{"id":87432,"date":"2025-10-06T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2"},"modified":"2025-10-06T18:52:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T18:52:13","slug":"confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Bensouda Left UDP since Oct 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>A senior member of Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has confirmed to The Standard that the Kanifing mayor is no longer a member of the UDP.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After the public unveiling of his movement, many say his membership of the yellow party became untenable with the party\u2019s deputy foreign secretary, Lamin Manneh, arguing that one cannot be \u201cin and out\u201d at the same time and that Bensouda should make up his mind or that UDP make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>But Kemo Bojang said there was no ambiguity when the mayor made the public declaration. \u201cHe was very clear and deliberate. In fact, in his Wolof version, he was even more direct, stating unequivocally that he has left the United Democratic Party. He went further to thank the UDP and its supporters for standing by him all through the years and for the opportunities the party gave him, but that gratitude was accompanied by a clear line of departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no confusion or speculation about his position, and I can authoritatively confirm that, as of the 2nd of October, Talib is no longer a member of the United Democratic Party. His announcement was both final and decisive, marking the end of his political journey within the UDP\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The UDP is yet to make a formal declaration, four days after Mayor Bensouda\u2019s declaration.<\/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. A senior member of Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has confirmed to The Standard that the Kanifing mayor is no longer a member of the UDP. After the public unveiling of his movement, many say his membership of the yellow party became untenable with the party\u2019s deputy foreign secretary, Lamin Manneh, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87432","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>Confirmed: Bensouda Left UDP since Oct 2 - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A senior member of Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has confirmed to The Standard that the Kanifing mayor i ...\" \/>\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\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Confirmed: Bensouda Left UDP since Oct 2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A senior member of Talib Bensouda\u2019s Unite for Change Movement has confirmed to The Standard that the Kanifing mayor i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-06T18:25:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T18:52:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759764103.906483.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1728\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1150\" \/>\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\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Confirmed: Bensouda Left UDP since Oct 2\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T18:25:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-06T18:52:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\"},\"wordCount\":243,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759764103.906483.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\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/confirmed-bensouda-left-udp-since-oct-2\",\"name\":\"Confirmed: Bensouda Left UDP since Oct 2 - 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