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 Posted - 01 Feb 2007 : 01:39:43
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KALIFA B. JAMMEH WINS BAKAU SEAT
By Sarjo Camara Singhateh
The constituency of Bakau, selected their choice of representation in the National Assembly, in the recently concluded National Assembly Elections of the 25th of January, 2007. The end result of the political battle between the ruling APRC candidate, Mr. Kalifa B. Jammeh, and the opposition UDP’s Mr. Nfamara S. Bojang, in the said constituency finally came on the 25th January 2007, at the Independence Stadium, where the counting of the votes took place. Mr. Kalifa B. Jammeh, retained his incumbency with 3009 votes, while Nfamara S. Bojang of the UDP came out with 2869 votes. The total number of votes cast was 5877 with 8693 unused tokens, out of a total number of 14,570 registered voters.
The counting was witnessed by the Assistant Returning Officers Messrs. Yankuba Sawaneh and Ousman Sawo, of the IEC. When I spoke to Mr. Kalifa B. Jammeh, shortly after the counting was completed, he said, he knew that he would be re-elected because he had been securing the interest of his constituents during his first term. He promised to re-double his efforts to serve his people more efficiently in his new term.
Mr. Jammeh also said that on behalf of his people, he would appeal to the authorities to consider the situation of the people of Bakau. He noted that presently there are some families in Bakau whose lands have been taken from them by the authorities. Mr. Jammeh said he would also take women’s issues seriously in the next National Assembly because Bakau women are hardworking but lacked facilities for their produce.
He stated that they could not alleviate poverty without putting such structures in place. “I promised to develop Bakau constituency in any way,” he stated. Mr. Jammeh said his doors are open for anybody who wants to work with him. Polling at Bakau started as early as 7: 00am. This reporter visited many places, but the voter turn out was very low, according to the presiding officers I spoke to. Also, some voters could neither find their names on the register nor the counterfoil which created confusion. Later it was confirmed by the IEC officers that any voter who came with a voters’ card should be allowed to vote for the simple reason that the transfer counterfoils could not be found at the IEC head office. The voting process went on smoothly. Readers could recall that Bakau was a UDP stronghold until 2001, when the UDP decided to boycott the National Assembly elections and Mr. Jammeh went unopposed.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 012/2007, 31st January – 2nd February, 2007
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