Newly elected leader welcomes new Gambia
December 4 2016 By Abiodun Giwa
Adama Barrows' supporters dancing on streets in Banjul to the shocking election victory ending Jammeh's long term in office
There were confirmations over the weekend that the newly elected Gambian leader, Adam Barrow, had got a congratulatory telephone call from outgoing President Yahya Jammeh.
Reports also show that Jammeh's congtratulatory remarks to Barrow after a telephone call were televised, and that they were all over in the social media.
Barrow has also reprotedly said that his shocking victory at the polls against the incumbent represents rened hope for the country.
"I will help him work towards the transition," Mr Jammeh said on state TV on Friday evening, after speaking to the president-elect by telephone, the BBC reported.
The joy of a new birth in a country, where Jammeh has reportedly with iron fist, knows no bounds. People went on the streets and danced for joy, unable to hide their happiness, with Barrow's photographs adorning cars on the streets and vantage places in the public areas.
From reports on the Gambia election and Barrow's victory, there is a similarity between Barrow's vcitory and that of Donald Trump in the United States. Like Trump, Barrow never held public office.Barrow is also a property deveoper like Trump.
Just blike no one expected that Trump could have won an election against the Clinton Political Machine and how his own election victory against hillary Clinton and totality of the American star powers shocked him, no one expected that any challenger could unseat Jammeh in Gambia, having won reelection four times and Barrow has also expressed shock at his election victory.
The mighties or those considered as political timbers and jaugernauts are falling, and the humbled ones are rising. Barrow scored 45.5 percent in the eelctions against the incumbent's 36 percent. Mama Kandeh, a third party's representative got 17.8 percent.
Reports also show that Jammeh's congtratulatory remarks to Barrow after a telephone call were televised, and that they were all over in the social media.
Barrow has also reprotedly said that his shocking victory at the polls against the incumbent represents rened hope for the country.
"I will help him work towards the transition," Mr Jammeh said on state TV on Friday evening, after speaking to the president-elect by telephone, the BBC reported.
The joy of a new birth in a country, where Jammeh has reportedly with iron fist, knows no bounds. People went on the streets and danced for joy, unable to hide their happiness, with Barrow's photographs adorning cars on the streets and vantage places in the public areas.
From reports on the Gambia election and Barrow's victory, there is a similarity between Barrow's vcitory and that of Donald Trump in the United States. Like Trump, Barrow never held public office.Barrow is also a property deveoper like Trump.
Just blike no one expected that Trump could have won an election against the Clinton Political Machine and how his own election victory against hillary Clinton and totality of the American star powers shocked him, no one expected that any challenger could unseat Jammeh in Gambia, having won reelection four times and Barrow has also expressed shock at his election victory.
The mighties or those considered as political timbers and jaugernauts are falling, and the humbled ones are rising. Barrow scored 45.5 percent in the eelctions against the incumbent's 36 percent. Mama Kandeh, a third party's representative got 17.8 percent.
