Coalition 2016

Gambia Coalition 2016, was a coalition of seven Gambian political parties, civil society groups and one independent candidate created to field and support a unity candidate for the Gambian opposition in the 2016 Gambian presidential election. The coalition selected real estate developer and deputy treasurer (and presidential candidate) of the United Democratic Party (UDP) Adama Barrow as their candidate. Barrow officially left the UDP to allow him to run as an independent candidate, although his candidacy continued to be supported by the UDP through its membership in the coalition.[1]

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Adama Barrow

President of the Gambia

2017–present

Government

Apart from the UDP, the other parties in the coalition were the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS), the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), the Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), the National Convention Party (NCP), the People's Progressive Party (PPP) and the Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress (GPDP). The independent female candidate and anti-female genital mutilation activist Dr Isatou Touray and a civil society group headed by Fatoumatta Tambajang also joined the coalition.[2]

Governance

The governing body of the coalition was the coalition executive, composed of the following members (sorted by alphabetical order):[3]

References
  1. /gambia-2016-udps-adama-barrow-leaves-udp-to-head-opposition-coalition/ "Gambia 2016: UDP's Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition" Check |url= value (help). 8 November 2016.
  2. "Gambia 2016: Opposition Coalition Confident Of Defeating Jammeh". 21 November 2016.
  3. "Coalition Executive". Gambia Coalition 2016. Archived from the original on 27 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
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