The United Democratic Party is amazed by the reaction of The Gambia Press Union (GPU) against the comments made by our party leader, Lawyer ANM Ousainou Darboe, in response to a journalist by the name of Pa Nderry Touray. In his response Lawyer Darboe called out the the said journalist[Read More…]
Year: 2022
MPs Weigh In On The Sixth Legislature
As Gambia’s new Legislature has been installed on Thursday, national assembly members are weighing in on the path the country’s lawmaking body will have to take to deliver on expectations. “All we need in this country is to ensure that peace will prevail. We are expecting to achieve the hopes[Read More…]
Be Guided By The Supreme Interest Of Our Motherland, FTJ Tells MPs
Gambia’s newly installed National Assembly Speaker, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, has urged parliamentarians to put the interest of the country ahead of their own. “[I] implore all of us at all times to be guided by the supreme interest of our beloved motherland in dealing with matters tabled before us,” he[Read More…]
The New National Assembly – A Prescription For Chaos?
With his five nominees to the National Assembly, President Adama Barrow seems to have clearly demonstrated that he is more concerned with protecting the interest of his party and administration than that of the people of the Gambia. There is virtually no other reason for selecting those that he nominated[Read More…]
Madi Jobarteh: Objection To The President’s National Assembly Nominations
By all standards, these current nominations betray the reasons and rationale for presidential nominations. The norm that has guided the President in proposing nominations to the National Assembly is to cater for sectors of society that are under-represented to promote inclusion and national unity. For that reason, women, youth, persons[Read More…]
“In A Democracy, We Must Embrace Diversity,” – Says President Barrow
Fellow Gambians, After weeks of intense political activities in the country, I am happy to congratulate all Gambians on the successful and peaceful conclusion of the National Assembly elections held on 9th April 2022. Exercising their rights in what was clearly very keenly contested legislative elections, Gambians made their choice[Read More…]
Low Turnout In Gambia’s National Assembly Vote
There has been a low voter turnout as Gambians head out to cast their ballot in national assembly elections on Saturday, the first since a historic presidential vote saw incumbent Adama Barrow returned to power last December. 962, 157 Gambians have been registered to vote for their next parliamentarians distributed[Read More…]
Halifa Sallah: “We Should Take Ourselves Seriously”
As the just concluded legislative election was marked by a low turnout of voters , Halifa Sallah of the People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) has added his voice to the chorus of recriminations. “We should take ourselves seriously otherwise our destiny is lost,” PDOIS emblematic figure told[Read More…]
Senegalese President Keen On Retaking Dakar In Polls
During a meeting held on Saturday in Dakar, the president of the Coalition dubbed ‘Benno Bokk Yakaar’ (BBY, united for the same hope) revamped his troops to conquer the “difficult” electorate of the country’s capital for the July 31, 2022 legislative elections. Macky Sall does not admit defeat despite the[Read More…]
National Assembly Election Postmortem
Gambians have spoken through their ballots by electing those they want to represent them in the National Assembly for the next five years. It had been an election full of anticipations as well as surprises. In view of President Adama Barrow’s landslide victory in the last presidential elections, most members[Read More…]
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