Last October, accompanied by over two hundred of his supporters, the YCD founder, Buba Bojang, met President Adama Barrow at Mankamang Kunda to officially announce his reasons for joining the NPP.
But speaking to journalists on Sunday, Mr Bojang said: “We want to inform all our members that we have denounced our support and partnership with the ruling National People’s Party. We apologise to all our supporters who left everything they were doing to join us at Mankamang Kunda last year to officially announce our partnership with the president.”
He said the idea was to work with the NPP based on shared ideologies and ideas that would propel the development of the country but they have realised that instead of showing interest in what they brought to the table, the NPP want to take them for a ride just like they did with other political parties and their leaders.
“We refused to be used as political tools just to attend events and rallies that would not make any difference to the plight of Gambians. We are not leaving because we were not engaged at all but the engagements were not what we expected. Imagine the NPP sending us an invitation to attend President Barrow’s Book Launch at the State House under the current circumstances of our country. So, we felt that they are not serious with the issues that matter and it would not make sense to continue working with people who do not bother on the issues that matter to the people they serve,” he said.
He said the NPP had offered to include him in the party executive but he refused because he was not interested in positions.
