections which he lost to Adama Barrow.
He claimed the results were flawed forcing him to file a petition to challenge it at the country’s top court.
Mr. Jammeh’s tenure ends on January 19 and the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS has been making efforts to convince him to step down and hand over power peacefully. He has rejected their mediation accusing them of bias.
In his speech he stated that it is only the Supreme Court that can decide who becomes president of Gambia once his petition is heard.
Mr Jammeh said in that speech that “I ask everyone to respect the supreme law of our republic and wait for the Supreme Court review and ruling on the election results.”
He has also asked the justice ministry and parliament to develop a law that prevents “witch hunt” of politicians.
Source: Africafeeds.com
