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 Posted - 06 Jan 2007 : 17:15:11
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UDP WILL CONTEST ALL SEATS
By Bubacarr K. Sowe
Ousainou Darboe, leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) has said that his party will contest all the 48 constituencies in the forthcoming National Assembly Elections.
In an interview with Foroyaa on Tuesday, Mr. Darboe opined that they will win a sizeable number of seats with a view to reducing the APRC dominance in the National Assembly.
“We have identified candidates for various constituencies and these candidates are working on tax clearance as well as assets declaration and the filling in of nomination papers,” he said.
For the sponsorship of contestants, Darboe said it is not his party alone, but Gambian Peoples’ Democratic Party (GPDP) and the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) who are allying with him.
Darboe also said his party’s boycott of the last parliamentary election in 2001 was a protest.
“We brought our protest to an end when we contested the by-election when Bana Jobe was convicted. We also contested in the Kombo East by-election and the Bakau Ward by-election. So we brought our protest to an end much earlier than now”, he added.
Asked how many seats UDP will win, Darboe said; “I would not want to predict, but I believe a sizeable part of the seats.”
He was asked whether he was willing to create room for other parties in constituencies where they are strong to contest the APRC alone.
Darboe indicated that he has not been consulted by any other political party on the formation of a tactical alliance. He said presently it is only the GPDP and the NRP that are collaborating with the UDP. When Mr. Gomez was interviewed he spoke a different language.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issues
Issue No. 002/2007, 5-7 December, 2007
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