{"id":35057,"date":"2023-05-16T06:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T06:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=35057"},"modified":"2023-05-16T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T09:28:09","slug":"gdc-north-bank-candidate-withdraws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gdc-north-bank-candidate-withdraws","title":{"rendered":"GDC North Bank Candidate Withdraws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced that Abdoulie Jallow, the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress\u2019s (GDC) candidate for North Bank Region, has withdrawn his candidacy for the Chairmanship election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Independent Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that Abdoulie Jallow has withdrawn his candidature on 13 May 2023: from the Chairmanship Elections of 20\u2032\u2032h May 2023. The Returning Officer for Kerewan Administrative Area, Haddy Sedat Jobe George has duly accepted the withdrawal of Abdoulie Jallow: GDC Candidate in the Kerewan Administrative Area,\u201d IEC said.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairmanship Elections are slated for 20\u2032\u2032h May 2023<\/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. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced that Abdoulie Jallow, the opposition Gambia Democratic Congress\u2019s (GDC) candidate for North Bank Region, has withdrawn his candidacy for the Chairmanship election. \u201cThe Independent Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that Abdoulie Jallow has withdrawn his candidature on 13 May 2023: from the Chairmanship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":35056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-35057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>GDC North Bank Candidate Withdraws - 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