Mr. Jallow,
NADD's coordinator has repeated a hundred times in different media since the signing of the MOU what you are asking clarifications for.
You must have missed several mails from the L in order to have missed Halifa's repeated explanation about how NADD is governed. As late as a few days ago he again stressed how important it was under the long and exhaustive negotiations leading to the signing of the MOU how important it was to have a coalition in which all parties had equal say irrespective of party size, etc and even sited the APRC/NCP so-called merger in which one side dominates, and the other is almost never even heard of, as something they were conscious in trying to avoid during the long process.
So, if you are genuinely interested in knowing "...whether there is a dominant side in the coalition, that if change take place. Being Left, right or moderate, a political force that can make the Gambia better than today...." whatever that means, please go to the archives of Gambia-L and browse the many issues of "Foroyaa" regularly posted here.
As for the "...alarming situation in Kenya and our neighbouring country, Senegal...", at least they are not committing murder against their own citizens which NADD can certainly be expected not to do either when it comes to power; and the citizens of those two countries you cited are able to put food on the table and when necessary, take to the street to demonstrate without the fear of being massacred.
You wrote:
"...Are all parties involved agreed upon a common plattform at the governing of the nation, if the majority of the Gambian people vote NADD into power?..."
You sound like someone who has read nothing at all about NADD. Did you read the MOU? Could you not throughout the document find the answer to the above?!?
You wrote:
"...Allowing a constitutional change of government that lack both the ability
and the capibility to rule a nation could have dyfunctional consequences..."
I'm supposing here - because I want to believe that you are not insinuating that NADD does not have the 'ability' and 'capability' to govern - that you are joking.
Regards,
Kabir.
Cherno Marjo Bah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Mr Wadda,
The question is, what is NADD's economic agenda? Is not what is PDIOS's
economic agenda?
I can understand Mr Jallow bringing PDIOS into the picture, prior to the
economic agenda of NADD. The question, Mr Jallow posed has simply been to
give an insight into the political interests of the difference political
parties that form the alliance "NADD". As a result help the Gambian mass to
assess the viability of a coalition government by the alliance of NADD as a
whole. We want to learn whether there is a dominant side in the coalition,
that if change take place. Being Left, right or moderate, a political force
that can make the Gambia better than today.
The reason for the question of Mr Jalllow to be table in a debate form is
vital, because of the alarming situation in Kenya and our neighbouring
country, Senegal, where such alliance had made change of government
possible, followed by conflict of political interests within the coalition
government. We are seeing parties withdrawing from the coalition in these
countries weaken their parlimentary base. Which of cause means, they failled
the people who give them the mandate to rule.
Therefore, it is the interest of all parties to have certain degree of
awareness on NADD's optimal goals. Are all parties involved agreed upon a
common plattform at the governing of the nation, if the majority of the
Gambian people vote NADD into power?
Allowing a constitutional change of government that lack both the ability
and the capibility to rule a nation could have dyfunctional consequences.
Chi jama
Che
What is NADD's Economic Agenda?
>From: Baboucarr Wadda
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: What is NADD's Economic Agenda?
>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 23:57:07 -0500
>
>Ebou,
>I think you didn't really understand the concept of socialism with regards
>to PDOIS and that of the way developing countries need to get of this
>current mess. You need to revisit a PDIOS manifesto for the last election
>too. I think that will help you to equip yourself with a comprehensive
>background to start this debate. It is completely misleading for you to
>simply imply that PDIOS have a "socialist outlook and others democratic".
>Let me remind you what PDOIS stands for: Peoples Democratic Organisation
>for
>Independence and Socialism. So i can't still understand how you come to
>your
>conclusion. I will be glad if you can ellaborate on this. You might be
>right
>about the economic ideology of PDOIS being different from the other
>parties(
>which from my point of view is not that much different from that of any
>gov't of any developing country that want to get out this mess). The main
>point is that develop the productive base of the economy. This can be done
>by investing in these productive sectors of the economy from the national
>cake(budget) equally( on the bases of how much each of these sectors
>contribute to the national wealth). It is not fair for one sector of
>society
>to enjoy at the expense of others. In The Gambia for instance, some sectors
>having contributing to the national cake for decades without anything in
>return, also the people have being paying taxes to their area councils and
>gov't for ages without any development of any sort.
>Ebou, just try and lay hand on that manifesto. You have all rights to
>differ
>with this ideology, but do it with honesty and not by misleading our poor
>masses. Stop misleading the masses about the ideals of PDOIS. The likes of
>Ebou know that majority of our people can't read and it takes much effort
>for one to explain for them to understand these ideals.
>Most Fracophone countries have socialist gov'ts ruling for a long time
>since
>independence. Senegal is one example in our midst. Prof. Shiekh Anta Jobe
>and other Pan-African leaders having been advocating for these ideals as
>the
>only way we can over come our plight and catch up with the trend of
>globalization of our time.
>You need to do more rearch and enlightening yourself about this subject
>matter before we can start this debate proper. Later.
>
>Peace!
>
>
>>From: Ebou Jallow
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: What is NADD's Economic Agenda?
>>Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 08:19:05 -0700
>>
>>NADD's economic agenda shall be a very interesting read in anticipation of
>>a party manifesto and some few necessary clarifications. Honestly, both
>>Halifa and Waa have been systematically evasive on the truth of the facts.
>>NADD was registered a political party and any other spinning of that fact
>>into a "political entity" , "alliance" or "party of parties" is an
>>absolute
>>nebulous nonsense. The IEC registers only political parties and nothing
>>else.
>>This brings us to a more troubling fact/problem about NADD: how can one
>>pull off a merger of diverse political platforms of rival parties into an
>>effective union in law ? PDOIS is socialist in outlook, and essentially
>>all
>>the rest of other parties claim to be "democratic". In effect one can
>>reasonably expect NADD's economic agenda to be social democratic, i.e
>>socialism and capitalism combined. Such a syncretism engenders
>>contradictions in practice: Socialism is based on self-sacrifice, and
>>Capitalism is fundamentally based on self-interest- it sounds like mixing
>>oil with water. The two are simply incompatible in a country with a weak
>>economic base and low level of productivity such as the Gambia.
>>
>>In any case, I would love to see what NADD is all about as a political
>>party.
>>
>>
>>Ebou Jallow
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>africa fest wrote:
>>
>>does any one know whether such info is available somewhere? or do we have
>>to wait until after the 2006 elections and if they win then it will be
>>presented?
>>
>>latjor
>>
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