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The head of the Gambia’s reconciliation commission expressed disappointment at the political alliance between the parties of President Adama Barrow and long-time former leader Yahya Jammeh
They teamed up ahead of the December election.
The Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) was established after Mr. Jammeh fled the country in 2017 following his electoral defeat.
Testimonies have revealed that the former president oversaw killings, torture, targeting of opponents and sexual assault, among other crimes, during his two-decade reign.
The TRRC is expected to deliver its recommendations to President Barrow soon, but its executive secretary Baba Galleh Jallow told BBC Focus on Africa some would be difficult to implement due to the new alliance.
In particular, any proposed prosecution of Mr. Jammeh is one that would be difficult to achieve.
“It’s not the right thing for Adama Barrow to have done… I think some of the recommendations will have to suffer,” he said.
Mr Jallow said the commission “cannot applaud” the decision, adding that victims of human rights abuses during Mr Jammeh’s reign were “very, very disappointed”.
The committee is concerned that Mr Jammeh’s party has included immunity or pardon in its conditions for a deal.
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