{"id":285581,"date":"2017-01-17T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=285581"},"modified":"2017-01-17T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:25:20","slug":"yahya-jammehs-foreign-affairs-minister-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/yahya-jammehs-foreign-affairs-minister-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahya Jammeh&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Minister resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister, Neneh Macdouall Gaye, has resigned from her post.<\/p>\n<p>She indicated in a letter addressed to the country\u2019s President, Yahya Jammeh that, \u201cI am of the conviction that under the prevailing circumstances, I cannot effectively serve as Foreign Minister. I thank you for the opportunity you gave me to serve my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mcdouall Gaye\u2019s resignation comes at a time when the country is experiencing political difficulty with President Yahya Jammeh refusing to step down even after losing a democratically held election to real estate mogul, Adama Barrow.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Gambia&#8217;s foreign minister resigns. Not many left standing in Jammeh&#8217;s government in its last few days (if indeed they are the last). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ap9ma0UMn9\">pic.twitter.com\/Ap9ma0UMn9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ruth Maclean (@ruthmaclean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ruthmaclean\/status\/821280093427339265\">January 17, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>ECOWAS leaders have failed on two occasions to convince Mr Jammeh to step down.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh, days after conceding defeat in the elections, alleged malpractice and filed a motion to challenge the results in the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>The country had been without a functional Supreme Court for two years, after Mr. Jammeh sacked some Supreme Court judges for ruling against his government in a case against affecting ex-military chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s Chief Justice, Emmanuel Fagbenle, pulled out of the case filed by Jammeh, seeking to stop the inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow.<\/p>\n<p>Other senior officers in Mr. Jammeh\u2019s government including the Ministers of Trade, Environment, Finance and recently Foreign Affairs, have all resigned, spelling more doom for Mr. Jammeh.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomnewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/NENEH-GAYE.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for gambia foreign affairs minister\" width=\"1144\" height=\"1116\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mcdouall Gaye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Justice Minister, Mama Singhateh, is also reported to have fled the country to neighboring Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>There are reports of many citizens fleeing the country ahead of Thursday\u2019s inauguration of President-elect Adama Barrow who is currently in Senegal until the swearing-in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Military intervention in Gambia\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Parliamentarians in Gambia on Monday, January 16, 2017, passed a resolution demanding that ECOWAS Heads of State Authority desist from using force to remove Mr. Jammeh from office.<\/p>\n<p>The legislators say a peaceful means must been employed to settle the political stalemate, stating that the Gambia was a sovereign nation and its constitution must be respected.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the governing APRC party in parliament, also called on ECOWAS to deploy supreme court judges from member states to hear Jammeh\u2019s election petition case.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that the case must be heard before the transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister, Neneh Macdouall Gaye, has resigned from her post. 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