Suntou,
I hope that CORDEG leadership will take the time to digest the concerns
raised in your article and address them accordingly. I know that this has
been expressed in some quarters. My bigger concern here is that instead of
those people or groups coming out and expressing their concerns freely and
openly, they appear to be using a third party - and in this case KairoNews.
The independence and impartiality of those of us in the media is critical
in our national discourse regardless of our political leanings. Just my own
observation..
Demba
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:16 AM, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
>
> '' But let us also be cleared that what is characterized as the key role
> of spirit o the Raleigh accord: to rally the opposition under one roof to
> defeat Jammeh is also not respectful to the original spirit of the Raleigh
> Accord. The Spirit of Raleigh was never to repeat the NADD formula: to be
> facilitators and play a supporting role to the political parties on the
> ground.''- Musa Jeng
>
> Father Mose, I do not understand what you meant by the above. Can you
> kindly explain?
>
> Cheers
> Daffeh
>
>
> On Friday, 14 March 2014, Musa Jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>
>> "As a National Front, CORDEG's key role is to rally the opposition under
>> one roof and provide them support in their bid to defeat President Jammeh
>> instead of a competitor. National Fronts cannot be expected to issue out
>> political manifestos, as such documents are crafted by political parties
>> and pre-party organizations. Fronts are transient and temporary
>> organizations with limited goals and programs geared towards providing"
>> KAIRO NEWS.
>>
>>
>> Brother Suntou:
>>
>> I agree in totality to the argument raised by the Kairo editorial board,
>> that some of the objectives highlighted has fallen out of the original
>> scope of the Raleigh accord. But, let us also be cleared that what is
>> characterized as the key role of spirit of the Raleigh accord: to rally the
>> opposition under one roof to defeat Jammeh is also not respectful to the
>> original spirit of the Raleigh Accord. The Spirit of Raleigh was never to
>> repeat the NADD formula: to be facilitators and play a supporting role to
>> the political parties on the ground. I just hope the editorial board is not
>> cherry picking and trying to establish what they consider to be the
>> direction and the role of CORDEG.
>>
>> Thank you
>> Musa Jeng
>> ------------------------------
>> *From: *"suntou touray" <[log in to unmask]>
>> *To: *[log in to unmask]
>> *Sent: *Friday, March 14, 2014 5:35:51 AM
>> *Subject: *[G_L] Editorial on CORDEG....what was missed, and why..with
>> learned men at the helm
>>
>>
>> http://www.kaironews.com/executive/kairos-open-letter-to-cordeg/
>>
>> The Editorial Board of Kairo News this morning dispatched an open letter
>> to the leadership of the newly established Committee for the Restoration of
>> Democracy to the Gambia (CORDEG), raising concern about a whole range of
>> issues, including the public's right to scrutinise the leaked document.
>>
>> Read below the full text of the letter.
>>
>> March 14th, 2014
>>
>> AN OPEN LETTER TO CORDEG LEADERSHIP
>>
>> Dear Mr. Chairman,
>>
>> We write to you with the deepest sprite of human relations and love for
>> our Country.
>>
>> Our dear Gambia is undoubtedly in real deep Trouble! For almost two
>> decades, Gambians have been governed by the most improbable type of mad
>> tyranny. Gambian masses are yet to see any light in the dark tunnel ahead.
>> Everyone in the country has something to lose in the continuity of the mad
>> and virulent dictatorship. Ironically, the key players - the people, their
>> political representatives and leaders - have yet to come together and
>> assemble their resources in order to easily take the bull by the horns. At
>> home the parties have been unable to get together, communities are being
>> torn apart as the flames of ethnic tensions are being fanned most
>> especially by government leaders. Since the inception of this dictatorship,
>> tens of thousands of Gambians have fled from the terror and the economic
>> hardship. The Gambian émigré population has more than doubled under these
>> years of privation and oppression. Though most of these émigré Gambians
>> tend to turn their backs from the fate and condition of their folks and
>> country, there is a dedicated few who have consistently manifested concern
>> over the appalling state of things back home. Though Gambian immigrants
>> generally live in better organized, enlightened and affluent societies,
>> they have not appeared to be better able to display any better in
>> organization and front-building. Like microbes, their groups, organizations
>> and coalitions multiply by division, leaving a dizzying array of acronyms
>> that few can manage to comprehend.
>>
>> Democracy, the best system of government, has been tried and tested; the
>> one we all hope and strive for our dear Gambia is party-based. It is
>> modeled on Westminster and its other variations. Democracy is based on the
>> weight of numbers. To be able to have any chance of attaining political
>> influence like-minded citizens must come together and form organizations,
>> and reach out to other citizens in order to create their kinds among other
>> citizens and the general public with the ultimate aim of boosting numbers
>> among electorate to be able to muster political influence and power.
>>
>>
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