The
information ministry said in a statement read on national television that Mr.
Jammeh was planning to remain in office until the Supreme Court decides on a
petition he filed.
The News
Agency of Nigeria reports that Mr. Jammeh is challenging the result of the
December 1 presidential election he lost to Adama Barrow.
Mr.
Barrow, a former real estate agent who was little known before he announced his
candidacy, meanwhile has also reiterated he is planning to take office on
January 19, as scheduled.
Earlier this
week, Gambia’s dysfunctional Supreme Court adjourned hearing Mr. Jammeh’s
petition to Monday, since only one of a required minimum of five judges were
present.
Experts
however believe it will be highly unlikely that four additional judges will be
present on Monday.
This is
because the Supreme Court has not been operational since Mr. Jammeh fired
several of the court’s judges in mid-2016.
All other
eligible Court of Appeal judges left the country after the December election.
Observers
fear that delays to the planned handover of power could lead to violence as
Gambia has been in a political lockdown since Mr. Jammeh refused to accept the
result.
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