This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Please help The People of The Gambia remove President Yahya Jammeh from office.
Today is National Human rights day and no Gambian is able to celebrate as democracy has been taken away from us by our autocratic ruler Jammeh.
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Gambians, through a fair and democratic elections defeated Yahya Jammeh. The opposition, through a coalition elected Adama Barrow and he won the elections. After publicly conceding on December 2, 2016 Yahya Jammeh rejected the election results. He publicly announced on December 9th 2016 that he was not leaving office.
This petition is to help the Gambian people remove the ousted dictator from office.
We deseperately need your assistance to get Yahya Jammeh out of power. Peace to The Gambia!
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