By Lamin Jahateh
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| President Jammeh |
The Gambia has remained politically stable since the military coups of 1994 that brought the incumbent president, Yahya Jammeh, to power, the 2013 report of an Ecowas institution has noted in its analysis of the political situation of The Gambia.
However the political stability in
the country is “generally perceived” to have been built on coercion rather than
on civil liberties, fundamental freedoms, democratic culture and popular
participation, the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in
West Africa (GIABA) stated in its latest annual report, released on Monday.
“Democratic politics and human
rights are still limited under a system where the ruling Alliance for Patriotic
Reorientation and Construction Party dominates the political space, and there
is little tolerance for dissent,” the sub-regional institution mandated to
fight money laundering and terrorism financing in the sub-regional said in its
report.
