Pa Sallah Jeng

Pa Sallah Jeng (*?) Is a Gambian politician and was mayor of the capital Banjul ( English Lord Mayor of Banjul ).

Life

Pa Sallah Jeng is the son of the Gambian politician Baboucar SO Jeng , who lived in Bathurst (later Banjul) in the 1960s. His paternal grandfather was also a politician.

Banjul Central constituency

General election	be right	Voting share
1997	860	20.90%

In the local elections on April 25, 2002, Jeng won, as an independent candidate narrowly against his opponent Emmanuel Williams of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (ARPC).

On August 19, 2005, Jeng was suspended from office on charges of corruption and abuse of office. In an interview, Jeng later accused the APRC of removing him from office on false allegations. On October 24, 2007, Jeng was acquitted on all counts. According to the court, the charges against him could not be proven beyond doubt.

Jeng did not run for the local elections on January 24, 2008.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gambia: Baboucar Jeng Banjul's First Premier Citizen. Retrieved July 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ 25 April 2002 Local Elections in The Gambia africanelections.tripod.com, accessed May 2011
3. ↑ ^{a b} Pa Sallah Jeng Acquitted wow.gm from October 25, 2007
4. ↑ Former Banjul Mayor Pa Sallah Jeng Breaks The Silence !!! ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Freedomnewspaper.com as of May 25, 2010 
5. ↑ Gambia News: Pa Sallah Jeng Opts out of Banjul Mayoral Elections ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Gambianow.com of October 29, 2008 

predecessor	Office	successor
Samba Faal	Mayor of Banjul 2002-2005	Samba Faal