{"id":89943,"date":"2025-11-12T17:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-highlights-diaspora-role-in-2026-election"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:14:47","slug":"udp-leader-highlights-diaspora-role-in-2026-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-highlights-diaspora-role-in-2026-election","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Highlights Diaspora Role in 2026 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ousainu Darboe, leader of The Gambia\u2019s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has signaled plans for a significant diaspora presence in the country during the 2026 presidential election, saying party supporters abroad intend to monitor key polling stations across the nation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Coffee Time With Peter Gomez, Darboe said the UDP\u2019s approach to election monitoring will be markedly different from previous years.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the party had initially relied on young people as polling agents, believing it was important to involve them in the management of party affairs, including elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut then we later discovered that maybe we ought not to have used those young people. We ought to have used more elderly persons, people whose determination could be stronger,\u201d Darboe said.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested that youth agents may have been more vulnerable to pressure. \u201cYou know, an 18-year-old chap who just left grade 12, you can intimidate him or her, but not people who have lived in Europe for decades,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe declined to disclose specific details of the UDP\u2019s election strategy, saying he did not want the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to be aware of their targeted polling stations. However, he indicated that the party\u2019s focus will be on areas where it enjoys strong support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to make sure that we have good agents,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause of the polling agents, they metamorphose into accounting agents at the end of the ballot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The veteran opposition leader also lamented what he described as the continued disenfranchisement of Gambians living abroad. \u201cAnd this is because voting for the Gambian diaspora has been denied to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that during recent visits abroad, he encouraged Gambians in the diaspora to return home between April and May to register during the supplementary registration exercise, in hopes of expanding their participation in the 2026 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. Ousainu Darboe, leader of The Gambia\u2019s main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), has signaled plans for a significant diaspora presence in the country during the 2026 presidential election, saying party supporters abroad intend to monitor key polling stations across the nation. 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