{"id":88903,"date":"2025-10-29T07:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-calls-udp-leaders-coalition-plea-frustration"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:28:32","slug":"barrow-calls-udp-leaders-coalition-plea-frustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-udp-leaders-coalition-plea-frustration","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Calls UDP Leader&#8217;S Coalition Plea Frustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Adama Barrow has dismissed United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe\u2019s recent call for a coalition with parties outside the ruling National People\u2019s Party (NPP) alliance, describing it as an expression of frustration.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I heard this, I recalled a Sarahule saying: when someone is frustrated, the person spits. He is frustrated; that\u2019s why he said that,\u201d President Barrow remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at his residence in Mankamang Kunda during a meeting with residents from Foni, President Barrow added, \u201cIn 2021, I knocked him, and he fell down, but this time when I knock him, he will not come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Barrow said he heard Darboe claim that there is no blood in hospitals and that doctors sell it. In response, the president explained that blood is donated, not imported from Europe, and suggested that Darboe should ask his supporters to donate blood to make it more readily available. \u201cLet him tell his supporters to donate blood at hospitals\u2014that would make it easier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With Gambia\u2019s presidential election set for December 2026, political tensions are already intensifying as rival leaders exchange sharp words ahead of the polls.<\/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. President Adama Barrow has dismissed United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe\u2019s recent call for a coalition with parties outside the ruling National People\u2019s Party (NPP) alliance, describing it as an expression of frustration. \u201cWhen I heard this, I recalled a Sarahule saying: when someone is frustrated, the person spits. 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