Opposition
party members are meeting on Sunday to elect a standard bearer that should lead
an imminent opposition coalition in the December 1, 2016 presidential polls.
Each
of the seven opposition party leaders and one independent aspirant will bring
along seventy (70) delegates, ten (10) from each of the seven regions across
the country to vote in a primary to select a flag bearer, who will face
incumbent President Yahya Jammeh, who has been in power for twenty-two years.
The
parties are UDP, PDOIS, NRP, PPP, NCP, GMC, GPDP, and Dr Isatou Touray, independent
candidate.
Mamma
Kandeh, leader of the newly formed party GDC, would not join his colleagues.
A
GDC party official said 70 delegates “is detrimental” to his party. Rather they
would prefer an open primary election.
Presidential
election is scheduled for December 1, 2016.