wfn.org | GAMBIA: BISHOP TO CHAIR ELECTORAL COMMISSION

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July 21, 1997
ANGLICAN COMMUNION NEWS SERVICE
Canon James M Rosenthal, Director of Communications
Anglican Communion Office, 
London, UK
Tel: [44] (0)171 620-1110   Fax: [44] (0)171 620-1070

97.7.4.3

GAMBIA: BISHOP TO CHAIR ELECTORAL COMMISSION

(APS) The Anglican Bishop of Gambia, the Rt Revd Tilewa Johnson has been 
appointed the chairman of the country's independent Electoral Commission 
(IEC).

Reacting to his appointment, the head of the church described the
gesture as a big honour to Christians who comprise less than five per
cent of the country's 1.1 million people.

The IEC is made up of five people who represent a cross section of the 
Gambian community. They are appointed for a seven-year term.