Mr Jassey-Conteh,
I respect your position. I am sure you will not disagree that the main task
before every Gambian is how to enhance the liberty and prosperity of our
people.
Statistics do reveal that our peasants earn an income of D1812 a year since
Jawara's days up to this very day. 34% of the population are likely to die
before the age of 40. 50 % of the population are without safe drinking
water. Most of our people live in huts in the rural areas, or congested
urban dwellings. Less than 40,000 people can find work in the public or
private establishments, while 132,000 children enrolled in primary schools
in 1996 will be out in the streets before 2010.
I believe the duty of every Gambian and political party for that matter, is
to debate on these issues and find a solution to these and other problems,
instead of arguing whether Socialism or Communism are dead or alive. We will
be opening up a website hopefully by next week where we will be posting how
PDOIS intends to handle the problems of The Gambia. We hope you will be
visiting this website in order to critique our views constructively. We hope
other political parties will do the same.
I hope our disagreement on how to approach any given issue will not give
rise to castigations and ill feelings. We share the same country, but do not
necessarily have to share the same vision of how to carve its future. We do
not claim to have all the answers, but what we do promise is that we will
never be part of a government which will preside over the disintegration of
our country or the negation of the liberty and prosperity of our people.
With respect.
Halifa Sallah.
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From: Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Mr. H. Sallah: We are Anxiously Waiting
> Mr. Halifa Sallah:
>
> I want to make it clear to you and PDOIS that I respect your right to
> political democracy even though I disagree with your political manifesto.
> Socialism and communism are dead and cannot be revived in The Gambia.
> Whether you adore socialism or communism, you have a right to participate
in
> constructive engagement.
>
> History will attest to my assertion that you were not a Johnny come lately
to
> the struggle for democracy. You have indeed taken a neutral stand. This
may
> mean that you have been bought or you lack fire in your Tommy. What is
> disturbing is your analytical view of situations which clearly shows you
are
> a closet supporter of the dictatorship? Your definition for the color of
> yellow, is non-descriptive in that green and red are its ingredients. To
> make it simple, Mr. Sallah, you are taking a long and dangerous turn in
our
> desire to reach the mountain top. It is psychologically frustrating that
you
> answer questions with questions. Please be realistic in defining or
> describing the lack of fire in your belly. Pride and self promotion are
> elements detrimental to our struggle against dictator yahya jamus.
>
> It is childish that you still refuse to answer any of my questions. I do
not
> have to narrate events between UDP and terrorist Baba Jobe. You have
heard
> it from Mr. Ousainou Darboe and tireless fighter Mr. Femi Peters. You
have
> convinced me that you are not willing to compromise with any opposition
> group. As members of the opposition, we have a moral obligation to join
> forces. If we believe that dictator yahya is the worst thing that ever
> happened to The Gambia, we have no business in engaging in disarray. We
will
> be sending a wrong message to The Gambian people if we fail to unite.
>
> We must understand that there can only be one presidential candidate to
fight
> against terror, blatant disregard of truth and continuous assault on our
> inherent political rights and responsibilities. We are call to service to
> protect the interest of Gambians. A house divided will never stand. A
> family that prays together, stays together. May we pray for a yahyaless
> Gambia? We have no right to fight. Our enemy is dictator yahya jamus.
Let
> us unite. Brother Halifa, it is not too late to join the wagon of truth.
> May we refrain from deceiving The Gambian people? God please help us.
>
>
> Comrade,
>
> ML Jassey-Conteh
> Greensboro, NC/Eastern Kombo Constituency
>
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