Well folks, this is just the beginning and any conscientious Gambian have to 
see the wisdom in NADD.  Gambians are capable of hearing three platforms and 
choosing the right platform for them.  So, if you believe in the NADD 
message, we need your financial help to finish the work of the people.  
Victory starts with what we do.  So, please contribute to the NADD effort 
and contribute generously.  Attached, is how, you can help yourself.  Please 
put some urgency in this request and remember that a lot is at stake.  We 
asked for NADD to select a flagbearer and they did, now you have to play 
your part.  Thank you for your interest.

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Joe


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>Subject: [>-<] nadd's press conference
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:06:05 -0000
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>Halifa sallah: NADD IS NOT PETTY
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>Haifa Sallah, the flag bearer of the National Alliance for Democracy and 
>Development, has told journalists that NADD cannot be classified as petty 
>or unserious. Mr. Sallah made this statement at a press conference 
>organised by NADD at its headquarters in Tallinding.
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>"We engaged in a preventive strategy that we will not be dragged in
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>to confrontation. But we will rely on the integrity of NADD to call on all 
>human beings who love justice, who want peace for this country, nationally 
>and internationally to come to the aid of the Gambia. All of you have 
>ultimately seen President Obasanjo coming in to the Gambia. He didn't come 
>for any other purpose. He didn't come for a state visit. He came purely to 
>engage in the preventive strategy of ensuring that The Gambia does not move 
>into confrontation. He met NADD for three hours and all the five parties 
>were represented by NADD. The message we gave him must have been a mature 
>message. He heeded the message and decided to continue with his 
>negotiation. . He spoke to the President. The message must have been mature 
>for the President of the Republic to enter into negotiation with the 
>opposition. The following day, for almost five hours, the ruling party and 
>the opposition headed by its vice President, and ultimately the President, 
>appeared. We engaged in dialogue, in exchanges. It must have been mature 
>for a head of state to sit there listening to the opposition and the 
>Government for five hours and ultimately sign a memorandum of understanding 
>before a whole nation, which was then broadcast in all the languages. I do 
>not think NADD could be classified as a group who are unserious. NADD 
>cannot be classified as petty; the respect NADD had is the same respect 
>NADD has today. It is respected nationally and internationally. From the 
>negotiations between the ruling party and NADD, we are sure that those who 
>came to talk to us have left highly inspired that they have left in the 
>Gambia a mature group of people who wished to be an alternative, not for 
>the sake of being an alternative, but to build genuine Democracy and 
>Development in the Country. Many, many times in the process, I came to give 
>advice that if we could not unite to be NADD, it was best to separate and 
>we would go and seek the mandate of the people. Two months before election, 
>then we decide to come together. But the NADD ideal was captivation.
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>It was accepted by the Gambian people. All of us continued to be there 
>because that is the aspiration of the Gambian people. Nobody was deceived 
>into this. At given stages, certain parties wanted to go it alone.
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>Deadlines were set. Ultimately all of us accepted the deadlines to 
>consolidate NADD. Every agreement was based on the principle of unanimity, 
>not a dissenting voice. There were disagreements, but decisions were based 
>on unanimity, not even simple majority. This is unique in every respect and 
>it has been my doubt how we will ever achieve unanimity in selecting a flag 
>bearer, but then the dust settled when a committee met, irrespective of 
>their party commitments. They came with unanimous vote. This reflects 
>sincerity. There could not be distrust under such cirstances. Everyone has 
>a right to seek the mandate of the people. Every person has a right to be 
>President if the people will it. No one can claim ownership of that 
>position. They can contest but what is noble is that the NADD objective 
>remains in our view. A new Gambia is in view. A new Africa is building the 
>type of democracy that we collectively created and own. We will be an 
>example to other Countries in Africa. Our mission is clear. Within few 
>days, the executive will meet to look at all aspects of our campaign. We 
>will need campaign strategies and issues. We will need structures and 
>resources. We will elaborate on all these concretely. We are calling on 
>every Gambian to be ready to contribute mental energy, physical energy and 
>as well as resources to our collective enterprise." Landing Jallow Sonko, 
>an Executive Member of NADD, said "There was an important occasion here 
>which was witnessed by an eminent African in the person of Obasanjo. I was 
>not fortunate to attend that gathering. I was out of town. The point I want 
>to put across is that, at that particular meeting, all the five parties 
>agreed that they will sign under the name of NADD, (PPP, UDP, NRP, NDAM and 
>PDOIS). NADD signed on behalf of all of them. We all agreed that front. I 
>want to confirm that NADD came as a result of the creation of the five 
>parties putting their efforts and resources together. There was no cause 
>for anybody to withdraw. Without NADD, there is no window of opportunity 
>for anybody to oust Yaya Jammeh."
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>Amie Sillah, an Executive Member of NADD also made a brilliant expose at 
>the press conference.
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>Amie said, "NADD is an alternative. It came to bring about gender equality, 
>social inclusion, social justice and a better Gambia. We are calling on our 
>colleagues to come back. It is through coming together that we can make a 
>change. United we stand and divided we fall. Gambia is 'one boat' and we 
>don't want our 'boat' to sink. We don't want our Country to cry. It is the 
>Smiling Coast. As women, as mothers, as wives, we want it to smile forever 
>and that can only happen under NADD."
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>Ya Fatou Sonko, another Executive Member remarked, "they have to come and 
>join NADD. I am referring to the women in the NRP, UDP and APRC. NADD is 
>the only party that can do something for the women."
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