50% of UDP’s Challenges Are Management-Associated – Kerr Fatou On-line Media Home
By Buba Gagigo
Ahmad Gitteh, a supporter of President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party (NPP), has urged the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) to rethink its management forward of the 2026 presidential election, claiming that half of the occasion’s points stem from management challenges.
“Fix your occasion, it’s time to change your management. That is 50 % of your issues. I’m not saying Ousinou Darboe is a foul individual, however the notion of Gambians about him in relation to management is unhealthy. When I say Gambians, I’m not saying the 200, 000 folks which can be voting for him. You want one other 100, 000 or 200,000 within the subsequent election to win an election. So the notion of Gambians from Yahya Jammeh time is in-built folks and that isn’t going to go. So fifty % of your issues as a celebration is Darboe in management, not Darboe as a foul individual. That’s not what I mentioned. If you take away him, you will notice loads of adjustments.
“Going for Barrow is not the solution, change your messaging too. Before insulting Gitteh, convince me to join you. Maybe if I join you, that will balance the equation between Sabally and Gitteh for UDP,” Gitteh acknowledged.
Once a powerful UDP stalwart, Gitteh shifted allegiance to the NPP however was sidelined in favor of Seedy Ceesay throughout what he known as a disputed major election. He contested as an unbiased, garnering 6,718 votes in opposition to Ceesay’s 52,429 votes and Yankuba Darboe’s 77,946 votes.
Gitteh additionally urged the UDP to help the 2024 draft structure, describing it as a vital step for the nation’s progress.
“I’m interesting for the betterment of everybody, let’s go the structure in order that Barrow will contest 2026 as his final time period. It will not be solely Barrow (who will wish to proceed), simply Sir Dawda Jawara and Trudeau. Nobody provides up management, it’s in regards to the individual in, however there are loads of components. The folks surrounding you’ll not need you to go away as a result of it doesn’t favor them. When Sir Dawda left, some folks round him turned to beggars, the identical with Macky in Senegal.
“The same with Yahya Jammeh and Adama Barrow’s will be the same, whether he likes it or not as far as he (Adama Barrow) is there they will live a good life, but they don’t know their future when he leaves. Human beings are selfish in nature. I swear, even if he wins in 2026, there will be people that will convince him to contest again in 2031. Do you think they like him? No, but they are protecting their sustenance. The best is to put a barrier and pass the constitution so that he will not contest for 2031,” Gitteh defined.
He additionally warned in opposition to any makes an attempt to unseat Barrow by drive, urging the UDP to concentrate on convincing Gambians to vote in opposition to him as an alternative.
“Is true that UDP has a crowd to carry chaos within the nation and no person can underestimate that. A pacesetter that has greater than 200,000 followers can carry chaos to a rustic. But is that what we would like? Because folks have began saying Barrow is not going to contest by drive. I agree that something can occur, however in the event you drive Barrow out, are you aware what occurs? Just take Libya for example, they fought, however what occurred on the finish of the day? Gaddafi was killed, and all of the people who led the revolution couldn’t lead the nation, all of them died.
“The same thing happened in Iraq. In Syria, a lot suffered. Egypt and Tunisia are other examples. So you can bring chaos against Barrow to unseat him maybe, maybe the soldiers might come and take over. Do you think they tell Darboe to come and take over? They will say five years transition and continue because no one leaves this place,” he cautioned.
