{"id":94706,"date":"2026-02-23T07:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/gdc-secretary-no-party-will-dictate-coalition-candidates"},"modified":"2026-02-23T07:26:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:26:30","slug":"gdc-secretary-no-party-will-dictate-coalition-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/gdc-secretary-no-party-will-dictate-coalition-candidates","title":{"rendered":"GDC Secretary: no Party will Dictate Coalition Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>Ebrima Nyang, Administrative Secretary of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has declared that his party will not allow any political party to impose a presidential candidate on them in ongoing or future coalition negotiations ahead of the December 5 presidential election.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on The Brunch on Saturday, Nyang reaffirmed the GDC\u2019s willingness to engage in coalition discussions but stressed that such talks must be conducted on equal terms, with all participating parties given a fair opportunity to present their candidates for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any negotiation, we are going to promote the candidacy of Honorable Kandeh,\u201d Nyang said. \u201cIf he cannot lead, then we will consider another candidate. However, we cannot enter coalition talks where we are told it must be candidate A, or there will be no negotiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nyang also criticized the approach of the United Democratic Party (UDP) in coalition-building efforts, describing it as inflexible and counterproductive. He argued that such a stance is disrespectful to other political parties and warned that no single party, including the UDP, can secure victory in the presidential election on its own.<\/p>\n<p>The GDC official reiterated his party\u2019s commitment to constructive dialogue but maintained that any coalition arrangement must be built on mutual respect and shared decision-making.<\/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. Ebrima Nyang, Administrative Secretary of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC), has declared that his party will not allow any political party to impose a presidential candidate on them in ongoing or future coalition negotiations ahead of the December 5 presidential election. Speaking on The Brunch on Saturday, Nyang reaffirmed the GDC\u2019s willingness [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-94706","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>GDC Secretary: no Party will Dictate Coalition Candidates - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. 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