{"id":90784,"date":"2025-11-23T17:35:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary"},"modified":"2025-11-23T17:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T17:39:21","slug":"udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Calls for Cut to President\u2019S Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Ousainu Darboe, leader and presidential candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling for a reduction in President Adama Barrow\u2019s salary, questioning the rationale behind the president\u2019s current monthly pay of D500,000.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes the president work more than a permanent secretary?\u201d Darboe asked during a recent interview. \u201cAll the work is done by permanent secretaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With a brief laugh, he added that President Barrow \u201cdoes not give any directives,\u201d noting that his remarks were specific to the current administration. Darboe argued that the president bears no personal expenses because the state covers all costs associated with the office. \u201cThere is nothing that is an expense on him, yet he earns D500,000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe contended that serving as president should be viewed as a privilege rather than an opportunity for personal enrichment. He dismissed claims by some National Assembly Members that increasing the president\u2019s salary helps curb corruption. Corruption, he argued, \u201cis an attitude, and one will not be corrupt if it is not part of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recalling his long-standing criticism of former President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s remuneration practices, Darboe insisted he would not repeat what he once condemned. \u201cMy conscience would not allow me to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe emphasized that his party is not in politics for personal gain. \u201cIf it were about making money,\u201d he said, \u201cI would have focused on my private practice and quietly made my money.\u201d<\/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 and presidential candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling for a reduction in President Adama Barrow\u2019s salary, questioning the rationale behind the president\u2019s current monthly pay of D500,000. \u201cDoes the president work more than a permanent secretary?\u201d Darboe asked during a recent interview. \u201cAll the work is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-90784","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 Calls for Cut to President\u2019S Salary - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ousainu Darboe, leader and presidential candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling for a reduction in ...\" \/>\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\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Leader Calls for Cut to President\u2019S Salary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ousainu Darboe, leader and presidential candidate of the United Democratic Party (UDP), is calling for a reduction in ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\" \/>\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=\"2025-11-23T17:35:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-23T17:39:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763906861.396118.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UDP Leader Calls for Cut to President\u2019S Salary\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-23T17:35:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-23T17:39:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/11\/sm_1763906861.396118.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-calls-for-cut-to-presidents-salary\",\"name\":\"UDP Leader Calls for Cut to President\u2019S Salary - 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