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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 23 Oct 2015 : 22:05:42
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A NEW WAVE OF ASYLUM SEEKING MAY BEGIN BY MARCH 2016, IF…..
Foroyaa Editorial: October 21, 2015
The banning of MOJA by the Jawara administration in 1980 led to a wave of asylum seeking which took many Gambian youth to Sweden and the other Scandinavian countries. The banning of political parties in 1994after the coup led to a new wave of asylum seeking from the Gambia.
This was further buttressed in 1996 when the PPP, NCP and GPP were banned from being registered to participate in the 1996 presidential election.
Since the ban was lifted, many Gambian youth rely on human rights issues to seek political asylum abroad to earn income to support their poor families.
What is the importance of March 31st 2016? The answer is simple. The IEC has introduced a notice to indicate that by 31st March all parties must register 10,000 members and pay a fee of One Million Dalasi or they would be deregistered. Some parties may prefer to put up Independent Candidates rather than spend millions of dalasi as non refundable registration fee in an election year. Their members are likely to seek political asylum if party candidates standing as Independent candidates do not win. It is therefore in the interest of all for electoral reform to take place in The Gambia so that there would be free and fair elections.
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A NEW WAVE OF ASYLUM SEEKING MAY BEGIN BY MARCH
