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Nyarikangbanna
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 23 Apr 2011 : 23:51:36
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Saturday, 23 April 2011
The Youth Wing of the United Democratic Party (UDP), led by the national Organizing Secretary, Mr. Momodou Lamin Nyassi, embarked on a tour of Wuli East, which wrapped up at Bajakunda, as part of their nationwide consultation tour in preparation for the upcoming 2011 Presidential Election.
Most speakers complained about UDP’s failure to put up a candidate in Wuli East in the past elections and demanded that this issue be addressed. The APRC won the seat but it would have been different had the UDP contested, the villagers posited.
The villagers also stated that many voted NADD in the last parliamentary election because they wanted to avoid a win for the APRC; whilst others chose not to vote, which worked in favour of the APRC. With a credible candidate, the UDP could win in Wuli East, the villagers added.
In reply, the National Organising Secretary, Mr. Shyngle Nyassi, informed the villagers that the UDP is in favour of one opposition candidate in the upcoming bye-election slated for the 28th April 2011, and that all UDP supporters should vote for that candidate whoever he/she is and whichever party he/she belongs to. He added that he will report the villagers’ concern to the party’s secretariat in Banjul and that all efforts will be made to address the issue of filling a candidate in Wuli east 'but that will be for future elections', Mr. Nyassi emphasized
The tour continues in Tumana and Kantora districts.
(Reporting by Lamin Darboe, Editing by Femi Peters Jnr.)
Publisher; United Democratic Party
www.udpgambia.com
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I do not oppose unity but I oppose dumb union. |
Edited by - Nyarikangbanna on 24 Apr 2011 01:14:12 |
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