United Democratic Party/National reconciliation Party (UDP/NRP) Alliance New York Statement on the successful nomination of Lawyer Ousainou Darboe as a candidate for the September 22nd,
2006 Presidential election.
Ladies and gentlemen:
We
would like to join the National Executive Committee of the UDP/NRP
Alliance in thanking everyone for the great support that the Alliance received from you to make the August 28, 2006 nomination day a success. Lawyer Ousainou Darboe has been official nominated according to The Gambia ELECTIONS DECREE 1996 DECREE NO. 78.
Lawyer Darboe's third term Presidential bid
SECTION 42. subsection (2)
A candidate for election to the office of schedule (a) President shall
be nominated in the prescribed Form 1 of part A of schedule IV by not
less than five thousand votes whose names appear in the register of
voters, with at least two hundred voters being drawn from each
Administrative Area;
SECTION (43) subsection (1) A candidate shall, at the time he delivers his nomination paper to the Returning Officer for election to the Office of
(a) President, deposit with the Returning Officer, the sum of ten thousand dalasis.
The nomination went successfully with several thousands of people who came from all parts of
the country to witness his nomination. They ended up with a big rally at Latri Kunda Yeri nya.
We must confess Mr. Darboe has never received such a huge crowd in the past in all his previous Presidential nominations. The
majority of Gambians, who over the 12 years have painfully learnt the
bitter significance of the cruel Jammehs regime have started speaking
out and we expect President Jammeh to listen carefully. They are
totally opposed to the foul political game, mismanagement of the Gambia economic, the continuous
violation of the constitution by the unlawful arrest, detention and torture of innocent Gambians.
Gambians
are saying enough is enough, no more thuggery, no more harassment, and
no more killings of our love Gambian soldiers. This regime has a lot
under the carpet and is the antithesis of peace and stability. The
propaganda machinery of this government is to chant peace and stability
aloud while it is committed to chaos and brutality.
There are many questions for President Jammeh that needs to be answer and that is about the missing millions:
-D350 Million from Nigeria crude oil-aid to The Gambia;
-D224 million missing at the Central Bank;
-D2 Million stolen by the present Secretary of state for Agriculture Yankuba Touray;
-D27 Million
embezzled by the (APRC) cohorts and Yai Compins under the pretext of
Youth Development Enterprise (YDE) which should have been used to
purchase the poor farmers groundnuts.
Ladies
and Gentlemen: this election is about the future of The Gambia and
about change. UDP/ NRP Alliance are ready to bring the change and bring
a bright future for the nation. The Alliance believe that the time has
come for Gambians to take charge once again of its economic future,
reverse 12 years of Voodoo Economics, fiscal irresponsibility, and
economic violence against the poor working people that have converted
this proud country which used to be called a regional Super market
into the worlds largest debtor nation, mortgaged our children future
by tripling our national debt.
Finally,
UDP/NRP Alliance will not tolerate any intimidation or electoral fraud
from the (APRC). With a free and fair level plying ground, we are
optimistic; Lawyer Darboe would win Jammeh with a large margin.
Down with the (APRC) corrupt Government
Down with Jammehs dictatorship
Long live The Gambia
Long live UDP/NRP Alliance
UDP/ NRP Alliance New York USA
August 29, 2006