Greetings all, find my reactions to the exchange between the
UDP/NRP and NADD interspersed with the letter.


 Dear Colleague,

 Your letter ref. NADD/F A/02/02/06 of 6thAugust 2006 refers.
 Thejoint Executive Committee of the UDPINRP respects NADD's decision
 to reject the proposals emanating from it.

 The UDP/NRP Alliance wishes to draw NADD's attention to the fact that
 legally UDP/NRP cannot be part or members ofNADD.


I don't understand this.  Both the UDP and NRP were part of NADD at
one time.  The question to me is, are they referring to NADD the
"alliance of parties" or NADD the "new party"?  I think this might be
the point of confusion for me.  Although since NADD was registered as
a party instead of an alliance, then the UDP/NRP would have something
to stand on, as if they went back to NADD now, as it's been ruled a
"new party" by the Gambian courts, they would effectively be belonging
to two different parties, unless of course, they completely left their
respective parties.


The NADD Executive seems to be ignoring the decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Sallah and others
Vs. The Clerk of the National Assembly and others. The suggestion that
UDP/NRP Alliance is to state categorically whether it is willing to
join NADD is
a suggestion that fails to recognize the legal position that parties
cannot form or be members of political parties. Although Mr. Hamat Bah
and Mr. Ousainu
Darboe and indeed any other Gambian is free and entitle to join NADD
the political party under whose umbrella you propose to sponsor
candidates for any
election the reality of the matter is that neither Mr. Bah nor Mr.
Darboe is willing to resign their membership of their parties to
rejoin NADD.


And this seems to go on to explain and clarify the points I made
above, I don't know why it wasn't clear the first time I read this.


 The leadership of the UDPINRP Alliance is very conversant with the laws of
 The Gambia and in particular laws regulating and governing election matters.

 Probably if the views of some people who are part of the UDPINRP
Alliance were heeded the legal and constitutional mess created by the
registration of
NADD would have been averted.


While the points are well-taken here, why did UDP/NRP continue to be a
part of NADD, if they knew this was such a sticking point?  Or, did
they not realize this at the time and think this was something they
could remedy later on, as negotiations progressed.


 The UDP/NRP Alliance is not seeking and has never sought power for
its sake. It is an Alliance that is genuinely committed
to the amelioration of the worsening conditions in all aspects in The Gambia.

 Finally I regard your rejection, without any discussion, of our proposal as a
 rejection of our invitation to meet and discuss and this we accept in good
 faith.

 Yours in the service of the truth.
  ( A.N.M. OUSAlNU DARBOE ,
 (For UDPINRP Alliance)


I'll need to see if I can find the original letter to which this is
referring, would anyone have a copy of that?



Ginny




On 8/11/06, United Democratic Party NYC <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> \..
>   UDPINRP ALLIANCE
>   18/19 Liberation Avenue
>   P.O. Box 688
>   Banjul, The Gambia
>
>   1h July 2006
>
>   NADD Executive Secretary
>   No. 30 Papa Sarr Street
>   Churchill's Town
>   Serrekunda
>   K.S.M.D
>   The Gambia
>
>   Dear Colleague,
>
>   Your letter ref. NADD/F A/02/02/06 of 6thAugust 2006 refers.
>   Thejoint Executive Committee of the UDPINRP respects NADD's decision
>   to reject the proposals emanating from it.
>
>   The UDP/NRP Alliance wishes to draw NADD's attention to the fact that
>   legally UDP/NRP cannot be part or members ofNADD. The NADD Executive seems
> to be ignoring the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Sallah and
> others Vs. The Clerk of the National Assembly and others. The suggestion
> that UDP/NRP Alliance is to state categorically whether it is willing to
> join NADD is a suggestion that fails to recognize the legal position that
> parties cannot form or be members of political parties. Although Mr. Hamat
> Bah and Mr. Ousainu Darboe and indeed any other Gambian is free and entitle
> to join NADD the political party under whose umbrella you propose to sponsor
> candidates for any election the reality of the matter is that neither Mr.
> Bah nor Mr. Darboe is willing to resign their membership of their parties to
> rejoin NADD.
>
>   The leadership of the UDPINRP Alliance is very conversant with the laws of
>   The Gambia and in particular laws regulating and governing election
> matters.
>
>   Probably if the views of some people who are part of the UDPINRP Alliance
> were heeded the legal and constitutional mess created by the registration of
> NADD would have been averted. The UDP/NRP Alliance is not seeking and has
> never sought power for its sake. It is an Alliance that is genuinely
> committed to the amelioration of the worsening conditions in all aspects in
> The Gambia.
>
>   Finally I regard your rejection, without any discussion, of our proposal
> as a
>   rejection of our invitation to meet and discuss and this we accept in good
>   faith.
>
>   Yours in the service of the truth.
>    ( A.N.M. OUSAlNU DARBOE ,
>   (For UDPINRP Alliance)
>
>
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