(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has expressed readiness to work with other opposition parties in the country to defeat President Yahya Jammeh in the December presidential elections. The Gambia will hold presidential elections in December 2016, but the UDP’s leader and secretary-general, Ousainou Darboe, is[Read More…]
Gambia 2016 Elections
Gambia 2016 Elections: PDOIS Unveils Governance Programme
(JollofNews) – The Third Republic must usher in a transition from the absolutism of the monarchical presidency under which executive order reigns supreme over the constitution, regulations and basic fundamental rights thus reducing sovereign citizens into subjects and ensure an accelerated power of motion to consolidate a people centred government[Read More…]
Gambia’s Opposition Elects Barred Leader As Presidential Candidate
(JollofNews) – The Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) Sunday unanimously re-elected Ousainou Darboe, who is ineligible to contest elections, as its flagbearer in this year’s presidential poll. Ousainou Darboe, 67, who founded the UDP in 1996, is constitutionally barred from contesting presidential elections in the West African nation[Read More…]