Gambia’s president won’t go down without a fight despite losing election

Homophobic Gambian president Yahya Jammeh just lost his election last week when he was defeated by Adama Barrow.

However, Jammeh has rejected the election results, claiming that there were “serious and unacceptable abnormalities” and has called for a new election, Gay Star News reports.

The dictator, who previously said he’d “slit the throats” of LGBT people, has been condemned by many including the Human Rights Watch who revealed they are “deeply concerned” for the wellbeing of the Gambian people.

Jammeh refuses to go down without a fight despite president-elect Adama Barrow calling for a peaceful transition.

“The outgoing president has no constitutional authority to reject the results of the election and order fresh elections to be held,” Barrow said.

“I wish to call on all Gambians to go about their business. We have impressed the world for delivering a free, fair and credible election.”

He adds, “I urge him to change his current position and accept the verdict of the people in good faith for the sake of Gambia, our homeland whose people deserve to live in peace, freedom and prosperity.”

Jammeh previously claimed that he could cure AIDS but only on Mondays and Thursdays and has called LGBT people “vermin.”

Adama Burrow, who previously worked at Argos in the UK, has vowed to revive the country’s economy.