{"id":10326,"date":"2021-12-05T11:42:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T10:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=10326"},"modified":"2021-12-05T22:57:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T21:57:47","slug":"gambia-election-2021-live-fact-check-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/gambia-election-2021-live-fact-check-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambia Election 2021 Live Fact-Check \u2013 Day 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Read Day 1 of the live fact-check of the 2021 Gambian Election <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/gambia-election-2021-live-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Claim: A Twitter user, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TelBabe\/status\/1467429174398918662\" target=\"_blank\">terry manners (@TelBabe)<\/a>, says The Gambian voters who have smartphones voted under the &#8216;Marble&#8217; app, while others who do not, cast their vote with marbles in yesterday\u2019s election.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manners\u2019 bio indicates he is a former Editor of Express in Scotland, Assistant Editor London; Editor of Western Daily Press and is the author of seven books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"55\" data-attachment-id=\"10327\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/gambia-election-2021-live-fact-check-day-2\/false-8-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-8.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"132,55\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FALSE-8\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-8.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-8.png?resize=132%2C55\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10327\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f41216;color:#fffff9\"><strong>False<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Verification<\/strong>: According to the IEC, all eligible voters voted with marbles\/tokens. This is different from the \u2018Marble\u2019 app. The app is a digital tool developed by the election observer group, Gambia Participates, to \u201cease access to credible election information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou cannot vote with the Marble app. It is not even provided for,\u201d Annetta Mahoney, Programme Officer at Gambia Participates told Dubawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Gambia Participates, \u201cThe Marble mobile application, named for the marble stone used in elections in The Gambia since independence in 1965, is a digital tool created in 2018 to provide up-to-date, timely and accurate election information to [voters] to promote election transparency and accountability. The application is intended to be used to inform and educate people on elections in general.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Claim: A picture in circulation says that the candidates of Independent, GDC, and UDP were in a meeting at the residence of Lawyer Darboe to present joint-party evidence of electoral fraud presented by the IEC in favour of Adama Barrow of the NPP. It further stated that Hon. Halifa Sallah of the PDOIS and Abdoulie Jammeh of the NUP are also on their way to Mr. Darboe\u2019s house to mount a joint challenge of what they call the most fraudulent election.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#0fdc05;color:#fffff9\"><strong>Partly true&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Verification<\/strong>: It is true that the candidates of the Independent Essa Mbye Faal, GDC Mama Kandeh, and UDP Ousainou Darboe, held a press conference to express their displeasure with the election results. What is not true is that Hon. Halifa Sallah and Abdoulie Jammeh were on their way to the meeting. Dubawa put a call through to Hon. Halifa, who says his party is an organised political party, and if they are not satisfied with the election results, they will organise their own press conference. He also added that he has not been seen on TV attending any press conference and expressed his utmost displeasure at the accusations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Claim: A viral video purportedly shows PDOIS candidate, Halifa Sallah, accepting the results so far declared by the IEC.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cCounting was done on the spot and all sides knew the results before the IEC. So if there are technicalities, they are just technicalities but the fact is already known. We are confident that those facts are incontestable and it is incontrovertible as far as we are concerned that the president-elect, Barrow, won,\u201d<\/p><cite>Mr Sallah said in the video.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"132\" height=\"55\" data-attachment-id=\"10340\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/gambia-election-2021-live-fact-check-day-2\/false-9-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-9.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"132,55\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FALSE-9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-9.png?fit=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FALSE-9.png?resize=132%2C55&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10340\" title=\"\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f41216;color:#fffff9\"><strong>False<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Verification<\/strong>: Dubawa found the video on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nyIwKlIuDKs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp;through a Yandex search. We found one posted in 2017 by R Dee with the caption \u201cHalifa Sallah on yaya jammeh\u2019s speak\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdois_gambia\/status\/1467581762171719686\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDOIS has debunked the claim<\/a>. The party said the video is from 2016 and is unrelated to this year\u2019s election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, Jaha Dukureh, the co-chair of the Youth Interparty Committee of the PDOIS says the video is dated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe video is from the 2016 presidential election. Halifa Sallah did not publish any statement or video pertaining to the current occurrence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Claim: A Facebook post by <em>What\u2019s On Gambia<\/em> says The CSO Coalition on Election Situation Room declared the election was free, fair and transparent. The chairman of the group is quoted to have said: \u201cWe had over 700 observers; we did not receive any report of malpractices.\u201d<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#0fdc05;color:#fffff9\"><strong>Verdict: Partly True<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Verification<\/strong>: Yes, it is true that the CSO Coalition on Election (CCE) declared the election free, fair and transparent. This was disclosed at a press conference organized by the CSO Coalition on Election at Coco Ocean Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is however false that the CCE chairman said 700 observers were deployed by the group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 700 observers are inaccurate. 150 from the CSO Coalition plus 26 from the National Human Rights Commission which makes it 176. The two were sharing reports,\u201d Lamin Jahateh, Program Manager at the Gambia Press Union and an official at the Situation room told Dubawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Day 1 of the live fact-check of the 2021 Gambian Election here Claim: A Twitter user, terry manners (@TelBabe), says The Gambian voters who have smartphones voted under the &#8216;Marble&#8217; app, while others who do not, cast their vote with marbles in yesterday\u2019s election. Manners\u2019 bio indicates he is a former Editor of Express in Scotland, Assistant Editor London; Editor of Western Daily Press and is the author of seven books. False Verification: According to the IEC, all eligible voters voted with marbles\/tokens. This is different from the \u2018Marble\u2019 app. The app is a digital tool developed by the election observer group, Gambia Participates, to \u201cease access to credible election information.\u201d \u201cYou cannot vote with the Marble app. It is not even provided for,\u201d Annetta Mahoney, Programme Officer at Gambia Participates told Dubawa. According to Gambia Participates, \u201cThe Marble mobile application, named for the marble stone used in elections in The Gambia since independence in 1965, is a digital tool created in 2018 to provide up-to-date, timely and accurate election information to [voters] to promote election transparency and accountability. The application is intended to be used to inform and educate people on elections in general.\u201d Claim: A picture in circulation says that the candidates of Independent, GDC, and UDP were in a meeting at the residence of Lawyer Darboe to present joint-party evidence of electoral fraud presented by the IEC in favour of Adama Barrow of the NPP. It further stated that Hon. Halifa Sallah of the PDOIS and Abdoulie Jammeh of the NUP are also on their way to Mr. Darboe\u2019s house to mount a joint challenge of what they call the most fraudulent election. Partly true&nbsp; Verification: It is true that the candidates of the Independent Essa Mbye Faal, GDC Mama Kandeh, and UDP Ousainou Darboe, held a press conference to express their displeasure with the election results. What is not true is that Hon. Halifa Sallah and Abdoulie Jammeh were on their way to the meeting. Dubawa put a call through to Hon. Halifa, who says his party is an organised political party, and if they are not satisfied with the election results, they will organise their own press conference. He also added that he has not been seen on TV attending any press conference and expressed his utmost displeasure at the accusations. Claim: A viral video purportedly shows PDOIS candidate, Halifa Sallah, accepting the results so far declared by the IEC.&nbsp; \u201cCounting was done on the spot and all sides knew the results before the IEC. So if there are technicalities, they are just technicalities but the fact is already known. We are confident that those facts are incontestable and it is incontrovertible as far as we are concerned that the president-elect, Barrow, won,\u201d Mr Sallah said in the video. False Verification: Dubawa found the video on&nbsp;YouTube&nbsp;through a Yandex search. We found one posted in 2017 by R Dee with the caption \u201cHalifa Sallah on yaya jammeh\u2019s speak\u201d. PDOIS has debunked the claim. The party said the video is from 2016 and is unrelated to this year\u2019s election. Furthermore, Jaha Dukureh, the co-chair of the Youth Interparty Committee of the PDOIS says the video is dated.&nbsp; \u201cThe video is from the 2016 presidential election. Halifa Sallah did not publish any statement or video pertaining to the current occurrence,\u201d she said. Claim: A Facebook post by What\u2019s On Gambia says The CSO Coalition on Election Situation Room declared the election was free, fair and transparent. The chairman of the group is quoted to have said: \u201cWe had over 700 observers; we did not receive any report of malpractices.\u201d Verdict: Partly True Verification: Yes, it is true that the CSO Coalition on Election (CCE) declared the election free, fair and transparent. This was disclosed at a press conference organized by the CSO Coalition on Election at Coco Ocean Hotel. It is however false that the CCE chairman said 700 observers were deployed by the group.&nbsp; \u201cThe 700 observers are inaccurate. 150 from the CSO Coalition plus 26 from the National Human Rights Commission which makes it 176. The two were sharing reports,\u201d Lamin Jahateh, Program Manager at the Gambia Press Union and an official at the Situation room told Dubawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[5,1571,4,2815],"tags":[347,2901,2902,2903,2824,2904],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[873],"class_list":["post-10326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-fact-check","category-featured","category-the-gambia","tag-featured","tag-gambia-presidential-election","tag-independent-electoral-commission-iec","tag-marble-app","tag-the-gambia","tag-voting-with-marble"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-2Gy","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":873,"user_id":10,"is_guest":0,"slug":"dubawa","display_name":"Dubawa","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f70a877f6d81734de0ca299eabb33d20687f41f5a4cb83ae8d754fc9412ee293?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Strengthening Investigative Journalism for the fight against corruption in Nigeria."}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Gambia-Election-2021-Live-Fact-Check-%E2%80%93-Day-2.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10326"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=10326"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}