{"id":92931,"date":"2026-01-04T18:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T19:04:13","slug":"foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party","title":{"rendered":"Foni Lawmaker Urges Voters to Reject Ruling Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Pa Demba Sanneh, the National Assembly member for Foni Bondali, has warned voters in Bantanjang Ward that electing the ruling National People\u2019s Party candidate in next week\u2019s by-election would amount to choosing party loyalty over local representation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the campaign trail as the January 10 contest approaches, Mr. Sanneh argued that an NPP victory would place the interests of the governing party above those of the community. He accused party officials of branding their opponents in the APRC-No-To-Alliance as deceivers, a charge he forcefully rejected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest deceiver is the NPP,\u201d Mr. Sanneh said, pointing to what he described as a record of broken promises in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>He reminded residents that the NPP won Foni Bondali during the 2021 presidential election, campaigning on pledges that, he said, remain largely unfulfilled. \u201cHave they fulfilled any of those promises? No, they have not,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they are now asking you to vote for their candidate to fulfill the same promises, you should know they are deceiving you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using a local proverb, Mr. Sanneh suggested that allegiance to the ruling party would limit independent decision-making. \u201cIf someone lends you an eye, you will only see where that person wants you to see,\u201d he said. An NPP councilor, he added, would be obliged to follow party directives rather than the will of voters.<\/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. Pa Demba Sanneh, the National Assembly member for Foni Bondali, has warned voters in Bantanjang Ward that electing the ruling National People\u2019s Party candidate in next week\u2019s by-election would amount to choosing party loyalty over local representation. Speaking on the campaign trail as the January 10 contest approaches, Mr. Sanneh argued that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":92930,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-92931","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>Foni Lawmaker Urges Voters to Reject Ruling Party - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pa Demba Sanneh, the National Assembly member for Foni Bondali, has warned voters in Bantanjang Ward that electing th ...\" \/>\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\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Foni Lawmaker Urges Voters to Reject Ruling Party\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pa Demba Sanneh, the National Assembly member for Foni Bondali, has warned voters in Bantanjang Ward that electing th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\" \/>\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=\"2026-01-04T18:21:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-04T19:04:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1767540743.352581.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\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Foni Lawmaker Urges Voters to Reject Ruling Party\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-04T18:21:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-04T19:04:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\"},\"wordCount\":242,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1767540743.352581.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/foni-lawmaker-urges-voters-to-reject-ruling-party\",\"name\":\"Foni Lawmaker Urges Voters to Reject Ruling Party - 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