{"id":83721,"date":"2025-08-10T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026"},"modified":"2025-08-11T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:19:48","slug":"udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026","title":{"rendered":"UDP Deputy External Affairs Secretary Confident for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will secure victory in the 2026 presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent engagement, Manneh asserted that electoral malpractice is a thing of the past in The Gambia, adding that no political party can undermine the will of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2026 we are going to win and win big and go to the state house and call them before the courts,\u201d he expressed.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that the ruling National People\u2019s Party (NPP) is concerned about potential legal consequences should the UDP come to power. According to Manneh, the NPP \u201cknows they cannot win or buy elections anymore or intimidate Gambians into voting for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe said never again in 2016, and we mean never again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh stressed that the UDP\u2019s political struggle is rooted in peaceful engagement, not violence. \u201cWe will not spill blood or burn the country down. We will not follow you into your tragic situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded by reaffirming the UDP\u2019s commitment to national development: \u201cThe Gambia belongs to Gambians, and we will fight to make it livable and enjoyable for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence that his party will secure victory in the 2026 presidential election. Speaking during a recent engagement, Manneh asserted that electoral malpractice is a thing of the past in The Gambia, adding that no political party can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-83721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","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>UDP Deputy External Affairs Secretary Confident for 2026 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Deputy External Affairs Secretary Confident for 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lamin Manneh, Deputy External Affairs Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has expressed strong confidence ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-10T12:15:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T17:19:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754815938.301005.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UDP Deputy External Affairs Secretary Confident for 2026\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-10T12:15:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T17:19:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754815938.301005.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-deputy-external-affairs-secretary-confident-for-2026\",\"name\":\"UDP Deputy External Affairs Secretary Confident for 2026 - 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