By Fatou Sillah
Rohey Malick Lowe, mayor of Banjul and a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), affirmed her commitment to the party in an interview with West Coast Radio, amid rumors and criticism from some people within the party suggesting she might defect to the National People’s Party (NPP).
“They have been saying that I will leave the party, and they are the ones who left,” Ms. Lowe said, referring to party members who have recently departed.
The mayor also addressed accusations that she had been sharing information with President Adama Barrow, claims she said were propagated by a specific group within the UDP that viewed her as an obstacle. “There has been a stigma since 2019. A particular group had an agenda, and they think that I am the obstacle,” she said. “They were the very people saying that every day I go to the State House for dinner, lunch, and breakfast. They sell that to our own people, the UDPians, and they buy it.”
Ms. Lowe said her gender has contributed to skepticism about her motives. “Because I am a woman, they did not believe me, and they believed that person over me. I am very consistent, and I won’t damage anyone’s image because I want to be in a position,” she said.
She added that she remains committed to the UDP, the party in which she was raised politically. “An institution where I was born, raised, and know; if that institution is going to collapse, it will not be from me. The best thing to do is take steps and observe,” she said.
On her future political involvement, Ms. Lowe said she has deliberately stayed out of active politics for strategic reasons. “They say I should come in the middle, and I said no; when it is time to politic, I will come and do politics for my party, but right now I won’t join,” she said.
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