{"id":86852,"date":"2025-09-26T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections"},"modified":"2025-09-26T20:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:36:48","slug":"darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections","title":{"rendered":"Darboe Calls for Unity as UDP Faces Defections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>United Democratic Party (UDP) flag bearer Ousainou Darboe has called on party militants to maintain cohesion despite recent resignations of some senior members.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Addressing supporters in Italy during his European tour, Darboe reminded party sympathisers that resignations are not new in the UDP, emphasizing that the party remains committed to its core value of championing democracy.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, several key figures, including Tombong Saidy and Karafa Sonko, left the party, citing concerns over its adherence to democratic principles. However, Darboe dismissed suggestions that these departures would negatively affect the party\u2019s performance in upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been so many talks recently about the party. But I want to assure you that such issues are not new in UDP. The party was founded by UDP, GPP, and NCP. Later on, Sheriff Dibba and his entire membership left us, but we remained strong,\u201d Darboe told militants in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that in 2018, nine elected officials, including eight parliamentarians and a regional chairman, resigned, yet the party continued to uphold its democratic values despite predictions of collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe urged women politicians and party militants worldwide to continue advocating for the UDP and mobilizing support, including from non-members, to strengthen the party\u2019s mission for a better Gambia.<\/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) flag bearer Ousainou Darboe has called on party militants to maintain cohesion despite recent resignations of some senior members. Addressing supporters in Italy during his European tour, Darboe reminded party sympathisers that resignations are not new in the UDP, emphasizing that the party remains committed to its core [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86851,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-86852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Darboe Calls for Unity as UDP Faces Defections - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) flag bearer Ousainou Darboe has called on party militants to maintain cohesion despite ...\" \/>\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\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Darboe Calls for Unity as UDP Faces Defections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Democratic Party (UDP) flag bearer Ousainou Darboe has called on party militants to maintain cohesion despite ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\" \/>\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=\"2025-09-26T20:00:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-26T20:36:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758906288.666579.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\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Darboe Calls for Unity as UDP Faces Defections\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-26T20:00:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-26T20:36:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/09\/sm_1758906288.666579.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-calls-for-unity-as-udp-faces-defections\",\"name\":\"Darboe Calls for Unity as UDP Faces Defections - 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