Kebba Foon, you and Joe Sambou should be the last
persons to call on the UDP/NRP parties for anything.
This is so because you manifested your anti Darboe
here in this very forum.
I doubt if any serious person will listen to you.
Saihou
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> Joe,
>
> Thanks, you speak for me. UDP should come back to
> NADD for the interest and wishes of Gambians. I
> also urge NADD to continue to leave the door open.
> Ousianou Daboe Gambia is bigger than you, you will
> be responsible come October, Jammeh return to
> statehouse.
>
> Kebba Foon
>
> >
> > From: "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2006/05/17 Wed PM 02:54:35 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask],
> [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [>-<] BREAKING NEWS:APRC'S JUNG
> CONTEH WINS KOMBO EAST BY ELECTIONS-THE
> > OPPOSITION SHOCKED!!!
> >
> > [ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering
> by "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]> ]
> >
> >
> > Well, now that the dust has settled, I hope
> Gambians can decide whether they
> > want a united opposition, or to be blinded by
> greed. This election was not
> > won by the APRC, but rather, it was Greed that
> handed it to the APRC in a
> > silver platter, which none here can say they did
> not see coming. Up to,
> > Saturday, we have seen the UDP supporters swear to
> the heavens that this is
> > a take home for them, and were even cajoling of
> making preparations for a
> > victory round. Reminiscent of the 2001 elections
> when they calculated
> > wrong, and it is deja vous all over again. They
> indeed calculated wrong
> > again. Why is it that this group can never see or
> participate in anything
> > that involves the collective? NADD (collective)
> was and is still the hope
> > of Gambians to liberate themselves. None here can
> contest that the strength
> > in NADD as a collective was equaled to any two or
> three parties and NADD has
> > won more elections in their young life over the
> APRC, and would have won
> > this election too. By NADD, we are not talking
> about a personality but a
> > collective. It was the collective that was going
> to win not the UDP, NDAM,
> > PPP, NRP, or PDOIS, just like when Kemeseng,
> Halifa, and Sidia won, not once
> > but twice. But, since this group is convinced
> that they are the center of
> > the universe for Gambia, they can never see a
> group victory but an
> > individual victory.
> >
> > If the UDP is so strong in every part of the
> country, why did they not win?
> > Let's look at the breakdown, shall we.
> >
> > APRC 3365 votes; UDP 2814 of the votes, and NADD
> 1109 votes (these numbers
> > may have been revised since, but it still remains
> that the APRC candidate
> > won). What happened with this picture? For sure,
> the people voted their
> > wishes, no matter how we slice it. That is the
> painful nature of democracy
> > and we cannot criticize them for voting the way
> they did, for that would
> > equal to a revocation of their constitutional
> right. Yes, I would have
> > loved for them to not vote for the APRC, but I
> have to accept their wishes,
> > and they will live with their choice, good or bad.
> We also know that this
> > was an APRC stronghold and the reason why they
> scored high.
> >
> > Fact, the combined votes for UDP and NADD would
> have defeated the APRC
> > candidate, if UDP was still part of NADD, please
> read me well.
> >
> > For those that say NADD was a spoiler, the
> reasoning is very flawed for the
> > UDP created a need for a three way race (by
> separating from NADD), thus, you
> > cannot after your loss say if only we had the NADD
> votes. By extension, you
> > could also say if only we took a fraction or all
> of the votes from the APRC
> > if their candidate was weaker, etc. If NADD was
> not in this contest, you
> > cannot also surmise that, therefore, the 1109 NADD
> votes would by default
> > have all gone to the the UDP? It would be a wild
> leap indeed.
> >
> > If the UDP candidate ran and won under a NADD
> banner, the UDP would also be
> > a winner. Then, why is it that the UDP has a need
> for their name to be
> > prominent in Gambian politics, even if it means
> that they loose in the
> > process? If the plight of Gambians comes first,
> why do they have an ulcer
> > to run under any other name, like NDAM, PPP, or
> PRDOIS? Gambians asked all
> > the opposition to COME TOGETHER, not come and help
> UDP, for UDP is not
> > synonymous to Gambian Opposition? If UDP could
> win on their own, why would
> > Gambians ask them to come together with others to
> win?
> >
> > This bi-election was not a referendum on NADD,
> which the UDP supporters seem
> > to jubilate about with their second seeding. You
> get nothing for coming
> > second. For, if this were in the heart of Banjul,
> Sere Kunda, or other NADD
> > strongholds, then what, does that mean a
> referendum on the UDP? Just like
> > any election in a country, parties, including the
> ruling party, have
> > strengths and weaknesses in their support,
> depending on geography. The UDP
> > some how have convinced themselves that they are
> strong every where, but
> > they can never have the votes to support that
> contention. Every time they
> > managed to pull the opportunists to join them and
> that is all they need, in
> > their mind. In this whole uproar, one would even
> forget that the NRP joined
> > the UDP. That is how it is arranged to work just
> like they did with the PPP
> > in 2001. You cannot be a partner, but a helper,
> for you are working for
> > them and they will give you what ever trinket that
> they promised you.
> > Today's Gambian doe not and will never need that.
> As a matter of fact, that
> > is the exact problem we are trying to get rid off.
> >
> > Now, the UDP is instead of taking a pause and
> reading the tea leaves right,
> > are beating their war drum of a solo flight with
> surrogates to give them
> > wind. They did that in 2001 and it did not work
> for Gambians, and are hell
> > bent of doing the same, in 2006. I am not here to
> convince any of the
> > reality that Gambians wanted and still want a
> Unitedd opposition, but it
> > behooves the UDP to remember that they are part of
> a collective and the
> > collective is what is going to liberate Gambia.
> Just like in 2001, they'd
> > rather put Gambians through another 5 years of
> Yaya, than come together and
> > honor the aspirations of Gambians. In 2001, they
> also gave the APRC their
> > current overwhelming majority in the Assembly,
> why, because APRC was going
> > to steal the elections. What has changed since
> then that they now contest
> > NA elections? They congratulated Yaya for winning
> in 2001, only to turn and
> > claim that the elections were stolen. Gambians
> would later hear what was
> > the real reason for not participating in the 2001
> NA elections, and it had
> > nothing to do with election manipulation.
> >
> > One can howl and puff all they want, but Gambians
> want a new Gambia and call
> > for a continuation of what they started - a united
> opposition they came to
> > know as NADD. It is in deed laughable for some to
> call the reminder in
> > NADD, to go join the UDP, because the UDP has a
> fetish for winner take all
> > mentality, even while they continue to loose.
> All, because they do not want
> > to be part of the collective, but to be the
> collective. They are too
> > special for Gambians. It is also very clear that
> what the UDP supporters
> > supported was not NADD (collective), but the UDP
> (a
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