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Time Will Tell

The forthcoming by-election in Nianija constituency has thrown up yet another opportunity for the politicians to do what they enjoy doing most – trading words. Femi Peters of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) had boasted that his political party would win the constituency hands down. But shortly after his boast or overweening optimism, an APRC man Seedy Njie has written off Femi Peters’s high hopes as unrealistic, even laughable. “The opposition camp in the country has lost direction...

APRC Will Find it Tough in Nianija - Femi Peters

The campaign manager of the main opposition party the United Democratic Party (UDP), Mr. Femi Peters, has said that the ruling APRC Party will be given a good run for their money, come 18th December.  Speaking to this paper yesterday, Mr. Peters revealed that his party will be going all out to support the contesting National Reconciliation Party (NRP) candidate, who is yet to be named. “It is not going to be an easy thing for the APRC. We are going to contest. We are a coalition. It’s a joint...

Ahead of Nianija By-election

GPDP Yet to DecideBarely three weeks to the much-talked about National Assembly by-election in Nianija constituency, the opposition Gambia Peoples Democratic Party (GPDP) has revealed through its leader Henry Gomez that they are “yet to decide as to whether they will contest the elections”. These comments by the GPDP leader come barely a week after the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) through its campaign manager also revealed that they are not certain as to whether they will also...

UDP, NRP Constitutional Case Set for Next Session

The constitutional contest filed by the United Democratic Party, National Reconciliation Party and Momodou K.Sanneh against the Attorney General and the Independent Electoral Commission has been deferred until the next session of the Supreme Court. According to Chief Justice Abdou Kareem Savage, the panel was not properly constituted to hear the matter. He said they would endeavour to have the Seven-Member Panel of Judges to hear the matter. The three plaintiffs are contesting at the Supreme...

UDP Leader Congratulates President-Elect Obama

As congratulatory messages continue to flow into the BarackObama transition committee, Mr. Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the oppositionUnited Democratic Party (UDP) has also joined the list of those sending theirheartfelt congratulations to President- Elect Barack Obama of the United States. In his letter made available to this paper, the UDP leaderexpressed on behalf of the UDP party and on his own behalf, his sincerecongratulations and felicitations to President Obama on the occasion of...

Waa’s prophecy ‘fulfilled’

The firebrand leader of the opposition National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) Lamin Waa Juwara has told the Daily Observer his prophecy that “politics of confrontation” will become history has completed its final orbit. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Observer at his residence in Brikama, on Thursday, Juwara said for Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, the leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), to agree with President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh’s declaration of zero tolerance...

UDP Will Always Condemn Coups - Lawyer Darboe

Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has reiterated that his party will never recognise military take-over of power, whether it is in The Gambia or any other part of the world, stressing that the act is illegal. Mr. Darboe made these remarks in an exclusive interview with this paper. Quizzed as to his reaction to the latest coup d’etat in neighbouring Mauritania, he stated that the action is uncalled-for and unwarranted. “We in the UDP have and...

Am Not in Opposition Because I Want Power - Darboe

IMr. Ousainou Darboe, leader of the main opposition party, United Democratic Party (UDP), has maintained that his reputation as a leading opposition politician is not driven by any lust for power but that he is motivated by the patriotic desire to put right the wrongs of the government on certain fundamental things concerning the way and manner the affairs of the nation are being conducted.  “If the government is handling things in the proper manner, I will not be opposing them. So this is why...

Supreme Court Strikes Out O.J.’s Appeal Case

As UDP, NRP Case is Deferred The Supreme Court five-member panel of judges on Monday struck out the criminal appeal case filed by Omar Jallow against the state. The appellant counsel, Lawyer Ousainou Darboe, told the court that he had filed a notice of withdrawal and they therefore wished to discontinue the appeal. The state respondent led by the Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice, Marie Saine-Fridaus, told the court that the respondent had no objection to the withdrawal of...

Opposition politician, supporters Exonerated

Lamin R. Darboe, a former UDP candidate in Kombo East constituency, is now a free man following the striking out of his case by the Brikama Magistrates’ Court for want of prosecution. Mr. Darboe was charged alongside Buba Darboe and Jerreh Fatty for their alleged involvement in an assault that occasioned actual bodily. The trio was on Tuesday acquitted and discharged of the charges for, according to magistrate John Njie, there wasn’t substantial evidence before the court to rely on in...