APRC national mobilizer speaks..

Speaking ahead of the December 18 National Assembly by-election in Nianija, Yankuba Touray, the secretary of state for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, who doubles as the ruling APRC's national mobiliser, has stated confidently of his party's unshakeable stance in as far as the coming election in that constituency is concerned. 

The National mobiliser of the APRC party told Daily Observer that opposition parties pose no threat to the APRC, stressing that the said constituency had always been a stronghold of his party.

Secretary Touray made these remarks, yesterday, at his office in Banjul, in an exclusive interview with this paper.

"Going by the statistics of the 2007 National Assembly elections, my party had over 2000 votes, which constituted over 60% of the total votes.  The opposition coalition of the National Reconciliation Party and the United Democratic Party only pulled half of our percentage. This shows that the opposition parties are no threat to the APRC in this by-election," Secretary Touray argued.

The APRC National mobiliser further told the Daily Observer that they were currently on the selection process, assuring that the wining candidate would soon be known to the general public.

Hon Touray also urged his party's militants to ensure a violence-free election.

"The important thing is that when you are winning, you are not supposed to be violent, so we don't expect any form of political violence from APRC militants", he said. He urged opposition militants to maintain peace and tranquility, calling on them to promote politics of issues and avoid politics of castigation, abuse and violence.