{"id":87203,"date":"2025-10-03T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/darboe-discusses-ongoing-reconciliation-with-bensouda"},"modified":"2025-10-03T08:16:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T08:16:36","slug":"darboe-discusses-ongoing-reconciliation-with-bensouda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/darboe-discusses-ongoing-reconciliation-with-bensouda","title":{"rendered":"Darboe Discusses Ongoing Reconciliation with Bensouda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Alagie S. Darboe, Senior Administrative Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and Minority Leader at the National Assembly, has said that reconciliation efforts are underway with Kanifing Municipal Council Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda following his resignation as the party\u2019s National Organizing Secretary.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with West Coast Radio, Darboe said the UDP remains committed to unity and continues to pursue dialogue with both current and former members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing everything possible to ensure that our members remain together. It is our hope that Talib will listen and continue to be part of the party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that, despite recent defections, the UDP remains committed to restoring normalcy within the party. \u201cWe want every UDP member to remain, whether they have gone or they are not gone, but for them to come back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe emphasized the party\u2019s enduring influence among its supporters, stating, \u201cOnce UDP blood runs in you, wherever you go is UDP, and wherever you are is UDP, even those in the NPP; they are still called the UDP, so with that, we are anticipating, and seriously, that he will think otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the negotiations to persuade Mayor Bensouda to remain in the UDP are not based on specific promises but rather on ongoing efforts to convince him to stay with the party.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing speculation of mistrust between UDP leader Ousainou Darboe and Talib Bensouda, he clarified that Bensouda\u2019s resignation as organizing secretary was driven by procedural reasons, not personal conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the recent advance regarding his resignation as the organizing secretary is on the basis that he was an applicant to the position. And if it happened that he was not selected, it may not be advisable for him to continue to be the chairperson of the campaign team,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted, \u201cIf you were opposing somebody and for you to take the lead to organize events for him, you may not be able to do it; you may not be in a position to do so. So in order to save yourself and the party from that, for you to relinquish, I\u2019m not seeing that there is a kind of mistrust between the two.\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. Alagie S. Darboe, Senior Administrative Secretary of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and Minority Leader at the National Assembly, has said that reconciliation efforts are underway with Kanifing Municipal Council Mayor Talib Ahmed Bensouda following his resignation as the party\u2019s National Organizing Secretary. 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