Petition · past parliament

Please help The People of The Gambia remove President Yahya Jammeh from office.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Today is National Human rights day and no Gambian is able to celebrate as democracy has been taken away from us by our autocratic ruler Jammeh.
Gambians, through a fair and democratic elections defeated Yahya Jammeh. The opposition, through a coalition elected Adama Barrow and he won the elections. After publicly conceding on December 2, 2016 Yahya Jammeh rejected the election results. He publicly announced on December 9th 2016 that he was not leaving office.
This petition is to help the Gambian people remove the ousted dictator from office.
We deseperately need your assistance to get Yahya Jammeh out of power. Peace to The Gambia!

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition asking the UK Government to urge President Yahya Jammeh to leave office.

Timeline

10 Dec 2016 Petition opened for signatures
16 Dec 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Dec 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.