Gambians' Vote In Parliamentary Election Is Important For The President
Gambians will vote in the country's parliamentary election on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The voters will renew the unicameral National Assembly’s 58 seats for a five-year term. The single-round vote will choose 53 lawmakers. Polling stations will open at 8:00 am and close at 5:00 pm. The Gambia Police Force has reportedly trained over 120 Police officers across the country on election security. The election follows the December 2021 presidential elections where incumbent president Adama Barrow won a majority of the votes. After the election result, Barrow will choose five other lawmakers including the parliament’s president. Earlier, the Gambia Participates deployed 65 Long-term observers for all the 53 constituencies to monitor the nomination and political campaigns ahead of the election. Barrow had originally defeated former President Yahya Jammeh in 2016. The country has been undergoing a peaceful political transition since 2016. Barrow ended a 20-year regime marred b...