Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress

The Gambia Party for Democracy and Progress is a small political party in the Gambia. It is led by Henry Gomez, a resident of Hamburg, Germany. The party initially launched Gomez as their presidential candidate for the 2006 elections, but he joined the UDP/NRP alliance after his candidature was refused by the IEC the party. The GPDP was part of the opposition Coalition 2016 for the Gambian [presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election], where Adama Barrow was selected as the opposition candidate and subsequently won.