{"id":94788,"date":"2026-02-24T07:11:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-leader-speaks-on-partys-role-in-coalition-negotiations"},"modified":"2026-02-24T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:35:45","slug":"udp-leader-speaks-on-partys-role-in-coalition-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-leader-speaks-on-partys-role-in-coalition-negotiations","title":{"rendered":"UDP Leader Speaks on Party\u2019S Role in Coalition Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong> <\/span><b>United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe has elaborated on how political alliances are negotiated during elections.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview , Darboe said the UDP has consistently been willing to collaborate with other opposition parties during election periods. He stressed, however, that the party has never abandoned a coalition or alliance since its formation.<\/p>\n<p>Darboe explains that coalition-building depends on the positions of the participating parties. \u201cIn every negotiation, parties outline their positions and engage in discussions to reach an agreement. Declaring a position is not an imposition,\u201d he remarked<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cWhen making a public declaration of what your position is, it doesn\u2019t mean that it is an imposition. We just want to make it clear that we stated our position, and we never shied away from stating it.\u201d According to him, negotiations only occur because parties adopt positions.<\/p>\n<p>On the role of surveys in informing public choices, Darboe said UDP\u2019s response will depend on a careful review of the results. \u201cWe have to properly scrutinize, interrogate, and arrive at a conclusion,\u201d he stated. He emphasized that the party would support a candidate likely to defeat the incumbent president if the survey was genuine, credible, and free from manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding succession planning within UDP, Darboe said naming potential successors prematurely would be unfair. He noted that the party has numerous capable individuals who could lead in the future. \u201cPeople who are intelligent, patriotic, committed, and respectful of the party\u2019s values can emerge,\u201d he added.<\/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. United Democratic Party (UDP) leader Ousainou Darboe has elaborated on how political alliances are negotiated during elections. In a recent interview , Darboe said the UDP has consistently been willing to collaborate with other opposition parties during election periods. He stressed, however, that the party has never abandoned a coalition or alliance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-94788","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 Speaks on Party\u2019S Role in Coalition Negotiations - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag&quot;&gt; Africa-Press - Gambia. 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