{"id":93560,"date":"2026-02-08T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/ppp-treasurer-confirms-unsettled-status-of-sawo"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:06:43","slug":"ppp-treasurer-confirms-unsettled-status-of-sawo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/ppp-treasurer-confirms-unsettled-status-of-sawo","title":{"rendered":"PPP Treasurer Confirms Unsettled Status of Sawo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>The People\u2019s Progressive Party\u2019s deputy national treasurer sought on Saturday to dispel growing uncertainty surrounding the party\u2019s presidential nomination, saying Saikou Sawo has not yet been formally confirmed as its flag-bearer for The Gambia\u2019s Dec. 5 election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Karafa Sambou, who holds the post, said Mr. Sawo should be considered an aspiring candidate, despite a January news conference at which he was publicly introduced as the party\u2019s standard-bearer.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Kerr Fatou\u2019s weekly public affairs program, The Brunch, Mr. Sambou said the party had opened applications for the flag-bearer position, with a deadline of Feb. 7, 2026, emphasizing that the process remains open to other interested contenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because someone is aspiring does not mean others with interest should stop,\u201d Mr. Sambou said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Sawo appeared alongside the PPP\u2019s secretary general, Ousman Madikay Faal, at the January briefing, where he was introduced as the party\u2019s presidential candidate\u2014an announcement that prompted speculation that the nomination had already been settled.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Sambou offered a different account, emphasizing that the PPP\u2019s constitution outlines formal procedures for selecting candidates.<\/p>\n<p>He said Mr. Sawo recently joined the party with his team and now holds a membership card after encountering difficulties registering his own political organization. Mr. Sambou acknowledged that the party\u2019s executive had expressed support for Mr. Sawo but insisted that no official endorsement had yet been finalized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a process, and that is what he is going through,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on whether the executive\u2019s apparent preference could discourage other aspirants, Mr. Sambou pushed back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not endorse him,\u201d he said. \u201cOur mandate is to ensure the PPP contests all elections, and it is the job of the executive to make that happen. But that does not close the door for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The People\u2019s Progressive Party, once The Gambia\u2019s dominant political force under former President Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara from 1962 to 1994, remains active today, though its influence has waned significantly since losing power more than three decades ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Gambia<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The People\u2019s Progressive Party\u2019s deputy national treasurer sought on Saturday to dispel growing uncertainty surrounding the party\u2019s presidential nomination, saying Saikou Sawo has not yet been formally confirmed as its flag-bearer for The Gambia\u2019s Dec. 5 election. Karafa Sambou, who holds the post, said Mr. Sawo should be considered an aspiring candidate, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-93560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","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>PPP Treasurer Confirms Unsettled Status of Sawo - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. 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