By: Mariama Njie
The Inter- Party Committee has announced its readiness to launch a countrywide campaign to advocate for inclusion of more women and youths in the parliamentary election due in 2022.
Speaking at an organized news conference, Honorable Amul Musa Nyassi IPC’s co-chairperson said the advocacy aim at achieving a 30% quota for women and more youth representation.
“We will work closely with CSOs and media to promote peace in 53 constituencies and we will review, translate our MOU and Code of Conduct into national languages for wider understanding of all Gambians about the IPC’s role in promoting gender, peace, and democracy,” he said.
He explained that as the April 2022 election approaches, IPC will establish a situation room to monitor the implementation of its MOU and Code of Conduct and document complaints from members of the public against the conduct of IPC members.
“The IPC mediation committee, comprising representatives of all 18 political parties in The Gambia will be responsible for the response strategy of all complaint cases received by the situation room,” he noted.
More so, he said together with their partners they will facilitate political debates among the National Assembly candidates to improve voters’ awareness of candidates, their policies, and general political knowledge.
“The IPC was established by political parties in 2017 as a forum for dialogue and co-operation to promote adherence to its MoU and Code of Conduct, promote national reconciliation and ensure consensus building amongst political parties on contested political and electoral issues. Since its establishment, the IPC has partnered with relevant stakeholders to implement activities that promote peaceful co-existence amongst political parties as key actors in national political and electoral processes,” he added.
