We are convinced that the ideas we have is what constitutes the system change that will change this country and that is why we are here to share those ideas.

• Economy,Jobs & Security;
• Education & Civil Participation;
• Transition for a New Beginning;
• Human Rights & Justice;
• Cultural Diversity & Gambianism;
• International & Regional Integration;

We are convinced that an economy that relies entirely on importing everything that we are consuming is not sustainable. Look at the basis of our importation on rice alone and you will see exactly what we are talking about. What we are producing in terms of rice is 67,000 tonnes what we need for consumption which we mostly import is 200,000 tonnes. Currently, the bill on rice alone is over 2 billion dalasis and we are capable of producing rice. It means that if we produce the rice that we are importing we will be putting 2 billion dalasis annually in the hands of our producers. This is a fact. How do we enhance production is a fundamental question of system change.

Who is that New Gambian? It is that Gambian who is conscious that he or she is an embodiment of the sovereignty of the land. It is that Gambian who is conscious that no other Gambian is embodied with a higher degree of sovereignty than he or she is embodied; it is that Gambian who is conscious that he or she is equal in sovereignty with all other Gambians irrespective of gender, religion, ethnolinguistic origin, birth, etc.; that New Gambia will be conscious of being in a nation – united with everybody and seeking to ensure that each lives for all and all live for each. That is the Gambian who can bring about a New Gambia.

Democracy is about information; without it there cannot be decision making adding that many people claim that PDOIS has an ideology and they attribute that ideology to many countries in the world and they attribute success or failure of PDOIS based on their notions.

Ideologies – the study of ideas is not what anybody who truly understands the science of society will attribute to this or that group. Society embodies facts. Facts we have to study scientifically to understand before we can map out which direction society should take to be able to eradicate poverty, tyranny and degradation that we sought to combat.

Under the current government, under the past two governments there is the ocean with all the marine life but what they have been doing is granting license to a few companies to fish and take away all the fishing products and process it and then send it back to our homeland – we become the consumers. We are saying that system cannot sustain development. We are saying therefore that you must have a Fisheries Corporation that is publicly owned that invests resources to buy fishing vessels – trawlers that will go out at sea, ensure that Gambians become captains, become sailors, work, sell the fish abroad, gain foreign exchange, process it on Gambian soil and generate employment. We are convinced that our marine life can ensure employment for our citizens and eradicate poverty in our country. That is our policy – that is socialism. It is to build the productive public base, the productive economic base and ensure that it serves the entire people and consequently eradicate their poverty.