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The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has said the West African country is about to witness the dawn of a new era as he prepares to take over realms of affairs of the country from Yahya Jammeh on Thursday (tomorrow) after the winning the country’s presidential election on December 1 2016.
“We made history on the first day of December. Our future starts tomorrow”, he said in a tweet on Wednesday morning.
“We made history on the first day of December. Our future starts tomorrow. #Gambia ” he said on his twitter handle, @adama_barrow.
Despite Jammeh’s rejection of the outcome of the election after initially conceding defeat, the Africa Union, AU, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS and other world leaders have vowed not to recognise Jammeh after the expected Jan. 19 hand over date. Barrow has however been on asylum in Dakar, Senegal.
However, in a last gambit on Tuesday, after shutting down four private radio stations, Jammeh declared a three-month state of emergency, starting from Tuesday.
In a televised address on state TV on Tuesday evening, Mr. Jammeh announced that the 90 days state of emergency started from January 17 and will end April 17, 2017.
“Under this state of public emergency, civil liberties are to be fully respected while all citizens and residents in The Gambia are banned from any acts of disobedience to the laws of The Gambia, incitement to violence and acts intended to disturb public order and peace,” he said.
Jammeh explained that he declared the state of emergency because of “the need to prevent a constitutional crisis and power vacuum pending the determination of the petitions at the Supreme Court and the application for an injunction against swearing in Mr. Adama Barrow, until the Supreme Court decides on the 1st December 2016 Presidential Election results”.
He also ordered the security forces, who pledged allegiance to him, to maintain law and order in the country during the period.
The resolution was however passed by the country’s National Assembly after a motion was tabled by Majority Leader Fabakary Jatta on Tuesday.