{"id":93022,"date":"2026-01-07T08:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T08:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T09:26:42","slug":"barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff","title":{"rendered":"Barrow Calls off Opposition\u2019S Coalition Bluff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Barrow has criticised attempts by the opposition parties to form a coalition against him insisting that he will beat all of even if they succeed in forming an alliance.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a weekend rally in Mamuda, Barrow said even his biggest challenger the UDP has now changed their messaging from assuming he has no supporters to now believing that they cannot remove him by themselves alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this party (NPP) was being formed, my opponents said I have no supporters and that they are going to remove me from office in 2021. But six years today, the opposition is now saying \u2018we can only remove President Barrow through a coalition. Even the UDP has lost trust in itself and have given up. They are now saying they need other parties to join them to be able to challenge me,\u201d the president teased.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned how the UDP could secure victory in the election when it has now been \u201cdivided into three parties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The president said some new political parties are \u201cbrief case parties\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe aware of them,\u201d Barrow advised his supporters. \u201cThey are coming to you [NPP supporters] because they know they stand no chance against President Barrow. But I know you will not accept these brief case parties. They have not brought any developments to the people and they have not benefited Gambia in any way, shape or form. They cannot point to any single development they have accomplished since they formed these parties. So I call on you supporters to stay united and do not let them come between you,\u201d Barrow 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. President Barrow has criticised attempts by the opposition parties to form a coalition against him insisting that he will beat all of even if they succeed in forming an alliance. Speaking at a weekend rally in Mamuda, Barrow said even his biggest challenger the UDP has now changed their messaging from assuming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-93022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","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>Barrow Calls off Opposition\u2019S Coalition Bluff - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Barrow has criticised attempts by the opposition parties to form a coalition against him insisting that he ...\" \/>\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\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barrow Calls off Opposition\u2019S Coalition Bluff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President Barrow has criticised attempts by the opposition parties to form a coalition against him insisting that he ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\" \/>\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=\"2026-01-07T08:50:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-07T09:26:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1767765269.110778.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\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barrow Calls off Opposition\u2019S Coalition Bluff\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-07T08:50:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-07T09:26:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\"},\"wordCount\":283,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/sm_1767765269.110778.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/barrow-calls-off-oppositions-coalition-bluff\",\"name\":\"Barrow Calls off Opposition\u2019S Coalition Bluff - 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