Busy IEC registers third political party in just 7 days

The Independent Electoral Commission has registered a new political party, the All People’s Party. APP was registered on Monday after having met all the requirements for registration, according to the IEC.

It comes four days after IEC registered Gambia For All, former vice president Bakary Bunja Darbo’s party. The IEC had on 31 December 2019 registered President Adama Barrow’s party, the National Peoples Party.

All People’s Party makes it the third political party the IEC has registered in a span of seven days.

The party’s interim leader is Alhaji Gumbo Ali Touray. The party’s color is ‘sea blue’ and ‘white’ with a book, a rice plant and stethoscope as its symbol.