{"id":84370,"date":"2025-08-19T19:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T19:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens"},"modified":"2025-08-19T20:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:03:23","slug":"race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens","title":{"rendered":"Race for UDP 2026 Presidential Candidate Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday announced the opening of applications for the position of Flagbearer for the 2026 Presidential Election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A statement from the party said this follows the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC), acting in accordance with Articles 11(3)(b) and 23(3)(c) of the UDP Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe application process officially opens on Monday, 18th August 2025, and will closed on Tuesday, 2nd September 2025. The Selection Committee will thereafter undertake a rigorous vetting and consultation process in line with both the 1997 Constitution of The Gambia and the prescribed rules of the UDP.<\/p>\n<p>The process will culminate in the official announcement of the UDP Presidential Flagbearer on Wednesday, 10th September 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The UDP calls on all eligible and interested party members who meet the constitutional and party requirements to submit their applications within the stipulated period. The Party reiterates its firm commitment to transparency, inclusivity, and internal democracy in the selection of its 2026 Presidential Candidate,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The party urged all interested persons requiring more information about the issue to contact the UDP National Secretariat on Tel: +220 7712251 \/ +220 2251111.<\/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. The United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday announced the opening of applications for the position of Flagbearer for the 2026 Presidential Election. A statement from the party said this follows the decision of the National Executive Committee (NEC), acting in accordance with Articles 11(3)(b) and 23(3)(c) of the UDP Constitution. \u201cThe application process [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","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>Race for UDP 2026 Presidential Candidate Opens - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday announced the opening of applications for the position of Flagbearer for ...\" \/>\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\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Race for UDP 2026 Presidential Candidate Opens\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday announced the opening of applications for the position of Flagbearer for ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-19T19:16:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-19T20:03:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621123.248971.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\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Race for UDP 2026 Presidential Candidate Opens\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-19T19:16:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-19T20:03:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\"},\"wordCount\":194,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1755621123.248971.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/race-for-udp-2026-presidential-candidate-opens\",\"name\":\"Race for UDP 2026 Presidential Candidate Opens - 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