Gambia's President-Elect says Jammeh cannot reject polls

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Gambian President Yahya Jammeh arrives at a polling station with his wife Zineb during the presidential election in Banjul, Gambia, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon

BANJUL (Reuters) - Gambia's President Elect Adama Barrow said that the country's outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no constitutional authority to reject the results of the Dec 1 polls and call fresh elections. "I open up a channel of communication to convince him to facilitate a smooth transfer of executive powers in the supreme interest of this country," he told reporters on Saturday. (Reporting by Lamin Jahateh; Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Louise Heavens)