In a message dated 8/19/2002 5:55:10 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> But if the information given in The Independent is correct, I think that
> UDP
> has a much bigger problem. IF the partyīs money was used to pay for Mr.
> Darboes Tax, I do hope that it is a loan, and Mr. Darboe is able to pay the
> money back. Without knowing exactly what he earns I am very surprised that
> he can have a tax-bill of 543.000 Dalasis. First the authorities has a
> problem ? How is it, that he can come so much behind in paying without the
> authorities has done something about it ? Has the authorities just let it
> go
> because he is a big fish ? Itīs tax money he has earned and should have
> paid
> to the state/local community. So itīs the people of The Gambia, who suffers
> from his non- paying.
> And if the party has decided to use itīs money to help its candidate, I do
> really hope that the decision to do so is taken according to the
> party-rules
> and regulations. Can the party decide to give/lent a person 500.000
> dalasis,
> when the money is already reserved for the parliament-election ? Who made
> the decision inside the party, who signed the papers ? Who has access to
> accounts ? And has Darboe paid back or is there an agreement when and how
> he
> will do so ?
>
> And is it true that this is not first time. That the party gave him/lend
> him
> 400.000 for the same purpose - to pay a tax-bill 5 years earlier ?
>
> What kind of a party-leader is he ? What an example ? A man who can not pay
> his tax in time. If his bills are that high he earn a lots of money.
>
> I think this is a scandal of dimension, and IF THE INFORMATION IS TRUE, I
> can not understand that the information has not been out long time ago. The
> people of the Gambia donīt deserve that kind of leaders. But maybe itīs a
> political culture ?
> And how much has Waa Juwara been engaged and involved in the
> decision-making
> himself. Does he belong to "the small kitchen cabinet of associates", who
> made the decision ? And what was the plan of "paying back" IF Darboe won
> the
> lection ?
> (((((
Well, you asked all the pertinent questions to ask Absjorn Nordam.
First if some people within the UDP or even outsiders are encouraging Waa
Juwara to form a new party or take over the leadership of the party, what a
distasteful way to do it by crucifying Ousainou Darboe in public. It
certainly tells us about the ethics of the UDP.
If indeed all the funds for the party were used to pay Ousainou's tax debt
twice, in the amounts mentioned,
1. I also wondered what kind of income he had to amass such huge taxes and
for how many years he owed these taxes?
2.Also, if he indeed earned such an income but failed to pay his taxes, what
kind of a president would he have made for Gambia? Why is it that this
information is just now coming out after the UDP led Gambians to believe that
they did not participate in the national assembly elections because they were
boycotting it in protest?
Transperancy is a good thing, but this one seems to be agenda driven against
theor own, and turns one's stomach.
3. Waa Juwara does not seem to be an outsider in the UDP, so he and others in
the party must have known about and participated in the decision to use the
party funds to pay Darboes' unpaid taxes, especially if it happened not one,
but twice.
4.Why didn't Waa Juwara speak out about this before the elections or the
first time it happened if he was so against as he seems to imply? His excuse
that it was done behind his back does not hold water.
5.Why did the entire party mislead the Gambian people and forge ahead to
present Darboe as a candidate for President when he does not seem to be able
to take care of his own finances, and yet was to be the one to run the
finances of our country if he were elected?
One wonders if they were keeping this secret, then what would ensue if they
were to be elected to Power?
It seems that a decison was made to make Ousainou the fall guy, using reasons
that the party leaders had a hand in. It seems to me that if this party was
driven by ethics and a desire for transparency as Waa Juwara is trying to
imply by insisting that Darboe resign due to these allegation, they would
have met amongst themselves the first time they were asked to consider using
the party funds to bail Darboe out of his tax problem, and chosen another
party leader. This is what would have been done if they were sincere, instead
of coming up with a haphazard strategy to boot Darboe out in this manner.
This whole affair is reminiscent of the distasteful UDP methods used during
the formation of the "alliance" prior to the elections, and they seem to
engage in very poor strategy that does them more harm than good and lessons
their credibility before the Gambian people. It is time for the UDP to learn
from their mistakes that an agenda driven by anything other than a genuine
sincerity to serve all Gambians
will not stand the test of time.
Jabou Joh
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