UDP leader Ousainou Darboe has said his party will strive to make the December election about the Gambian people and their urgent priorities.
“We must all strive to make the elections about the Gambian people and their urgent priorities. We at the United Democratic Party intend to do just that,” Mr Darboe said in his Eidul Fitr message.
According to Mr Darboe, the December election offers Gambians another opportunity to choose among ‘clear and contrasting’ candidates and visions.
Mr Darboe added: “We’re only 204 days away from a defining and consequential national elections, the first since the birth of the New Gambia in 2016. The Gambian people will again have an opportunity to choose among the clear and contrasting candidates and visions and it is the responsibility of every citizen to engage fully in the entire process, that is free, fair and transparent from registration to voting. “This will assure validation of the exercise and enjoy the confidence of all stakeholders whatever the outcome. The real winners in such a contest would be democracy itself as the outcome would be as good as processes that produced it.
“We must all there commit ourselves as individuals, political parties, CSOs and government officials to the proposition that only qualified citizens should be registered legally, at home and abroad. That candidates and campaigns would engage voters as stipulated by law and that polls would be conducted freely and fairly.”
