Culled from Observer newspaper OUSAINOU DARBOE IS STILL UDP LEADER Following the news last week of the nomination of Sam Sillah as the national president of the United Democratic Party (UDP) by the party's congress, speculation has been rife in town that the position of the Secretary-general Ousainou Darboe as the party leader is at stake. The UDP's national executive issued a press release over the weekend and clarified that Lawyer Ousainou Darboe is Secretary General of the United Democratic Party and Party Leader and by the grace of Allah will be the party's presidential candidate in the Presidential Elections in 2001. The release indicated that the new national president, Sam Sillah, would bring to the party, age, experience and his international standing. Meanwhile, Mr Sillah last Friday told The Point newspaper in an interview, expressed optimism that the UDP would win all the seats in forthcoming local government and municipal elections. He said that plans are underway to have a dialogue with the IEC so as to make the forthcoming elections truly free and fair. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------