I was under the impression that Jammeh APRC not Jawara PPP is the current
president. NCP need not tell us what happened in 1900. Their opponent in
this election is Jammeh not PPP. This is the same guy who was part of of
coalition discussions before decree 89 was uplifted. Now he is taking a pass
at PPP.Taking a swipe at PPP and in essence the coalition show Dibba's drive
to be president. I say very selfish, Gutless and cowardly of Sheriff
Mustapha Dibba. I pray this this guy(whose time has came and gone) lose
badly in his personal quest of being president.

MJohnson



The Independent (Banjul)
September 21, 2001
Posted to the web September 21, 2001
Malick Kijera
Banjul, the Gambia
Sheriff Dibba a co-founder of the People's Progressive Party has defended
his decision to resign from the party twenty-six years ago, saying it was
done on principle. He told a teeming crowd of NCP supporters at a Bundung
rally recently that it wasn't possible to continue with the PPP whose idea
of ruling the country was different from his own. He said he had resigned to
form a new party that would usher a new epoch of hope after then President
Jawara had mismanaged
the country's affairs. He said the formation of the NCP in 1975 was to
restore confidence in a people de-empowered by Jawara's style of leadership.
Mr. Dibba selfish considerations to enrich himself did not fuel his drive to
establish the NCP.

Hw said thus his party's manifesto was markedly different from that of the
PPP. He said despite their political differences, he was in good relations
with members of the PPP. Mr. Dibba said his party is an organization for
compromise among parties posing as fierce rivals in a thorny political
climate. The NCP leader also said that if he were selfish he would have
joined the APRC bandwagon just like some politicians of the first republic
who were staunches of the PPP, citing Buba Baldeh, Lamin Nafa Saho and
Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang as examples.
Mr. Dibba said he is a foremost critic of military rule in Africa, whose
exponents he said drain the coffers of their countries dry and render their
population as destitute. He said such a situation had often led to civil
strife. Mr. Dibba blamed President Jammeh for what he called the serious
economic depression obtaining in the country and referred to the depletion
of our foreign exchange as the reason for the Dalasi's devaluation and the
increase in the price of basic consumer goods. He said the worst scenario
caused by the government is the groundnut crisis in which farmers are left
unpaid for their effort.
Other speakers also blamed the PPP for what they called the politics of
separation and enmity, which they believe still obtains today.






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