Coalition 2016
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President of the Gambia 2017–present
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Gambia Coalition 2016 was the governing coalition of
United Democratic Party (UDP) Adama Barrow as their candidate. Barrow officially left the UDP to allow him to run as an independent candidate, although his candidacy continued to be supported by the UDP through its membership in the coalition.[1]
Apart from the UDP, the other parties in the coalition were the
People's Progressive Party (PPP) and the Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP). The independent female candidate and anti-female genital mutilation activist Dr Isatou Touray and a civil society group headed by Fatoumatta Tambajang also joined the coalition.[2]
Barrow won the presidential election, unseating incumbent
National Assembly
2017-2022 term.
Their cooperation ended before the 2022 parliamentary elections, which the parties contested independently due to internal disputes. Barrow set up his own party centred around his leadership, and all Coalition 2016 members except the NRP went into opposition.
Governance
The governing body of the coalition was the coalition executive, composed of the following members (sorted by alphabetical order):[3]
- Hamat Bah (NRP)
- Dembo Bojang (UDP)
- UDP)
- Mai Fatty (GMC)
- Pa Omar Faye (Ind)
- Modou Bamba Gaye (NRP)
- James Gomez (PPP)
- PPP)
- Samba Jallow (NRP)
- Musa Jeng (Ind)
- Muhammed Magassy (Ind)
- Fatoumatta Tambajang (Ind)
- Isatou Touray (Ind)
- Sainey Touray (UDP)
- Buba Ayi Samateh (Ind)
- Halifa Sallah (PDOIS)
- UDP)
- Kebba F. Singhateh (Ind)
- Musa Sonko (NRP)
- Henry Gomez (GPDP)
- Dr Lamin B. Bojang (NCP)
References
- ^ "Gambia 2016: UDP's Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition". 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Gambia 2016: Opposition Coalition Confident Of Defeating Jammeh". 21 November 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Coalition Executive". Gambia Coalition 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.