Muhammed Magassy Explained

Muhammed Magassy is a Gambian independent politician, who has been the National Assembly Member for Basse since 2012.

Political career

Magassy initially sought to be the APRC candidate for Basse constituency in the National Assembly during the 2012 election, but Selu Bah, the incumbent, was given the official APRC candidacy. Magassy, therefore, decided to contest the seat as an independent. In the election, Magassy won with 7045 votes to Bah's 4222 votes, so by a margin of 2823 votes.[1] Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Magassy served as a member of the executive of Coalition 2016, an opposition coalition backing Adama Barrow's candidacy.[2] Magassy was re-elected at the 2017 parliamentary election, Magassy was re-elected. The United Democratic Party (UDP) ended up one short of a supermajority in the election, but it has been suggested that Magassy would support them in a vote where a supermajority was required.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Selu Bah Loses to Independent Muhammed Magassy. 30 March 2012. MyBasse. 26 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170519181909/http://www.mybasse.org/news/selu-bah-loses-to-independent-muhammed-magassy/. 19 May 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Coalition Executive. Gambian Coalition 2016. 26 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193624/http://thegambiacoalition.com/our-team/. 27 April 2017. dead.
  3. News: UDP fails to secure super majority though they had a huge win. 21 April 2017. SMBC News. 26 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170519175911/https://gambia.smbcgo.com/2017/04/21/udp-fails-secure-super-majority-though-huge-win/. 19 May 2017. dead.