A gaggle, the Africa Watchdog, has referred to as on The Gambia electoral physique, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to conduct credible presidential polls.
It stated credible and acceptable polls was not solely about going to the polling unit however freed from intimidation of political opponents forward of the polls.
In an announcement issued in Benin City, the coordinator of the group, Comrade Isaq Abdullahi, stated African leaders should present true management by permitting the individuals’s will to prevail in addition to give opposition political events the liberty to campaigns by all authorized means.
Isaq expressed reservation over rising political rigidity in Gambia over allegations marketing campaign automobiles belonging to opposition presidential frontrunner, Prince Ebrahim Sanyang, have been prevented from getting into the nation by way of its border with Senegal.
He stated the founder and chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), accused Gambian immigration officers of refusing entry to 6 Senegalese technicians and automobiles engaged for his presidential marketing campaign with out offering any written rationalization or authorized justification.
According to him, “Lovers of freedom and democracy should converse up in opposition to electoral injustice world wide. We should be reminded that the ECOWAS Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, Residence and Establishment, gives qualifying residents of member states with visa-free entry for visits of as much as 90 days.
“Both Senegal and The Gambia are parties to the regional agreement, which seeks to promote freedom of movement, economic cooperation and regional integration across West Africa.”
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