Mr. Foon,

Eventhough I believe your question is very sincere, I must admit of its
rhetorical connotation. The anguished and agonising threads carried in
Binneh Minteh's narratives cum other counternarratives, added to the
unending historical drama of Gambian politics involving fallen demi-gods,
feral tycoons and numbers junkeys from the Central bank collectively
constitute, among other things, the grim platform from which we have to draw
creative energies; not to mention our collective  experience of callous
tyranny for the past nine years, and more. To be bereft of ideas is not an
option. All the same, those ideas that may help in paving ways forward do
not necessarily lie inside someone's head. On the contrary, these must be
the result of our collective attempts to resolve inherent contradictions
that emerged from previous ideas.

But before punching keys in cyberspace with fresh loads of plans of action,
let us collectively  interrogate what has been and is still going on: The
Save the Gambia Fund, a reformed(?) Save the Gambia Fund which you presented
here, and the more recent push presented by brother Musa Jeng for a
conference to build an organisation. Where do we stand on all these at this
point in time? Duplicating our efforts is not healthy; thus the need for
those of us who, for practical reasons, cannot attend your meetings, to wait
on your reports.

But perhaps, of equal importance, is the need now to ask of the opposition
about the "united opposition";  about the coalition; about an alternative.
What has the intra-party consultations so far produced?  Is the opposition
close to producing a collective programme of action? Even if these questions
may not be openly answerable, there is need for the opposition to inform the
public of its progress on the pledges made in Atlanta last year.

Sincerely,
Sidibeh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kebba Foon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 5:05 AM
Subject: Re: Tremor Hits Central Bank/Sidibeh


> > Mr. Sidibeh,
>
> You said:
>
> "Precisely. The end game is most like to create a huge  predicament for
the
> regime as it would have lost any remaining vestiges of the moral authority
to govern. The big question is what the rest of us, especially the
opposition, will do in those circumstances."
>
> As sister Jabou indicated that's is the million dallar question, any
ideas?
>
> Kebba Foon
>
>
> I submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for,
> he isn't fit to live.
> Martin Luther King Jr.,
>
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