I find it extraordinary that there is even talk of coalition or whatever one
calls it.  UDP had declared victory (a landslide) long ago and the less than
5% PDOIS draws is insignificant to them as i understand the rhetoric it's
foot soldiers have been trumpeting.   Whatever PDOIS does is not gonna
satisfy some of her interlocutors who if they had their wishes wanna
see PDOIS fade and fizzle into oblivion.  NADD failed and no one wants
to take responsibility, rather we are bamboozled with outlandish and some
of the most ridiculous concoctions of reasons that the whole thing was a
subterfuge by PDOIS and Halifa in particular who wanted to gain
power undeservedly.  Now however flawed the AGENDA 11 is and indeed
there are some problems with it at least it is an attempt to give those whom
PDOIS desires to represent how things can be done.  Now if the only reason
for a UDP led alliance or coalition is that it is the biggest so everyone
just have to be mute and follow them willy-nilly then that equally is a none
starter.  The examples of how coalition governments comes about such as
the Conservative-Lib Dem pack that some have been talking about was only
possible following elections and there was no clear winner able to form a
government.  There was never any talk of coalition between Cameron and Clegg
prior to the elections of 2010 that i know of and if there were any
negotiations for coming together the dynamics would have been totally
 different.

Let the UDP (the biggest party?) juggernaut as we are made to believe gather
extra momentum and coast to victory and Gambia shall live happily ever
after.

Mboge

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> "An "extraordinary solution" would first require Mr Joof to articulate
that PDOIS bears greatest responsibility in so far failed efforts to
assemble a united front."
> Mr. Darboe, with all due respect, i find your above assertion as
completely outrageous and without merit. This notion that PDOIS should just
follow the UDP because it is the largest opposition party is out right
rediculous. We would want the UDP to atleast produce a policy document on
how and why people should join them in a party led coalition. I hope you
will not also blame PDOIS for Hamat's decision to pull out of the UDP/NRP
alliance?
> pasamba Jow
>
>
> "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of
justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 15:02:08 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: [>-<] The deteriorating condition of Gambians in The Gambia
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> George
>
> Mr Omar Joof has captured the dominant aspirations of Diaspora-based
opposition supporters, but there is no question where major responsibility
for the impasse in creating a united front lies. An "extraordinary solution"
would first require Mr Joof to articulate that PDOIS bears greatest
responsibility in so far failed efforts to assemble a united front.
>
> Like you, I read the positions of the key players, and on current
evidence, there is no realistic hope for a united front.
>
> Unlike Mr Joof, I see no need to coax over the unachievable
>
>
>
>
>
> LJDarbo.
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 17/5/11, George Sarr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: George Sarr <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RE: [>-<] The deteriorating condition of Gambians in The Gambia
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, 17 May, 2011, 14:02
>
> Well said Omar. Well said!
>
> Sent via DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
> -----Original message-----
>
> From: omar joof <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Mon, May 16, 2011 17:11:15 GMT+00:00
> Subject: RE: [>-<] The deteriorating condition of Gambians in The Gambia
>
> Daffeh,
> The perfect solution indeed is to ensure that there is a single opposition
coalition candidate to challenge dictator Yaya Jammeh in The December
presidential poll. The scenario we are faced with in The Gambia is
extraordinary, and thus requires an extraordinary solution.
> I have no doubt that The UDP in terms of national following, is not just
the biggest opposition party in The Gambia, but it is indeed the biggest
political party in the country. A coalition that removes Yaya Jammeh can
only be to the UDP's interest, but that can only be a coalition which
includes not only all the opposition parties, but also PDOIS/NADD in
particular. Only such an all inclusive opposition coalition will have the
muscle to resist the criminality which constitutes the modus operandi of the
A(F)PRC. The moment nomination day ends with a single opposition candidate
up against Yaya Jammeh, you will witness Gambians in their
thousands standing up for such an opposition candidate. There will be
generated such a tremendous momentum for change that Yaya Jammeh even with
all his green berets, will not be able to campaign in some places. This is
not a matter of conjecture, but it is a fact, as we know how Jammeh has been
stealing elections in The Gambia over the years.
> I am certain about another thing: In view of the banditry, brutality and
criminality which characterize the body politics of the A(F)PRC, to
contribute towards the regimes constitutional removal from power is a moral
duty. Similarly, to procrastinate the evolution of the framework which to
the majority of our citizenry and well wishers constitutes the perfect
solution, should constitute a moral transgression. Though no person should
hold moral judgement over another, this regime has been so murderous, that
it can only be deemed to have committed the worst against us. This also
helps to highlight the mess we are in, and make all the more obvious the
urgency of the need for national sacrifice and compromise.
> Finally, I intend not to abide by your advice if we do not have a single
opposition coalition candidate to challenge dictator Jammeh in the
forthcoming presidential poll in The Gambia.  However, whatever resources I
have to contribute shall be equally divided between all the opposition
parties. For me, they are all comrades-in-arms against murderers and friends
of rapists!
> In conclusion, I hereby remind all our opposition leaders of the teaching
of a man at the beginning of his eternal journey to his children. The man
called all his children. When they were all gathered, he asked fo a
traditional African broom to be brought in. When his request was complied
with, he untied the broom and requested one of the children to sweep the
floor with just one of the sticks from the collection that make up the
broom. The act was impossible to perform. But when the sticks were put
together again, the act of sweeping the floor became possible. The story
teaches not only the significance of unity, but how paramount it
is, especially when what constitutes the bottom line is messed up; like when
truth and justice are not part of the basis of our national dialogue and
interactions, like what obtains in The Gambia now.
> Best of regards,
> Omar Joof.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 19:31:46 +0100
> Subject: Re: [>-<] The deteriorating condition of Gambians in The Gambia
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Ansu, here is the perfect solution to this problem; Vote UDP if you live
in The Gambia or canvass for votes and funds for the UDP if you lived
outside The Gambia..
>
> Regards
> Daffeh
>
> On 14 May 2011 18:49, ansukoroma <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Sixteen years of tyrannical rule has plunged The Gambia further into an
abyss of a rat hole that will take generations to rectify. Thanks to Yaya
Jammeh - a military police corporal passing himself off as Head of State.
>
> Gambia's economy has been the number one victim of Jammeh's misrule
outside of the human rights and liberties of Gambians which has been under
assault since 22 July 1996.   The economy has been decimated by sheer
ignorance of a collection of sycophants led by Jammeh, whose sole role seem
to be is to pilfer an economic system that, despite its shortcomings and
inefficiencies under Jawara, has brought economic order through a reasonably
predictable model of free enterprise. The invisible hand has been
transformed into the very visible hand of a single individual who tries to
single-handedly determine the demand and supply curves of the Gambian
economy. Yaya Jammeh allocate public resources by determining the level of
the annual budget and then turns around and use those very resources to
purchase goods and services for government and political agents.  The goods
and services bought under Jammeh are more to do with highly depreciable
assets like vehicles, tractors and other leisure vehicles and less to do
with expenditures that will add lasting value to the economy.  For example,
less resources are allocated to school supplies, teacher training and
teacher education and consumables and more on vehicles and buildings. The
same applies to the health sector where it is common to see a shining
ill-equipped hospital facility with empty medicine cabinets.
>
> The resultant budget deficit has been a drag on the economy resulting in
higher interest rates adding to the inflationary pressures that ordinary
folks encounter daily.  To ameriorate the fiscal pressures on government,
there is a less-publisized measure of salary reduction for public servants
to help pay for the irreponsible spending spree of an indeciplined
giovernment. Reducing civil service pay during an economic down-turn only
adds to an already difficult living condition for Gambians.  It is now a
common sight in the Greater Banjul area to see people walking along the
Serrekunda-Banjul highway to work in Banjul bacasue they can no longer
afford the transport fare which can easily total D25 per day, a sector now
domonated by Jammeh transport companies.  It has gotten that bad, folks.  I
don't know how long we can afford to sit and watch our country destroyed by
a corrupt, inept and vicious government.
>
> A. Koroma
>
>

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