FOROYAA contacted Mr. Halifa Sallah to ask him of his views on the Press Release from State House and this is what he had to say.
"The report of the Press Release reached me after speaking to the Gambian Community and the Africans of Caribbean connection in Birmingham, UK. I was on my way to Manchester to speak to the Gambian Community and the Africans of Caribbean connection. After Manchester where the fifth Pan African Congress was held in 1945, I went back to the House of Commons to meet a Parliamentary colleague and then proceeded to hold a conference with the community of Africans of Caribbean connections in London, many of whom have been coming to The Gambia during the Jammeh era and were waiting for me for an explanation on how they could pursue their goals in The Gambia, under the current order. I must say that my mission is well received and everybody I have met so far, is impressed by the clarity of my messages and the sense of purpose, direction and commitment to The Gambia that I strove to propagate in our conversations.
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