{"id":29514,"date":"2023-02-08T10:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/assan-martin-endorses-talib-bensouda-for-upcoming-mayoral-election"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T10:12:41","slug":"assan-martin-endorses-talib-bensouda-for-upcoming-mayoral-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/assan-martin-endorses-talib-bensouda-for-upcoming-mayoral-election","title":{"rendered":"Assan Martin endorses Talib Bensouda for upcoming mayoral election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Amidst announcements of support for individuals, Lawyer Assan Martin is the latest to announce his backing for the mayor of KMC, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, as the 2023 mayoral election fast approaches.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team members will embark on a formidable campaign as envisaged by [the] Mayor and support his efforts to rebuild a better city,\u201d Mr. Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>Martin announced his candidature for the 2018 mayoral election with the phrase \u201cKMC must be fixed\u201d, but later joined an independent Candidate, Papa Njie, who was later defeated by Bensouda.<\/p>\n<p>Assan Martin\u2019s endorsement came just a week after Musa Yally Batchilly, the Leader and Secretary General of Gambia Action Party (GAP) endorsed the same candidate at a gathering behind the Africell\/KMC Fitness Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe intend to collaborate&#8230; to pressure him (Bensouda) to do more and help build capacities in the municipality for the benefit of all locals regardless of party affiliation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Human Rights Lawyer initially intended to run for the position but decided to back Bensouda because of his \u201cmaturity and openness \u2013 and ready to exchange opinion and views.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin and his team endorsed GDC for the 2021 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Amidst announcements of support for individuals, Lawyer Assan Martin is the latest to announce his backing for the mayor of KMC, Talib Ahmed Bensouda, as the 2023 mayoral election fast approaches. \u201cOur team members will embark on a formidable campaign as envisaged by [the] Mayor and support his efforts to rebuild a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-29514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Assan Martin endorses Talib Bensouda for upcoming mayoral election - 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