Darboe: I’m not desperate to become Gambia’s next president

The vice president of The Gambia and the leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP) Ousainou Darboe has boosted that he is not desperate to lead the Gambian populace in next elections to come.

“I am not desperate to be the President of The Gambia, but any forces of whatever description; of whatever status in life, who attempts to divide the UDP, I will take you head on; I will fight you to prevent that. That is my mission. I will not preside over the disintegration of the United Democratic Party,” he said.

He was speaking at the opening ceremony of UDP’s congress held recently at a local hotel alongside Senegambia.

“There is nobody in the country that would dispute that Adama Barrow is not the president of The Gambia and no one will dispute that I’m not the leader of the UDP. I can only not being the leader if they happen to choose someone in congress and Barrow’s presidency can also change only after elections,” he said.

He lamented that he will not preside to the disunity over UDP, instead he is elected to literate and to get more people to join the party.

He lamented that UDP will continue to strengthen the country’s democracy because it was his party’s commitment to throughout a dictatorship regime and fought for democracy.

He therefor calls on the party militant to respect the party and contributes to its development.

The political leader further claimed that UDP remains the strongest political party in the country. He added by thanking the people who came from different part of the world to grace the occasion and contribute their quarter in the party’s development. 

He pointed that it will be his party’s commitment to make sure no form of dictatorship will return in the country.

Alhagie Dembo Bojang, the national president of UDP lamented that they have concluded congress in different regions with peace and they remain to be the most powerful party in the country, while describing the party as “all tribe party”.

He call on the unity of the party, saying that the party members use to insult some political leaders, which they should stop and work together and see UDP as their party.

On others raising annoying words to UDP, Mr. Bojang commonly known as Dembo-By-Force reiterated that if they don’t stop making noise to towards the party, their own party will be collapse but not UDP.

“If we are not united, people would not have attended our congress. People have come to attend this congress because we are united,” said Dembo Bojang.