Gambia Coalition 2016 was the governing coalition of The Gambia in the late 2010s, consisting of seven Gambian political parties, civil society groups and one independent candidate created to field and support a unity ticket for the opposition in the 2016 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]
Barrow won the presidential election, unseating incumbent Yahya Jammeh after more than 20 years in power. Coalition 2016 members later worked together as a parliamentary supermajority in the first half of the National Assembly 2017-2022 term.
Their cooperation ended before the 2022 parliamentary elections, which the parties contested independently due to internal disputes. Barrow set up his own party centred around his leadership, and all Coalition 2016 members except the NRP went into opposition.
Governanceedit
The governing body of the coalition was the coalition executive, composed of the following members (sorted by alphabetical order):[3]
coalition, 2016, gambia, governing, coalition, gambia, late, 2010s, consisting, seven, gambian, political, parties, civil, society, groups, independent, candidate, created, field, support, unity, ticket, opposition, 2016, presidential, election, coalition, sel. Gambia Coalition 2016 was the governing coalition of The Gambia in the late 2010s consisting of seven Gambian political parties civil society groups and one independent candidate created to field and support a unity ticket for the opposition in the 2016 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 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 Barrow won the presidential election unseating incumbent Yahya Jammeh after more than 20 years in power Coalition 2016 members later worked together as a parliamentary supermajority in the first half of the National Assembly 2017 2022 term Their cooperation ended before the 2022 parliamentary elections which the parties contested independently due to internal disputes Barrow set up his own party centred around his leadership and all Coalition 2016 members except the NRP went into opposition Governance editThe governing body of the coalition was the coalition executive composed of the following members sorted by alphabetical order 3 Hamat Bah NRP Dembo Bojang UDP Ousainou Darboe UDP Mai Fatty GMC Pa Omar Faye Ind Modou Bamba Gaye NRP James Gomez PPP Omar A Jallow PPP Samba Jallow NRP Musa Jeng Ind Muhammed Magassy Ind Fatoumatta Tambajang Ind Isatou Touray Ind Sainey Touray UDP Buba Ayi Samateh Ind Halifa Sallah PDOIS Aji Yam Secka UDP Kebba F Singhateh Ind Musa Sonko NRP Henry Gomez GPDP Dr Lamin B Bojang NCP References edit Gambia 2016 UDP s Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition 8 November 2016 Archived from the original on 27 July 2018 Retrieved 27 July 2018 Gambia 2016 Opposition Coalition Confident Of Defeating Jammeh 21 November 2016 Archived from the original on 27 July 2018 Retrieved 19 January 2017 Coalition Executive Gambia Coalition 2016 Archived from the original on 27 April 2017 Retrieved 26 April 2017 External links editOfficial Website nbsp nbsp This article about a political party in The Gambia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coalition 2016 amp oldid 1186847247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
