Coalition 2016
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Gambia Coalition 2016, was a coalition of seven Gambian political parties and one independent candidate created to field and support a unity candidate for the Gambian opposition in the 2016 Gambian presidential election. The coalition selected real estate developer and chairman of the United Democratic Party (UDP) Adama Barrow as their candidate. Barrow officially left the UDP to allow him to run as an independent candidate, although his candidacy continued to be supported by the UDP through its membership in the coalition.[1]
Apart from UDP the other parties in the coalition were the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), the National Convention Party (NCP), the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP). The independent female candidate and anti-female genital mutilation activist Dr Isatou Touray also joined the coalition.[2]
Governance
The governing body of the coalition was the coalition executive, composed of the following members (sorted by alphabetical order):[3]
- Hamat Bah (NRP)
- Dembo Bojang (UDP)
- Ousainou Darboe (UDP)
- Mai Fatty (GMC)
- Pa Omar Faye (Ind)
- Modou Bamba Gaye (NRP)
- James Gomez (Ind)
- Omar A. Jallow (PPP)
- Samba Jallow (NRP)
- Musa Jeng (Ind)
- Muhammed Magassy (Ind)
- Fatoumatta Tambajang (Ind)
- Isatou Touray (Ind)
- Sainey Touray (UDP)
- Buba Ayi Samateh (Ind)
- Halifa Sallah (PDOIS)
- Aji Yam Secka (UDP)
- Kebba F. Singhateh (Ind)
- Musa Sonko (NRP)
References
- ↑ "Gambia 2016: UDP's Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition". 8 November 2016.
- ↑ "Gambia 2016: Opposition Coalition Confident Of Defeating Jammeh". 21 November 2016.
- ↑ "Coalition Executive". Gambia Coalition 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2017.