Ahead of the 4 December Presidential election in the Gambia, Africa Daily News, New York has learnt that campaign activities have officially started officially in the West African country.
On Saturday, the electoral commission approved six candidates to run for the number one office in the country.
Those standing include incumbent Adama Barrow, the main opposition leader Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and Essa Faal, who was the chief counsel of Gambia’s Truth Commission that investigated human rights abuses allegedly committed under former president Yahya Jammeh.
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It is the first vote since he left office after being defeated by President Barrow in 2016.
Mr Jammeh has distanced himself from an alliance formed by his party with the party of Mr Barrow.
Campaigns are expected to officially end two days before the polls.
Earlier in the year, it was discovered that the supporting role being played by former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan towards reviving the stalled constitutional review process in The Gambia has begun to bear fruits with the political parties and parliamentarians determining to cooperate and resolve the challenges standing in the way of adopting a new constitution for the people of The Gambia.
Jonathan, who was invited to The Gambia last December as a well-respected eminent international statesman, returned to Banjul in the first week of January to continue to facilitate the consultations for advancing the interparty dialogue towards garnering the required parliamentary support for a draft constitution meant to give the people of the country a new republic.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
