Almami Fanding Taal, an executive member for United Democratic Party (UDP) has said that coalition 2016 did not come to kill UDP, adding that the political leaders of the coalition show equality with UDP.
Mr. Taal told journalists at Bwiam village prior to the opening of APRC congress, adding that: “When group of people are working together, they should work rightfully.”
They should recognise the most powerful person among them so that people will know they [politicians] are together …but one of them is leading in the circumstance of their unity, he said.
He then added that: “This is the system we want to establish in the country. It can only be demonstrated in the electoral process. Any result you [a politician] get. You will know this is the power which the electorates offer you and that power should be accepted peacefully and respectfully. The people should also understand that in political perspective, it is only the majority that can rule a country,”
According to him, UDP is the majority and the politicians should unite to develop the country, totting up the fact that “they should understand their differences base on the majority and minority political parties.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Taal, who is the Administrative Secretary for Regional and Human Rights said that if the fifty plus one [50+1] is introduced in the forthcoming constitution and the UDP fail to register the mark, it will form a coalition with other political parties.
He also said that: “But when UDP cross the requirement then it will enhance democracy in the country because all political parties cannot often form a coalition.”
The UDP was one of the seven political parties that formed a coalition in 2016 which brought the defeat of ex-president Jammeh’s and eventually resulted in his exile.
On coalition agreement
Mr. Taal cited the constitution which states that a president should stay in power for five years, adding that the coalition agreement is left to the top brass on how they would deal with it.
“Now left to the coalition on how they want to deal with the issue within themselves,” he emphasized.
He added that the agreement made by the coalition should be observed, saying “because when we discuss and agree on wards, yous should respect that agreement, that is ‘genuine’, for the reason that a leader should respect his voice.”
Author: Sulayman Waan
