Mr. Owens:

I want to assure you that I do not hold hard feelings
relative to our disagreements.  In fact the more we
disagree, the quicker we both realize that dictator
yahya is the worst thing that has ever happened to
The Gambia.

My stance for a boycott on the condition that issues
raised by the opposition are not obliged by the dictator
is in fact a genuine theory in dealing with dictators.
History has told us from time to time that you cannot
take a lawyerly attitude with those that overthrew an
elected government.  It does not make any sense to set
conditions not followed by the opposition and the dictatorship.
What good will it do for us come October when the dictator
steals the election?  Are we going to cry for another five years?

I hope you reconsider contributing to the election fund drive
in the event that you endorse a boycott.  When the boycott
strategy is applied, it will only be temporal because there
will be pressure on the dictator to hold free and fair elections.
The Gambia cannot be an isolated basket.

Naphiyo,

Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh

------Original Message------
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Sanusi=20Owens?= <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: May 21, 2001 5:21:53 PM GMT
Subject: Re: My opinion. - Kebba Dampha


Yus and KB

Thank God both of you have now realise that the battle
of words should come to an end.

To be honest with you, your constant tussles was only
a mere distraction to the reality.

With 6 months to go before polling for the Presidency,
both of you could be instrumental in making some
positive suggestions to the opposition on how to win
the next elections if they are to be held on a level
playing field. I await your response on that aspect.

Comrade Conteh

Sorry for not responding earlier to your email.

It appears you are so keen to see me make a financial
contribution towards the Election Fund, since I have
been merely talking without making any positive
"contribution".

Well, As you may know I am currently residing in the
United Kingdom and if I should make any financial
contribution, then surely this should sent to the
Mrdguk. With that in mind I shall contribute once I am
pretty certain that the opposition are going to
contest the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.

Moreover,I must be frank with you that your stance on
boycotting the elections without exhausting all other
avenues, does n't in any manner convince me to
contribute towards the Election Fund. To cut it short,
why should I contribute when people like you are
advocating for a boycott?

Please note that my reference to your affiliation to
the defunct National Convention Party was just an
example of when a political party ever boycotted an
election in The Gambia. I know as a fact that
militants of the party are not obliged to toe the
party line whenever a controversial issue is at
stake.I hope you don't feel offended with my analysis
as this is just a suggestion and nothing else.

On that note I only hope we can now temporary call-off
this "debate" on whether the opposition should boycott
the elections since there are other issues pertaining
to the Gambia relevant for discussion.

Have a wonderful day

Sanusi





--- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Yusupha, be my guest and be a quitter if you want.
> As I said, I did not
> force you to debate me. You quitted once and came
> back. Debate any person
> you want, directly. I will always be where I was
> from April 2000. I defend
> my 'theories' from baseless attacks. If you call
> them Hamjatta's theories or
> Mballow's theories, that does not insulate you from
> me when you attack me
> indirectly. Let's call it quits again until you
> decide to come back.
> KB
>
>
>
> >From: Yusupha C Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: My opinion. - Kebba Dampha
> >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:17:26 EDT
> >
> >Dampha:
> >I just noticed your posting which has somehow
> slipped me.  Again, I
> >reiterate
> >that you effectively eliminated yourself from this
> debate by the amazing
> >self
> >contradiction.
> >For this reason, I have decided to focus on
> Hamjatta's 'theory'  instead of
> >your conflicting interpretion of it.
> >
> >Have a nice day!
> >
> >-Thanks
> >
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