Saikou
Marong, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Latrikunda Sabaji said the
decision of the United Democratic Party (UDP) to expel him and seven other
lawmakers was entirely politically motivated, arguing that the UDP is dying and
will soon be buried.
“The
entire decision of the UDP I can tell you is based on political issues, because
they believe that we are the one supporting President Adama Barrow. Trust me,
if I tell you the party is dying they will not believe me but the truth is UDP
is dying and they will be disappointed. What they believe is that we don’t have
any influence but the way things are going they will be soon be buried,” he told
The Point in an interview yesterday.
The
Latrikunda Sabaji lawmaker said he is yet receive any expulsion letter from the
party. “If the party has an agenda different from the national agenda, then I
am not going to follow that agenda. I will only follow the national agenda. I’m
a genuine Gambian so I will not follow or support any other agenda that is
different from the national agenda.”
Omar
Darboe, the NAM for Upper Nuimi said the decision of the UDP to expel him from
the party did not surprise him, while describing the party’s decision as
entirely based on politics. “We know that there are some ‘elements’ within UDP
who wanted to use us for their individuals political gains of which we don’t
support and obviously we know they will expel us,” he stated.
He
added: “I am telling you that the decision of the party is based on politic.
There is nothing about national issues and if there was national interest, I
don’t think they will have problem with the President who used to be in the UDP
party.
