Talib Ahmed Bensouda, National Organising Secretary United Democratic Party (UDP) has vowed that his party is open to all parties that share common values and common interest.
In an interview with The Voice Guest of the week he said: “we cannot alliance with a party that does not share vision of sustainable development in The Gambia or a vision of democracy but as far as a party has those same co-principles to see a democratic Gambia and a Gambia that is developing at a rapid place then we see no reason why we will not acknowledge a party like that.”
“I think 2016 has changed a lot in The Gambian. I saw a static somewhere that even though the population of Sierra Leone doubles Gambia but we use more internet data than Sierra Leone and this started since 2016. I think Gambians were in a cage and we were unleashed in 2016. Before that people for a long time did not engage much in politics they feared been active in politics,” he told The Voice.
He added: “But in 2016 when the country come together to bring about change we felt unleashed and we started engaging politically more than the average around the world. So every Gambia now on a daily bases is talking about political parties. I think is a good thing for our new democracy and hopefully after this election it could be a little bit more time so we can focus on national development because politics should not be forever. However we must talk about issues and talk about national development that is a politics that is more valuable so I just hope after this election we will have more focus development issues.”
As the National Organizer and campaign manager of UDP, he said his message to party militants is for them to open the doors keep welcoming people to the party and make sure that they always represent everybody.
He also said UDP is a party that believes in diversity, female participation and gender equality.
“We are party that believes in youth participation and a multi-cultural environment so we want them to promote those core values of the UDP,” he stated.
