All, I was asked to help forward the message below from an anonymous source. 
  I am not the author and do not know the author, just forwarding a request. 
  Please read on.



An Appeal to NADD and Darboe

In the hour of collective success, we should ack as Gambians with one 
objective; the building of a Gambia that is free, democratic, socially just, 
educated and healthy, environmentally friendly and an economically sustained 
development. A society of dignified and prosperous people with the great 
task of contributing towards removing Africa and Africans from the stigma of 
under-development, desease prone, corruption, tribaltism and despotic 
mal-governance.

The coming rectification and re-orientation exercise that Gambians are 
coming to engage in after this year’s elections should be brazed with 
competence and sincerity. It is going to be the most difficult period in our 
contries history and the most joyful one for all the possitive minded 
patriots.

One should understand that NADD is just a forum that would usher in this 
magnificient era but it is to be understood that there are countless new 
players in the near future and that the era of political, social, economic 
and cultural hegemony is the basic taget of the Free Gambia Movement that is 
growing by the day.

The question of leadership should not be left to prestige seeking, 
narrow-minded zealots but rather to the open-hearted, conscious, and 
inteligent and silent masses who are yaerning for freedom and prosperity.

In the past few months, moves made by Mr Ousainou Darboe has not been easy 
to understand but now few elements are filtering through. We know that some 
members of the UDP are clinging on the flag-bearer issue on the same bases 
that this party was voted for in the past election that they paticipated in. 
Some of he UDP electorate are very genuine patriots but there are those 
die-hard hegemonist and tribalist zealots who are so narrow minded that if 
Ousainou Darboe continues listening to them, they would destroy his 
credibility and great contribution.

Mr Darboe should also be very mindful not to fall into the same trap as his 
former colleagues, Sheriff Mustapha Dibba and Bakary Bunja Darboe who were 
and are still so arrogant in their quest for the post of President of the 
Gambia and to that end, they would use all means available even if it would 
be at the detriment of our people. Unfortunately, most of the people who 
backed both SM Dibba and BB Darboe are the ones who conttitute the core of 
the UDP. This does not mean that they are bad people but they need to be 
reformed to adapt to the new progressive direction the Gambia is taking. 
Many who think that it is sufficent signal to testify to the accusations 
that he also harbours the ideology of “Mansa dingo mu mansooleti” also 
misinterpreted Darboe’s recent interview.  I don’t think these prople know 
Darboe as a person but it also means that Daoboe must take these criticisms 
into consideration.

We all wish Ousainou Darboe to be the president of the Gambia in this 
crucial period but we must put into consideration that great potential this 
legend of justice in the Gambia can offer to the African continent by being 
the Minster of justice. Former Attoney general Hassan Jallow (UN under 
secretary general and Prosecutor in Arusha on Rwanda after the genocide) who 
initiated the African Human Rights commission and has been working so hard 
to lay the foundations of the African Court of Justice is almost alone in 
this endeavour. He would need someone so prominent like Lawyer Ousainou 
Darboe as to boost this effort to success and this needs lots of time 
coordination with other African legal experts and NGOs.

The Human Rights Centers and NGOs in the continent need a great push on a 
Pan-African playing field. The legal system in the Gambia needs to be 
overhauld and a credible governing system based on human rights needs to be 
established.

I thus urge the UDP supporters, NADD and all Gambians to take these issues 
into consideration before waistng a great African like Daboe at the State 
house. Haapy new beginning. [log in to unmask]



>From: "bira go" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: An appeal to NADD and Darboe (Unforged version)
>Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:48:20 +0000
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>Hi brother,
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>I sent this article to participate in the debate regarding NADD's 
>flag-bearer but my views were altered by the editors of Allgambian.com and 
>they had put in there own words in the version they printed.
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>Can you please forward this orugunal to the Gambia -L so that i can stand 
>for my own views?
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>Thanks
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