{"id":90540,"date":"2025-11-20T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-ousainu-darboe-raises-concerns-over-voter-registration"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:27:12","slug":"udp-leader-ousainu-darboe-raises-concerns-over-voter-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-ousainu-darboe-raises-concerns-over-voter-registration","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Ousainu Darboe Raises Concerns over Voter Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), ANM Ousainu Darboe, issued a pointed warning to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Monday, voicing concerns about the integrity of the upcoming voter registration process. Speaking at his party office in Pipeline, Darboe emphasized that the UDP would closely monitor the exercise to prevent irregularities.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be very mindful of IEC,\u201d Darboe said. \u201cIf all the votes are being written down, what they will publish on social media will all be photographed. We will take a picture of everything when it is posted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He announced that the party would deploy youth members to oversee the display of voter registration data, checking names, dates of registration, and times to ensure accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe urged the IEC to conduct the process transparently and fairly. \u201cThose who need to be registered legitimately, make sure you register them legitimately. And do not register those who should not be registered legitimately,\u201d he said, underscoring the party\u2019s commitment to safeguarding the integrity of the voter list.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to addressing voter registration, Darboe dismissed claims that the UDP primarily represents the Mandinka ethnic group, calling such assertions \u201cpropaganda.\u201d He highlighted the party\u2019s diverse membership, citing figures such as Agie Yam Secka, among others, from various communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParty Mandinka does not exist,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly Party Gambia exists here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darboe concluded by framing the party\u2019s efforts as a fight for future generations. \u201cWe are not doing it for ourselves; our children\u2019s and our grandchildren\u2019s are the ones we are fighting for to shape their future,\u201d he said.<\/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. The leader of the United Democratic Party (UDP), ANM Ousainu Darboe, issued a pointed warning to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) on Monday, voicing concerns about the integrity of the upcoming voter registration process. Speaking at his party office in Pipeline, Darboe emphasized that the UDP would closely monitor the exercise to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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 Leader Ousainu Darboe Raises Concerns over Voter Registration - Gambia<\/title>\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\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-ousainu-darboe-raises-concerns-over-voter-registration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Leader Ousainu Darboe Raises Concerns over Voter Registration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. 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