UDP leader Ousainou Darboe has given an Independence speech where he disclosed his party is expecting to form the government in December.
“This year, the United Democratic Party will also commemorate its 25th Anniversary. It is a year in which we anticipate that come 4th December 2021, victory will be ours Insha Allah,” Darboe said.
According to the UDP leader in his 10-minute address, his message is about peace and unit.
My message to you all today is a message of renewed hope; a message of unity; a message of peace; a
“Fellow Gambians, each day we hear the news of our sisters and daughters losing their lives while giving life. Each day we hear of our sons and daughters dying in foreign lands, being deported back home unceremoniously or drowning because they dared to cross the Mediterranean in search of “greener pastures”. Each day we hear the cries of our mothers, our wives and our sisters about the high cost of living and the inability to feed their children and; each day we see our sons and daughters cursing each other, swearing at each other, discriminating against each other on tribal and religious lines.
“Never in the history of The Gambia, our homeland, have we endured such difficulty as in the past few years. Ours was a close-knit society of tolerance; a society of “sutura”; and a society of social cohesion. Some of us have been privileged to have a taste of what that social cohesion and social inclusiveness was and how it felt. Unfortunately, our children and grandchildren have not been fortunate enough to enjoy that beauty amongst us,” Darboe said.
