Opponents in Gambia petition Supreme Court to overturn search results | Election Issues

The opposition United Democratic Party has said corruption and bribery have disrupted the campaign.

The Gambian main opposition party has appealed to the country’s Supreme Court to challenge the results of the December 4 presidential election. handmade Adama Barrow a second term.

On Tuesday, the United Democratic Party in Darboe said it had asked the Supreme Court to overturn the results it said were fraud and corruption that had disrupted the campaign.

Barrow, whose election victory in 2016 ended more than 20 years of dictatorship in West Africa, won a second term in office.

The former producer won 53 percent of the vote, more than 27.7 percent of former politician Ousainou Darboe.

Opposition parties have stated they will not run in the by-elections. It also said the election was invalid because many outsiders said they had cast their ballots, among other things that went wrong.

The accusers did not present any evidence of wrongdoing.

Election observers from the African Union say the election was held in accordance with international standards, and that European Union election observers were pleased with the results.

The United States has also given its approval, saying observers have only seen “minor” errors.

Defendants have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court within 10 days. The court then has 30 working days from the start of the court’s decision.

Preparations for the Barrow swearing-in ceremony on January 19 are underway.

The election was the first election in Gambia, a former British colony with two million people, since former President Yahya Jammeh fled into exile.

Jammeh ruled for 22 years after the coup in 1994, when his government was accused of using genocide and torture, among other things.

The former leader fled to Equatorial Guinea in January 2017 after Barrow, then an unidentified relative, defeated him at the ballot box.