Democratic Congress Alliance
| Democratic Congress Alliance | |
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| Party leader |
John Colley Faye I.M. Garba-Jahumpa |
| founding | 1960 |
The Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA) ( German Democratic Congress Alliance ) was a democratic political party in Gambia .
history
The Democratic Congress Alliance was formed in 1960 in the British colony of Gambia from the merger of the two parties Gambia Democratic Party (GDP) and the Gambia Muslim Congress (GMC). The intention of the two former party leaders, Reverend John Colley Faye and Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa, was to create a strong political force. General elections were to be held for the first time in 1960 after the protectorate and colony were merged. The newly formed party had to compete against the United Party (UP) and People's Progressive Party (PPP).
However, only three candidates were elected for the parliamentary elections for the House of Representatives . In 1961, the party leaders of the DCA made an offer to enter into an agreement with the PPP, which was led by the later President Dawda Jawara - but this was not to be a merger. In the 1962 elections , the DCA formed a coalition with the PPP, with the DCA winning a seat in the expanded House of Representatives .
Political differences between Garba-Jahumpa and Faye led to the early dissolution of the party. Garba-Jahumpa continued his way into the newly founded Gambia Congress Party (GCP), the rest of the DCA merged into the PPP in 1965.
Election results
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See also
literature
- Arnold Gailey, Harry A. Hughes: Historical Dictionary of the Gambia The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999, ISBN 0-8108-3660-2
- Rosel Jahn: Gambia: travel guide with regional studies; with a travel atlas . Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4