Ndey,

Good to know that you are back in Norway. I would have guessed that you 
should be in London. All the same, it is good to know you ar back and 
hopefully you will assume a more active role on the L.

Yes, both you and I believed long ago that the chances for a coalition were 
as good as dead. (Remember your brief exchange with Sister Jabou Joh months 
ago?).

However, that should not mean that the efforts of those who are still 
working to produce a stable coalition should not be respected and 
encouraged. It is partly on that account that I wondered why there seems to 
be a deliberate effort to publish selected instances of the 
behind-the-scenes negotiations. Whether or not the letters are authenthic, 
it is perhaps the first time in the history of the internet that private 
correspondence between two aspiring presidential candidates for a national 
election are publicised in this manner, and this barely a couple of months 
before a vote against an incumbent who has already began unleashing his 
goons on the Opposition. Part of the effect, as is to be expected, is 
supporters on either side are provided ammunition by which to undo the 
propaganda efforts of the other.

Oh yes, people can comment on these as much as they want. I have no doubt it 
is one of the reasons they are out there. But I hope you would not make 
these the point of departure in assessig why the coalition faultered?

Have a good morning,
sidibeh 

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