{"id":90420,"date":"2025-11-18T16:32:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-demands-disclosure-of-list-of-id-cards-issued-overseas"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:09:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:09:28","slug":"udp-demands-disclosure-of-list-of-id-cards-issued-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-demands-disclosure-of-list-of-id-cards-issued-overseas","title":{"rendered":"UDP Demands Disclosure of List of ID Cards Issued Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>UDP youth leader Haji Suwaneh has condemned the recent issuance of identity cards to Gambians in Bissau by the Gambia Immigration Department claiming it is yet another attempt to \u201csteal\u201d the upcoming 2026 presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Barrow government appears to be leveraging the Gambia Immigration Department and the Ministry for the Interior to bolster their position in the forthcoming elections. Our position is that this is nothing but a strategy to engage in electoral fraud through inflating the electoral voter roll using state resources,\u201d the youth politician said.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the \u201cmute\u201d stance of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on this matter, labeling it \u201calarming\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IEC\u2019s role,\u201d he posited, \u201cshould be impartial and not influenced by political machinations. In a functioning democracy, all administrative processes must adhere to legal standards and maintain transparency to uphold public trust, particularly in an election year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suwaneh alleged that those issued national documents overseas have not gone through \u201clegal protocols\u201d as prescribed by Gambian laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe demand transparency and accountability in the process of these overseas ID card and birth certificate issuances not only in Guinea Bissau but also in Gabon, Togo and Mauritania. We urge the relevant authorities, including Gambia Immigration Department, Ministry for the Interior, and the IEC, to publicly disclose the processes followed in the issuances and provide clear documentation to uphold the integrity of national electoral processes. Without a transparent process and access to this data, any assurance of free and fair elections is jeopardised,\u201d he warned.<\/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. UDP youth leader Haji Suwaneh has condemned the recent issuance of identity cards to Gambians in Bissau by the Gambia Immigration Department claiming it is yet another attempt to \u201csteal\u201d the upcoming 2026 presidential election. \u201cThe Barrow government appears to be leveraging the Gambia Immigration Department and the Ministry for the Interior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","category-to-homepage","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>UDP Demands Disclosure of List of ID Cards Issued Overseas - 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