Aunty Jabou,Kebba Dampha,Comrade Jassey-Conteh, and
the rest

It was great to hear SM Dibba's explanation. After
careful consideration, I don't think it is sensible
for anyone of us to start this business of castigating

the likes of SM Dibba and PDOIS. If we are genuinely
committed to the struggle of removing Yahya Jammeh
from State House-through the ballot box, then the onus
lies on us to start formulating strategies for the
Opposition. From my understanding, Mr SM Dibba does
not appear to be against the idea of Ousainou Darboe
being choosen as Presidential Candidate for the
Alliance, what he is concerned about is the way and
manner in which Darboe was selected for nomination.

Notwithstanding my unreserved support for the United
Democratic Party, I still think the business of
nominating Darboe as Presidential Candidate was done
hastily. We are talking about an Alliance for all
opposition parties, so how come the likes of PDOIS and
others were not given ample opportunity to present
their case.  Judging from SM Dibba's Press Conference,
I think a lot has been learn here. The man wants an
alliance as long as it is done in a "democratic
fashion". Since this is the situation, all of us
should petition all the opposition parties to
reconvene and discuss formalities for a Democratic
Alliance of Opposition Parties.

On that note I would urge all those concerned about a
united opposition to start drafting a petition to the
likes of Dibba and other politicians i.e Sidia Jatta,
Halifa Sallah and others to negotiate with Mr Assan
Musa Camara for the formation of an effective Alliance
for the Opposition Parties.

Thank you

Sanusi


--- Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In a message
dated 8/17/01 8:44:22 AM Central
> Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > What Parties like NCP want will NOT happen.
> Gambians are sick and tired of
> > this Jawara bashing. People were all over G_L
> reacting to APRC lies and
> > saying all sorts of things to PPP; calling them
> power hungry for wanting to
> > dominate the Alliance and bring Jawara back.
> Others worked doubly hard to
> > ensure that PPP realize that it is NOT their place
> to dominate the Alliance.
> > Now, PPP came out and say that they have no
> interest whatsoever in fielding
> > a presidential candidate. They were going to
> support a CURRENT Opposition
> > leader (Ousainou Darboe) to be the presidential
> candidate. Dibba thinks he
> > should be the presidential candidate. He had an
> NCP stalwart to nominate him
> > at the Meeting. OJ nominated Ousainou Darboe.
> Dibba thinks that this is a
> > stalemate. I urge him to go and do his math again.
> Whereas his candidacy was
> > supported by only one Party (his own), Darboe’s
> was supported by both the
> > PPP and the UDP. This is NOT a stalemate.
> >
> >
>
> Dampha,
>
> What about the NRP and PDOIS? I think that this
> meeting needs to be
> reconvened and all parties invited to participate
> again. At this meeting,
> everyone should state their view on how this
> allinace should be forged, and
> concessions have to be made by all to reach a middle
> ground. Bickering and
> differences should not ruin this possible allinace.
> Everyone must show
> sincerity in their eforts to include all the
> opposition parties. Now, if this
> is met with reluctance to participate by some of
> them, then at least the
> effort would have been made. Without this, any
> allinace forged will be looked
> upon as less than ideal in terms of making an effort
> to reach out to all
> concerned. For God's sake, what we need are all of
> these people to cooperate
> without anihilating anyone in the process. Could it
> be that this is the
> strategy Jammeh was counting on when he unbanned
> these parties?
>
> Jabou Joh
>
>
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