{"id":84901,"date":"2025-08-27T18:40:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:12:16","slug":"udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","title":{"rendered":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to contest the upcoming presidential election is driven by loyalty to the party and its founding members, rather than personal ambition.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with Peter Gomez on West Coast Radio, Darboe underscored the challenges he has endured, including imprisonment and personal humiliation, as well as the stress inflicted on his family, highlighting that these experiences have not deterred him from his political mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not in this for personal ambition; if I were in it for personal ambition, I would have walked away. The party members have a lot of confidence in me, and they realize that Ousainu Darboe is not in this for personal ambitions. Otherwise, what I endured in prisons, the humiliation that has been meted out to me, I mean the stress that my family has been subjected to, I could have said, Look, it is not worth it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe further emphasized that stepping back now would constitute a betrayal of the people he began serving in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, if I did that, then the day I took up leadership in 1996, I would have betrayed the people then, and then my joining the fray in 1996 would be falsified if I paid attention to what is really happening to my family, the humiliation that I have been going through; then I will not be true to the people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>The UDP leader reflected on the party\u2019s broader mission, noting that the initial objective was to remove the previous administration of Yahya Jammeh\u2014a goal he says is partially achieved. He stressed that his continued participation is aimed at consolidating democratic governance, mentoring younger party members, and ensuring a smooth transition of leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is now to see a good government in place, during a weak period, continue to mentor the younger members of the party, and ultimately hand over. I have always told them that, look, I have the baton, I\u2019m looking behind me, and I don\u2019t want that baton to drop. It has to be handed over, and it will be handed over,\u201d Darboe said.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized his respect for the party\u2019s founding members, stating that their legacy informs his decision to run. However, he added that he would step aside if the party deemed it necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am running again because I am paying particular heed to those members of the party who were the founders because their legacy is tied to my legacy,\u201d he added that, \u201cHonestly, if the UDP feels that I should not really run, I will gracefully bow out, but the call is for me to run, and it is not a stage-managed call. I have never stage-managed anything in my political career; things come spontaneously,\u201d he said.<\/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. United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to contest the upcoming presidential election is driven by loyalty to the party and its founding members, rather than personal ambition. Speaking during an interview with Peter Gomez on West Coast Radio, Darboe underscored the challenges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-84901","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\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...\" \/>\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\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\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=\"3 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\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\"},\"wordCount\":495,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.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\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\",\"name\":\"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":540,\"caption\":\"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition - Gambia","description":"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition","og_description":"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":540,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition","datePublished":"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition"},"wordCount":495,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.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\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition","name":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-27T18:40:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-27T19:12:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"United Democratic Party (UDP) leader and Secretary General, Lawyer Ousainu Darboe, has stated that his decision to co ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1756309242.945902.jpg","width":960,"height":540,"caption":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-darboe-presidential-bid-driven-by-duty-not-ambition#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Udp\u2019S Darboe: Presidential Bid Driven by Duty, not Ambition"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}