Spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has laughed at the request of political pressure groups demanding for the election body to suspend the ruling National People’s Party for “violation” of the elections act. 

IEC spokesman Pa Makan Khan told Gambiana via telephone that he would consult with senior officials before making a statement.

He said: “We will respond to this press release after the election. I promise we will respond after the national assembly election because we are currently busy.”

The groups, Right 2 Know Coalition – Gambia and the Democratic Union of Gambian Activists, have complained in a letter to the IEC that the ruling NPP was flouting the electoral rules. 

 “The IEC was aware that President Adama Barrow’s party, the NPP, never held a congress, yet turned a blind eye on the nationwide presidential campaign   undertaken by the incumbent to boost his chances of electoral victory in the legislative polls, wantonly abusing state resources with impunity,” the groups said.  

Reporting by Adama Makasuba