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IEC announces NA poll nomination schedule

Mar 6, 2012, 12:27 PM

As the race to the forthcoming National Assembly polls draws near, the Independent Electoral Commission, IEC, has announced a schedule for the nomination of candidates by the respective political parties.

A media release from the Commission said Thursday 8th March will be allocated for the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) and the opposition Gambia Party for Democracy and Development (GPDP).

The dispatch added that Friday 9th March will be for the opposition parties, the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), Peoples Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) and the National Alliance for Democracy and Development (NADD).

The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC) and independent candidates will take Saturday 10th March as the day to nominate their candidates.