Points well taken, Saihou, my apologies for offending you.

Ginny


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "saihou Mballow" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [>-<] Ousainou Darboe's Funny Protest!


> Ginny, there is no emotions involve in this. I will
> mention no one parents here who have never serve
> Gambian public office. In politics if you don't want
> your parents' name to be mention or criticize, tell
> them to stay away from public office.
>
> Do you think former President Jawara has no children?
> Do you think Sheriff Mustapha has no children?
> Do you think Ousainou Darboe has no children?
> Do you think Fatoumata Jahumpha has no children?
>
> All the above names i have mentioned have families and
> there are many things said about them here on these
> forums but none of their families ever said anything
> because they have the tolerant and understand the
> reason why people talk about their parents.
>
> If my Mom or Dad were in public office, they would
> have been fry here and i would say nothing. Once a
> person is paid by the public, you are a public figure.
>
> This is the very reason why i mentioned Yusupha's
> parent as one who had served a "military Junta" in the
> early days of the Coup d'etat and i have not heard him
> tell her to resign then.
>
> It is more than thousand times i heard Gambians
> talking about Halifa Sallah and Sedia Jatta rejection
> of a cabinet positions
> from President Jammeh in the early days of the coup
> D'etat. It is on record, so we talk about things that
> happened if we want to be taken seriously period.
>
>
> For Omar Joof, i am absolutely nothing for Alieu to be
> afraid of. He can call me names and insult me if i do
> somthing wrong that warrant it.
>
> I will NEVER apologize for mentioning a former public
> officer.
>
> Saihou
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> [ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering
>> by "Ginny Quick" <[log in to unmask]> ]
>>
>>
>> "Yusupha Jaw, i believe you are the wrong person to
>> call Ousainou Darboe to step down when you failed to
>> call Aunty Satang Charles Jaw to resign when she was
>> serving President Jammeh' Junta regime as a
>> secretary
>> of state in the early days of the July 22nd Coup
>> d'etat.
>>
>> We will debate this when i finish this fight with
>> the
>> APRC."
>>
>> Saihou, while I understand that emotions might be
>> high at the moment
>> and nerves a little raw, is this necessary?  I think
>> many people
>> served in the early days of the Jammeh-led military
>> government.  Maybe
>> this was not a good thing, but people did, and I
>> don't think that
>> their family members should be held to account for
>> that.  Just my
>> personal opinion.  I think I understand what you are
>> trying to say,
>> but people do make mistakes, and perhaps that was
>> the case in this
>> instance.
>>
>> Ginny
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/25/06, saihou Mballow <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>> > Yusupha Jaw, i believe you are the wrong person to
>> > call Ousainou Darboe to step down when you failed
>> to
>> > call Aunty Satang Charles Jaw to resign when she
>> was
>> > serving President Jammeh' Junta regime as a
>> secretary
>> > of state in the early days of the July 22nd Coup
>> > d'etat.
>> >
>> > We will debate this when i finish this fight with
>> the
>> > APRC.
>> >
>> > Saihou
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi all:
>> > > Once again, Ousainou Darboe, the UDP and the
>> other
>> > > fringe groups that
>> > > constitute their Alliance had another bout of
>> funny
>> > > behavior!
>> > >
>> > > I stayed up all night on Friday, visiting the
>> > > various website that had news
>> > > on the elections. The UDP website was also
>> updating
>> > > the election results. In
>> > > fact, they had a very nice interface which
>> updated
>> > > things such as voter
>> > > turnout and percentage of votes accrued by each
>> > > party as the votes came in.
>> > > I was impressed.
>> > >
>> > > A few hours later, and after it became clear
>> that
>> > > this was a landslide, the
>> > > UDP website mysteriously stopped updating
>> election
>> > > results. I figured at
>> > > first that it was just a small hitch and they'd
>> be
>> > > back up and running at
>> > > some point. But as the State House website
>> continued
>> > > to publish election
>> > > results, I started to think a bout of funniness
>> had
>> > > engulfed the UDP camp..
>> > > Alas I was right.
>> > >
>> > > As I remarked to a friend in an IM conversation
>> the
>> > > next morning, I figured
>> > > the UDP camp wouldn't accept the results and
>> this is
>> > > exactly what happened
>> > > when Mballow posted the UDP's official mail on
>> the
>> > > elections.
>> > >
>> > > Fine, so they disavowed the election results but
>> why
>> > > did they choose to go
>> > > with the process until it became apparent that
>> > > things weren't going in their
>> > > favor. We all knew a long time ago that the
>> playing
>> > > field in The Gambia
>> > > wasn't level with respect to elections. Many of
>> us
>> > > were aware of the blatant
>> > > violations of the MOU: The state doesn't
>> > > differentiate between its resources
>> > > and those of the APRC, state media is biased in
>> > > favor of the APRC and so on
>> > > and so forth.
>> > >
>> > > Bottom line is, Ousainou Darboe once again had
>> > > another bout of funniness.
>> > > Just like he did when he realized that the NADD
>> > > leadership selection process
>> > > wasn't going this way, he willingly entered an
>> > > agreement just to drastically
>> > > back out when things didn't work out in his
>> favor.
>> > > Ousainou Darboe's funny
>> > > behavior is something Gambians cannot afford
>> given
>> > > the chips at stake now.
>> > >
>> > > I therefore urge UDP brothers and sisters to
>> urge
>> > > the man to step down. To
>> > > challenge Yaya Jammeh, Gambia requires dynamic
>> > > leaders who have foresight --
>> > > not ones that enter agreements willingly only to
>> > > turn funny when the going
>> > > gets tough. Enuff of the nonsense!
>> > >
>> > > Thanks!
>> > > Yusupha
>> > >
>> >
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