Halifa Sallah

**Halifa Sallah** (an haife shi a shekara ta alif dari tara da hamsin da uku miladiyya 1953) ‘Dan siyasar Gambia ne mai ritaya kuma tsohon ‘dan majalisar wakilai ta kasa a mazabar Serrekunda. A halin yanzu yana aiki a matsayin babban sakataren jam'iyyar People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS). Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai magana da yawun shugaban kasa Adama Barrow tun lokacin yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa na 2016 har zuwa watan Maris na 2017.

Sallah shine ya kafa PDOIS a shekarar 1986, kuma an zabe shi a matsayin babban sakatare a shekarar 1987. Ya kasance babban mai ba da gudummawa ga *Foroyaa*, jaridar jam'iyyar. Ya tsaya takarar majalisar wakilai a 1987 da 1992, kuma yana adawa da gwamnatin Yahya Jammeh . Ya tsaya takarar majalisar kasa a shekarar 1997, amma an zabe shi a shekarar 2002, ya yi aiki har zuwa 2007. A lokacin, ya kuma zama shugaban marasa rinjaye. Haka kuma Sallah ya yi aiki a majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Pan-Africa, kuma shi ne dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD) a zaben shugaban kasa na 2006, inda ya zo na uku da kashi 6% na kuri'un da aka kada.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Sallah kuma ya girma a garin Serekunda na kasar Gambia, kuma ya yi karatu a kasar Amurka inda ya kammala karatunsa na digiri a fannin zamantakewa. Ya koma Gambia a cikin 1977 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikacin zamantakewa a Sashen Jin Dadin Jama'a. 

## Sana'ar siyasa

### Zamanin Jawara da juyin mulki
Bayan ya dawo daga Amurka a karshen shekarun 1970, Sallah ta shiga cikin kungiyar Jama'a ta 'Yancin Kai ta Yaki da Mulkin Mallaka da Jari-Hujja (PMINCC). An kuma yi imanin cewa yana daya daga cikin editocin jaridar *Muryar nan gaba* . Tare da sauran membobin PMINCC, an kama shi a watan Oktoba 1983 kuma ya ci gaba da shari'a a 1984 don shiga cikin rarraba *Muryar* . An dai wanke shi amma ya rasa aikinsa a sakamakon shari’ar. 

A shekarar 1986, Sallah ya kasance daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa jam'iyyar People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS). An zabe shi a matsayin babban sakatare a watan Agustan 1987. Ya kuma zama babban mai ba da gudummawa ga jaridarta, *Foroyaa*, wanda ya hada tare da Sidia Jatta .  Sallah ya tsaya takaran mazabar Serekunda ta gabas a zabukan 1987 da 1992 na majalisar wakilai, amma ya samu kusan kashi 10% na kuri'un da aka kada. Bayan juyin mulkin Yahya Jammeh a shekarar 1994, Sallah da sauran shugabannin PDOIS sun dauki matsaya mai ma'ana don mayar da martani, inda Sallah da Jatta suka ki amincewa da tayin shiga majalisar mulkin sojan wucin gadi . An tsare mutanen biyu a watan Agustan 1994 saboda buga bugu na foroyya duk da hana ayyukan siyasa. An gurfanar da su a gaban shari’a, aka same su da laifi, an kuma ci tarar su, amma suka koma bugawa a watan Nuwamba 1994 a matsayin jaridar da ba ta jam’iyya ba. 

### Aikin majalisa, kamawa daga yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa
Sallah ya sake tsayawa takara a mazabar Serekunda ta Gabas a zaben 1997 amma an zabe shi a sabuwar mazabar Serekunda ta tsakiya a zaben 2002. Yayin da jam’iyyar United Democratic Party (UDP) ta kauracewa zaben, jam’iyyar PDOIS mai kujeru biyu ta zama babbar jam’iyyar adawa, sannan Sallah ta zama shugaban marasa rinjaye a majalisar dokokin kasar. Ya kuma taba zama memba a majalisar dokokin Afirka ta Kudu a wannan lokacin. A cikin watan Yunin 2005, an kore shi daga Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa tare da wasu ‘yan majalisar adawa uku bisa dalilin kasancewarsa jam’iyya biyu. NADD, kawancen adawa da PDOIS ta shiga a farkon wannan shekarar, an yi mata rajista a matsayin jam’iyyar siyasa, kuma kotun kolin Gambiya ta yanke hukuncin cewa rike mambobi biyu ya sabawa kundin tsarin mulkin Gambia. Wasu dai sun soki hukuncin, suna masu cewa wani mataki ne na rufe bakin ‘yan adawar majalisar saboda babu wani abu a kundin tsarin mulkin kasar da ya tsara jam’iyyun siyasa. A ranar 29 ga watan Satumba, an gudanar da zaben cike gurbi a yankin Serrekunda ta tsakiya, inda aka sake zaben Sallah da gagarumin rinjaye. 

A ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 2005, an kama shi tare da wasu jiga-jigan 'yan adawa guda biyu bisa dalilan juyin mulki, da ake zargi da hada baki da shugaban kasar Senegal . Sai dai kuma an soke tuhume-tuhumen ne biyo bayan tsoma bakin Olusegun Obasanjo, shugaban Najeriya na lokacin. Sallah shi ne dan takarar NADD a zaben shugaban kasa na 2006, inda ya zo na uku kuma ya samu kashi 5.98% na kuri'un da aka kada. 

### Karin kama, yakin neman zaben 2016 da kuma shugaban kasa Barrow
Sainey Jaiteh, dan jam'iyyar APRC mai mulki ne ya rasa kujerarsa a majalisar dokokin kasar a zaben 2007 . Yayin da bai ambaci Sallah da sunansa ba, Yahya Jammeh ya yi kakkausar suka ga shi da Hamat Bah a lokacin da ya nuna jin dadinsa da shan kayen da aka yi wa ‘yan bangar ganga guda biyu a majalisar dokokin kasar. Sallah ya dora laifin rashin tabuka komai na ‘yan adawa a zaben a kan rabuwar kawuna da ya yi, ya kuma ce ya yi niyyar janyewa daga harkokin siyasa ya mayar da hankali wajen yin rubutu.   A ranar 8 ga Maris, 2009, an kama Sallah aka kai shi gidan yari na tsakiya, Mile II. Gwamnatin Jammeh ta zarge shi da yin leken asiri.  Duk da haka, an janye tuhumar da ake masa a ranar 25 ga Maris "domin zaman lafiya da adalci".  An kuma bayar da rahoton cewa an tsare Sallah a watan Yunin 2009, lokacin da ya je ziyarar gungun ‘yan jarida da ke tsare a hukumar leken asiri ta kasa .  An tsare shi kwana daya kafin a sake shi bisa belinsa.  Kafin zaben shugaban kasar Gambia na 2011 Sallah ya fitar da wata sanarwa yana mai cewa ba zai zama dan takara ba saboda " ofishin shugaban kasa ko mataimakin shugaban kasa ba shi da kima a wurinsa". 

A watan Fabrairun 2016, an sanar da cewa Sallah ne zai zama dan takarar PDOIS a zaben shugaban kasar Gambia na 2016 .  Daga baya ya zama mai magana da yawun kawancen 2016, kuma bayan kayen da Jammeh ya sha a hannun Adama Barrow a zaben, ya bayyana cewa Jammeh za a dauke shi tamkar "shugaban 'yan tawaye" idan har bai yi murabus ba a ranar 19 ga watan Janairun 2017, lokacin da wa'adinsa ya kare.  Sallah ta kasance mai magana da yawun gamayyar bayan zaben Barrow. An yi ta rade-radin cewa Barrow na neman Sallah a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa, amma Barrow ya sauya ra’ayinsa bayan ganawarsa da Ousainou Darboe da wasu ‘yan jam’iyyar UDP. Daga baya Sallah ta ki amincewa da tayin mukamin minista.  A ranar 17 ga Fabrairu 2017, an nada Sallah a matsayin mai ba shugaban kasa shawara na musamman kan harkokin mulki (amma bai taba daukar wannan aiki ba). SMBC News yayi sharhi cewa "nadin nasa zai kawo cikakkiyar kwarin gwiwa, gabadaya, cikakkiyar amincewar gwamnatin Barrow." 

A ranar 24 ga watan Fabrairun 2017 ne Sallah ya bayyana cewa zai tsaya takarar majalisar dokokin kasar a zaben 2017 .  Da ya mika sunan nasa ga hukumar zabe mai zaman kanta, ya ce zai zama wajibi masu hannu da shuni su gina majalisar dokoki ta kasa a matsayin cibiyar sa ido.  Haka kuma Sallah ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na mai ba da shawara. Ya tsaya a mazabar Serekunda kuma an zabe shi da kyau. A watan Agusta, Sallah ta yi kira da a yi muhawara da Ousainou Darboe, shugaban jam’iyyar United Democratic Party (UDP), kan sahihancin yarjejeniyar fahimtar juna ta Coalition 2016 da ke nuna cewa Barrow zai yi shekaru uku ne kawai, maimakon cikar shekaru biyar. 

A watan Oktoba na 2017, Sallah ta ce gwamnatin Barrow ta kasance "ta tuna zamanin gwamnatin APRC" saboda "babu wani abu da ya inganta rayuwar talakawan Gambia." Ofishin shugaban kasar ya fitar da wata sanarwa a martanin da ya mayar inda ta ce " kwatanta wannan gwamnati da tsohuwar gwamnatin kama-karya karya ce ta gaskiya."  Sallah ya ziyarci Jami'ar Ohio na tsawon kwanaki uku a watan Fabrairun 2018.  A ranar 8 ga Maris, Sallah ta gana da Jakadan Cuba a Gambia, Lázaro Herrera, a gidansa.  A ranar 16 ga Maris, yayin wata zazzafar musayar ra'ayi kan neman lamuni daga kasar Sin, an cire Sallah daga majalisar dokokin kasar bisa umarnin shugabar majalisar Mariam Jack-Denton . 

A watan Nuwambar 2021, hukumar zabe mai zaman kanta (CEI) ta tabbatar da takarar Halifa Sallah a zaben shugaban kasa na 2021-22. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Sallah dai ya yi hatsarin mota ne a lokacin da ya ke rangadin kasar a watan Maris din 2016 kuma "ya fuskanci yanke fuska", amma raunin da ya samu bai yi hadari sosai ba. 

Masanin kimiyyar siyasar Gambiya, Amat Jeng, ya rubuta game da shi cewa: “An haife shi a Serrekunda kuma ta yi karatu a Amurka, Halifa Sallah ta dawo gida a cikin 1970s lokacin rikice-rikice na kasashen Afirka da yakin cacar baki, gaba daya ta firgita da jari hujja, mulkin mallaka. da kuma wariyar launin fata da ya gani a Amurka Sashe na iyayen da suka kafa 'Red Star', wanda aka fi sani da People's Movement for Independence against Neo-Colonialism and Capitalism (PMINCC), Sallah ya fara daukar tsarin dimokuradiyya na zamantakewa, yana mai imani cewa don wani lokaci. al'umma don gane 'yancinta na siyasa da zamantakewa, dole ne talakawa, na farko, su tsira daga zalunci da mamaya na waje da na cikin gida, na biyu kuma su zama masu mulkin kasa da al'umma tsawon shekaru talatin, Halifa ta shahara da 'yan tsiraru, amma ya kasa samun goyon bayan talakawa, domin ba su taba fahimtar siyasarsa ba. 

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