Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:27:20 -0500
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Subject: Re: Readers Sound off on the NADD Leadership Controversy
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Christ George, I agree with you that Mr Mbai needs to be careful in his
reporting of events in The Gambia. Patriotism demand reporting events in a
manner that woulud not result in chaos and anarchy and also the desire of
all citizens should be to promote peace and development in the Gambia.
That being said, Mr Mbai is definitely rendering a noble service to
Gambia, both at home and abroad, by reporting events for all to know. I
receive almost all the information about the current political climate in
the Gambia from Mr. Mbai. A healthy majority of his reports are verifiable
and are proven to be true. Keep up the good job. My advice to Mr. Mbai is
for him to try reporting just the facts without suffing the news articles
with too much personal opion.

On the issue of NAAD and the current developments surrounding the
selection of Flagbearer is a very serious problem. It need urgent
attention for resolution. Since the formation of NAAD, almost one year
ago, there has been many rumours without a proper clarifications from the
executives. This is not good at all. Democracy is all about openness.
Secrecy bring about doubts and uncertainnities. NAAD will not withstand
doubts and uncertainities in the minds of Gambia. The current government
is so closed that nobody can predict what next. This is too bad.

I suggest NAAD to create an official web site that would dissiminate
information about the only hope for Gambia. A well-kept web site would
dispell all rumours about NAAD, as a result, reduce uncertainities.

On the issue of Flagbearer, I think it should entirely be based on who is
more likely to properly impliment the rectification programmes that
warranted the formation of NAAD. The person most be seen to be competent
and knowledgeable in the anatomy of human societies. So he/she would be
able to enforce all the provisions in the Memorandum of Association to
effect lasting change in the manner of governancein the Gambia. The
rectification programme is aim at returning the government to the citizens
who owns it in the first place. This process is expected to give birth to
a government for and by the people that will gurantee the human rights of
all gambians irrespective of tribe, political affiliation.  In order
words, NAAD's goal is to empewer the peoples of the Gambia to be able to
participate fully in determining our destiny.

It can be related from History that men always want more power for
themselves at the detriment of the masses. Therefore the Flagbearer of
NAAD must be someone who has demonstrated a passion for such an
unpresidented change in the Gambia.

The only person who comes mind any time I think about this noble duty is
Halifa Sallah. He has been in public domain for the past several years and
his message and actions have been consistent towards such a goal. His
works over the years have enlightened many gambians. They have resulted in
fundamental changes in gambian society. I am convinced beyong all doubts
that Halifa is capable of presiding over a government of rectification. He
would be willing to leave power at the end of the first five years.

Other NAAD members would be very useful in this endeavours. Lawyer Darboe
is a very respected law scholar with years of experience as one of the
best lawyers in the land. Darboe, therefore, could lead the consititional,
and legal review commission as the Secretary of State for Justice. Am very
sure Mr. Darboe would be very effective at this department by reviewing
the 1997 constitution and laws of the gambian to identify problem areas
that affect the check and balance in the system.

Hamat Bah would be suitable to lead the department of state for Tourism
and Culture to study the system in order the improve on the sector.

Omar Jallow would be great at Agriculture Department

Sedia Jatta at the Mnistry of Educatio.

Waa Juwara would be suitable at the Ministry of Local Government.

Some one might say that Halifa does not command much support as Darboe or
any other executive member and that the leader with much support would be
desirable to be flagbearer.  I disagree with the later. The essence of the
coliation is to build a united front against Jammeh because the provision
of the 1997 constitution that require second round voting was removed from
the Constitution. So that Jammeh can stay in power as long as it may take.
Therefore whoever the coliation select as flag bearer would command the
support of all opposition supporters irrespective of opposition parties.
I hope that NAAD executives and gambians in general would not see this as
belittling anyone. This is my honest judgement in this matter.

-----Original Message-----
From: panderry mbai <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:09:30 +0000
Subject: Readers Sound off on the NADD Leadership Controversy


          OPINION  Readers Sound off on the NADD Leadership Controversy
Letters

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December 23, 2005
  With due respectDear Mr. M'bai,
With due respect, I am disappointed that a person like you who is expected to
have all the reasoning and sense of objectivity is writing so unfairly
about the
Lawyer Darboe. If you have little liking for the man, please so some sense of
objectivity in your criticism. But the biased and unjustifiable manner in
which
you dropped the clanger on his head as if he is a criminal or treacherous, is
just not expected from a just journalist of high calibre like you. The
issue of
his withdrawal from representing Halifa is very apparent. He had
represented all
of them and later, during the course of the case, Halifa Sallah, for one
reason
or the other, decided that he would like to instead represent himself. We all
know that Halifa does this out of arrogance and ill-comportment thinking
that he
knows everything in this world, forgetting that even if he knows the
constitution, he is not a lawyer and that law is a profession that requires
professionals to handle it. You clearly know what I am
 talking about as you know that Halifa's main aim was to humiliate Darboe by
looking low on him as a lawyer. Halifa knew vividly well that even though he
blindly represented himself, if his other colleagues were granted bail he
would
automatically be granted bail as he has the same case at hand with them and
therefore, the arguements in that case were the same. So he was just
interested
in self-aggrandisement and to meet his political interests and desires for
cheap
popularity which was not indeed fair to the lawyer who of course, still,
indirectly represented Halifa by arguing the case for the others. So you
don't
expect Darboe, who was representing all of them without even being paid a
penny,
to insist in representing Halifa who had declared that he did not want to be
represented.

On the issue of leadership, I don't know what is exactly happening in Nadd
but
one thing I know is that Lawyer Darboe of course is that right person to lead
it. Pardon me but it was as baseless as the sky, when you said the issue
of one
having strong support does not matter at this moment. It of course maters. If
the members of Nadd are really interested in the country, let them allow
the man
to lead because he deserves it by virtue of his majority.

BARU

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    NADD leadershipAye, What am I hearing? We have predicted a leadership
crisis
in NADD earlier this year but the NADD leadership quickly described it as
mere
rumours. Now that the full truth is emerging, was the NADD leadership simply
lying or telling the truth?

While some senior executives in NADD like Halifa, Hamat and OJ are sincerely
devising modalities to bring an end to Jammeh's tyrannical rule, others
are busy
behind frustrating their effort.

As removing an incumbent is not easy, the NADD leadership must put the
issue of
leadership in the dust bin and seek a good approach to achieve their common
goal.

About Pa Nderry, while many argue that you are the most patriotic Gambian, am
yet to be convince. Patriotism does not mean hiding behind journalism to
assassinate people's character based on false rumours. You cannot rely on
false
rumours to write garbage stories on The Gambia. I sometimes panick when I
read
your stories only to be told when I call home life is going on as usual
charaterised by peace, progress and prosperity.

Like one journalism professor said: Journalists must be sensitive to people's
feelings. Put yourself in the position of people whose activities or
welfare you
are reporting to the public.

We must not be damaging the entire fabric of our society due to our own
selfish
desires. Seeking for asylum should not warrant us to wreck our country.

I don't like President Jammeh, but am glad with the numerous development
projects that have taken place in The Gambia since 1994.I laugh when Pa
Nderry
talks about the wealth of Jammeh. Can he tell me which current leader is poor
like him. Absolutely not for even President Bush is ten times richer than
he was
before assuming power. My dear countrymen, we should be very realistic in our
dealings and carve our country into a modern democratic country.

Christ George, Chi Jaama




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