saul, as you have rightly mentioned,Mr.Modou ceesay is indeed doing his best efforts and a brilliant job.In regard to his lack of mentioning Gambians in other countries other than the US,wishing to register and vote,i believed IEC will fully understand the text of his letter. By this note,i call upon Gambians all over the world to emulate Mr.ceesay and write to the IEC and coppy their letters to various political parties namely:UDP,PDOIS,NRP and APRC.People have to petition because here, we are dealing with a Government that does not listen and careless about its citizens.By writing a petition it will add weight to the issue in the National Assembly. It is an obligation to all political parties to make sure that Gambians' concerns both in and out of the country is properly address. I am confident that left to IEC alone,they would take care of this matter. Like i mentioned on this forum earlier, the minority leader Kemeseng Jammeh will ask this question in the national Assembly very soon. Saihou >From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Letter to Independent Electoral Commission >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 07:40:32 GMT > >Mr. Ceesay, > >Thanks for your initiative. My only quarrel with it has been voiced by >Ousman Bojang. This initiative shouldn't be US specific. Despite >perceptions, I believe that overall, there are more Gambians in Europe than >in the US. I stand corrected here. In any case, any pledge regarding voting >in 2001 should be a concerted and universal effort. But your petition, >coming after PDOIS's letter to the proper authorities regarding this issue, >may trigger a response. But I'm wondering what the other parties are >saying. >They need to follow PDOIS's lead. Their input will surely help. Could Mr. >Mballow throw any light on this? Let's keep our fingers crossed. > >Thanks again. > >Saul. > > >>fellow Gambians: >> >>Attached is the letter we have sent to the IEC seeking >>advice about the procedure of getting Gambians in the >>United States registered; and to participate in the >>upcoming General elections utilizing absentee >> > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------