Conteh, I do not doubt your sincerity for one bit.  However, I have a
problem with this request of yours.  Here we are trying to impress the need
for a coalition among the five Alternative parties.  How do you suppose a
sixth would do for us?  What is your constituency?  I mean, who are your
supporters?  The last time I remembered, you were an NCP/Dibba ally during
the last presidential elections and supported Dibba when he joined Yaya.
Now, there is nothing wrong with that and you have a right to free
association.  Since Dibba owns the NCP as we know it (correct me if I'm
wrong), is your intension to form a new party?  You are not even talking
about joining the Alternative, but going straight for the juggler -
Nominated candidate against Yaya.  Conteh, Diasporans are not king makers
the last time I was aware.  If you so wished to get support I suggest that
you go to The Gambia and whip up mass support of your vision and this here
fellow will support you if your candidacy made more sense to me.  For now,
our best chance in my view is to form a coalition of the willing.  That is
Joe's thinking and others are certainly entitled to their own view of the
situation.  This also, is by no means to suggest that you cannot do as you
wish.  In fact, it is your right as a citizen to run for any office of your
heart's desire.  Please educate me on your perspective.  Good luck with your
aspirations.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Jassey Conteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Jassey Conteh <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: What if I Challenge Jammeh...?
>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 04:07:30 -0800
>
>Comrades:
>
>What if I challenge Jammeh in the upcoming presidential election?  What
>will be my
>platform?  What will I conceive as a united Gambia? How long will I serve?
>
>I am turned against the evitable and can no longer sit idle and allow yahya
>an
>opportunity to further destroy the Gambia.  Jammeh must go.
>
>We have sounded our loudest disagreements, but we are still in a denial
>stage.
>The prospect of western materialism should not be an element at the expense
>of our dear nation.  Our appoach to a free Gambia should idealize a country
>where tribalism, corruption, nepotism, indifference, and etc. should not be
>tolerated.
>
>I hope with your support and guidance I can ultimately sacrifice myself
>aginst the
>the Gambian dictator.  I promise to serve 24 months.  During this period,
>former
>elected representatives in the first republic will be called to serve.  The
>legislature,
>Gambians in diaspora, and the entire Gambian population will be called to
>draft
>a constitution.
>
>This pledge will be a contract and it will be legally binding on my part.
>Thus, my fellow
>comrades, the victory is in your hands.  I will be available to map out any
>strategy
>against the APRC dictatorship.
>
>I can assure you that this posting is no April fool.  I am dead serious
>about this.  We
>must have a yahyaless Gambia.
>
>Naphiyo,
>Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to:
>http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
>[log in to unmask]
>
>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
>Web interface
>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

_________________________________________________________________
FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar – get it now!
http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l
To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:
[log in to unmask]

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface
at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~