Press Release on Coalition Option Adopted by Opposition Parties Independent Presidential Aspirant and Invited Participants from Civil Society
We, the signatories of this memorandum comprising the representatives of member parties of The Gambia Opposition for Electoral Reform (GOFER), the aspiring Independent Candidate from Civil Society and the invited participants from Civil Society, putting their differences aside, in pursuance of the supreme National interest, do hereby agree
1. To hold a National Convention comprising 10 delegates from each region selected by each signatory party and Presidential aspirant from Civil Society, who are accorded the key mandate to elect one of the aspiring presidential candidates to be the flag-bearer of the Coalition for the 1st December 2016 Presidential Election;
2. To this end, we further agree to set up Technical Committees that are charged with the mandate to work out the modalities required to hold the National Convention.
Political Party Signatories
Gambia Moral Congress (GMC),
Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP),
National Convention Party (NCP),
National Reconciliation Party (NRP),
People’s Democratic Organisation for independence and Socialism (PDOIS),
People’s Progressive Party (PPP),
United Democratic Party (UDP) and
Independent Candidate (IC).
Civil Society Groups
Committee of Concerned Gambians for Democracy and Peace (CCGDP),
Interparty Committee for Opposition Univifation (IPCOU)
The Presidential Candidates
Hon Hamat NK Bah (NRP),
Mr Adama Barrow (UDP),
Dr Lamin Bojang (NCP),
Mr Halifa Sallah (PDOIS) and
Dr Isatou Touray (IC).
Editors Notes
The only Opposition Party which did not sign the memorandum was the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) lead by Mamma Kandeh. The memo is reproduced below for information.