Gambia: Police Clash With Protesters Demanding President To Step Down - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (F.BA)
January 27, 2020
The Gambian Police fired tear gas in clashes with severalthousand protesters, who are calling for the resignation of President AdamaBarrow.
Opposition coalition leader, Abdou Njie said thedemonstrators retaliated with stones and by burning tires in the streets of thecapital, Banjul.
Njie added that many protesters were injured during theclashes, some seriously, while others were detained.
The demonstrators are angry that Barrow has notstepped-down, in line with an agreement with an opposition coalition thathelped bring him to power in 2016. The agreement stipulated that Barrow would resignafter three years in office, two years ahead of the end of his presidentialterm.
But, Barrow has given no indication that he is planning tohonour the agreement and step down before his term ends.
The capital was under lockdown on Sunday, with no vehiclesallowed to enter the city, Police said in a statement.
Barrow took over the Presidency in January 2017 from YahyaJammeh, who ruled the Islamic Republic with an iron fist for 22 years and nowlives in exile in Equatorial Guinea, and is being widely accused of humanrights abuses, including killings, torture and arbitrary arrests.