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| Mai Fatty, GMC leader/Photo: Facebook |
“GMC dissociates itself from G6 letter to the
authorities,” the headline said.
In a brief statement this week, the Gambia Moral
Congress, an opposition party led by lawyer Mai Ahmad Fatty said it does not
subscribe to the contents of a letter written to the National Assembly by the
Group of Six (G6) opposition parties in connection with the recent killing of
nine death row inmates by the Gambia Government.
“GMC had expressed its views publicly in the media
and during consultations with diplomatic representatives of the international
community on both the death penalty and the executions. We do not see the logic
of writing to the National Assembly or Yaya Jammeh again on this issue,” Mr.
Fatty said.
Our contention is that the death penalty had
legally expired by effluxion of time five years ago, and what happened on the
27th of August 2012 was murder most foul, the party said.
However, the GMC has no intention just yet to break
away from the opposition grouping but did not rule out the possibility.
“We have participated at all G6 sessions, and we
intend to continue to do so in the future. We have no intention of withdrawing
from G6 unless circumstances require a review of the relevance of our
continuing membership in the Group. If such a need emerged, we shall not
hesitate to act and make our views public,” it said.
Nonetheless, it said “GMC wishes to make it known
crystal clear that as much as we remain part of the G6 and ready to continue to
work on common issues, we do not subscribe to the contents of the said
letter.”
Source: The Vioce
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