By Alieu Ceesay
Mustapha Touray and Musa Jammeh, both aspirants for the 2018 Mayoral election under the UDP party have formed a Coalition to rally support behind Mustapha Touray. Musa Jammeh, a native of Bakau; and Mustapha Touray, a native of Bundung have been strong UDP members.
The duo are said to have shared the same vision and mission of developing KMC, therefore deemed it fit to form a coalition.
Supporters of the duo from Bundung and Bakau have now rallied their support behind the Bundung-born Mustapha Touray.
The United Democratic Party (UDP) is yet to officially unveil who their candidate is, but this move is described as a positive one for the UDP aspiring candidates.
The event also witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Jammeh and Touray.
Addressing the gathering on Sunday at the Semega Janneh Hall, Musa Jammeh, informed the crowd that he is among the young people who rallied behind UDP in Bakau many years ago. According to him, he was inspired to contest the mayoral election as a result of his desire to develop KM.
He thanked all those who expressed their support to him at the initial stage. He assure of his undivided support to Mustapha Touray, saying he believes in Touray just as Touray believes in him. Touray, according to Jammeh, will bring about the needed changes in KM, if elected.
Mustapha Touray, coalition leader said he is very Committed to the development of KM. He thanked Musa Jammeh for agreeing to form a formidable unit ahead of the April 12 local government elections. He called on the people of KM, UDP supporters in particular to support his collation team to win the polls.
Dodou Kassa Jatta, a native of Bakau and a UDP militant described UDP as a political party that believes in unity and oneness.
He explained that the coalition came about after a series of consultations and meetings.
“UDP has been since during the difficult days. Let us be united and work towards electing Mustapha Touray. The duo can separately run independently but UDP believe in unity,” he told the gathering.
Jatta, who rejoined UDP after leaving the party to joined opposition GDC party, describes Mustapha Touray as a respectful, loving and caring individual.
