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| Photo: OJ Jallow |
By Ousman A. Marong
The former leader of
the Peoples’ Progressive Party (PPP), Omar Amadou Jallow alias OJ has said that
the Coalition leaders are to be blamed on the issue of 3 or 5 years mandate of President
Adama Barrow.
According to him,
Gambians should blame the coalition leaders and not “3 Years Jotna” Movement.
“We (Coalition
leaders) are to blame and not “3 Years Jotna movement. President Adama Barrow
was not the architect of the Coalition in 2016. He (Barrow) was never part of
the executive and has not attended a single meeting organized by the
executive,” he remarked.
The veteran politician
made these revelations on Taranga FM’s Current Affairs radio program anchored
by Dr. Ismaila Sisay.
When asked about his
thoughts on the arbitrary closure of the two radio stations namely Home Digital
FM and King FM plus the clamping down on journalists, he responded: “the matter
is at the court and me, therefore, want to limit myself on the issue”.
He added that many
Gambians misunderstood his comments regarding the demolition of mosques in
public places.
“Gambians
misunderstood me. I never said neither did I encourage the demolition of
mosques in public places. What I said was the sense in building mosques at
government institutions when you have people praying for only one daily prayer
and that is the Zuhr prayers,” he asserted.
According to him, the
country’s late President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara had never ordered the killing
of any Gambian during the 1981 coup.
“Sir Dawda had never
ordered the killing of any Gambian but it was Kukoi Samba Sanyang who contested
and lost the National Assembly Election in Foni and decided to collide with the
“Field Forces” in order to topple the democratically elected government of Sir
Dawda,” he adduced.
Meanwhile, he urged
Gambians to be law-abiding and adhere to the rule of law.
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