Mabbing ducks Gambian controversy
Manning ducks Gambia controversy
Prime Minister Patrick Manning has ducked the controversy involving Gambian President Yayha Jammeh who reportedly threatened to kill persons associated with human rights groups in his country.
Responding to a question posed by a local journalist as to how CHOGM and he as chairman would address the controversial statements, Prime Minister Manning said the alleged statements constituted a domestic issue.
“It forms no part of the agenda of the CHOHGM. I have no .doubt that it was a statement that attracted a lot of attention home and abroad. But the statement in the same way in which reference has been made is also again a matter of domestic policy and really is not a matter for the CHOGM,” he stressed.
The Gambian President has not attended CHOGM.