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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Inter-Party Committee (IPC) has elected NPP\u2019s National Assembly Member for Basse and GDC\u2019s senior administrative secretary as chairperson and co-chairperson for the next five years.<\/p>\n Saikou Bah and Samba Baldeh replaced Halifa Sallah and Musa Amul Nyassi who resigned from their positions last month. The IPC is an umbrella body for all the 18 registered political parties in The Gambia. Its main objective is to foster unity among parties as well as ensure violence free elections.<\/p>\n Newly elected chairperson Bah said he is committed to fostering unity among all political parties in the country. \u201cI am ready to serve all the members of the committee irrespective of party affiliation and I am committed to be non-partisan in dealings as chairperson of the committee,\u201d he told The Standard yesterday.<\/p>\n Co-chair Samba Bah said his experience with the IPC since inception will help him serve the committee\u2019s interest to the best of his ability. \u201cWe will do our level best to ensure that we take the IPC to another level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Queries However, Bakary Ceesay, a member of the IPC youth branch, wrote to The Standard yesterday complaining about the lack of women\u2019s representation in the IPC leadership positions for a second successive term.<\/p>\n He said the IPC should set a benchmark in equal representation and promote women\u2019s leadership. Ceesay urged all political parties to put pressure on the IPC to reconsider their decision and select a woman as co-chair.<\/p>\n But when asked to respond to Mr Ceesay complaints, Co-Chair Baldeh said the selection was done in two groups \u2013 the opposition selected the co-chair while the NPP and its partners selected the chairperson.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, on the side of the opposition, Aji Yama Secka was nominated but she declined citing her age and said she has a lot of responsibilities. There was no other lady at the meeting.\u201d The selection of chairpersons was based on experience,\u201d Baldeh added.<\/p>\n Source: The Gambia | Standard News From The Gambia<\/b><\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Gambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Omar Bah Africa-Press – Gambia. The Inter-Party Committee (IPC) has elected NPP\u2019s National Assembly Member for Basse and GDC\u2019s senior administrative secretary as chairperson and co-chairperson for the next five years. Saikou Bah and Samba Baldeh replaced Halifa Sallah and Musa Amul Nyassi who resigned from their positions last month. The IPC is an umbrella […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":18351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[2355,2361,7300,260,3302],"class_list":["post-18352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-chairpersons","tag-gambia","tag-ipc"],"yoast_head":"\n