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| PDOIS Secretary-General, Halifa Sallah |
The
Secretary General of opposition, the Peoples Democratic Organisation for
Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) foresees the end of Gambia’s second republic
and president Yahya Jammeh’s era in 2016.
A
third republic will be born in 2016, Mr. Halifa Sallah said. However, for this
to be, it means the opposition must win the next presidential election
scheduled for that year, even though international observers have said the
president is sure to win every election in the country whatever the case.
“Gambia
is in a state of flux,” Halifa said in a November 9 PDOIS statement he issued
“On the political situation of the Gambia and the threat of an impending armed
insurrection.”
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| President Yahya Jammeh/AFP |
“PDIOS is willing to give guidance at each turn
of the country so that our ship of state will anchor on safe shores. Those who
want human rights protection today and change by 2016 should mobilize the
people to give the opposition the power of numbers over the incumbent. No
leader on earth has ever been able to defy the power of numbers,” he stated.
As
combatants sit down to negotiate a peaceful settlement of disputes, Mr. Sallah
said PDOIS supports the meeting of opposition parties to select a liaison to
prepare the ground to draw Jesse Jackson to promote negotiation for electoral
reform.
