Hi Mr. Jallow!
                    I have been following with interest, your postings regarding NADD. You have made some statements that suggest that you are privy to information about NADD that some of us are not aware of. You wrote:

"It is not a legitimate political party that has a manifest agenda to promote the welfare of the people according to the Gambian constitution."

I have some questions regarding the above statement. They are:

1. Are you saying that NADD is not a legitimate political party?
2. What do you base your statement that NADD lacks "a manifest agenda to promote the welfare of the people according to the Gambian constitution" on? Do you have any proof to back such a statement?

You also wrote:

"Legitimate political parties are end products ( not means like NADD) of an evolutionary developmental process."

Going by your above definition, how would you classify the APRC? If your classification of APRC differs from that of NADD, what did you base such a classification upon and how can you justify it?

On the issue of NADD's lack of a "clear, coherent, orderly and stable party manifesto/constitution nor any durable ideology that shall last from issue to issue or election to election", has NADD presented a final declaration regarding its position and the requirements placed upon it by election and other requirements? Have you seen such documents to enable you to come to your conclusion? Where and when did you see such? Can you provide such documents to prove your assertions?

You also wrote:

"This picture becomes more horrifying considering the fact that the UDP, the dominant group amongst NADD, plays a shadow politics of Mandinka tribalism as r! eflected in its constant claim of about 40% electoral votes- congruent to the Mandinka population of the Gambia.  "

This is a very serious allegation. Can you prove such a heavy charge? How has the UDP by statement or inference insinuated Mandinka tribalism? Isn't it logical that even if the Mandinkas make up 40% of the Gambian population (I am not sure of the percentage of Mandinkas in relation to other tribes. I am just assuming that the 40% you stated is based on fact. Can you please provide the statistical reference or UDP statement stating that Mandinkas make up 40% of The Gambia?), not all would vote for UDP? Don't you watch tapes from Gambia where APRC Mandinkas declare their loyalty to the APRC? Being on the ground and aware of the fact that not all Mandinkas are UDP supporters, don't you think it would be foolhardy for the UDP to infer that they would get votes relative to the percentage of Mandinkas in the country? This is akin to the APRC claiming that all Jolas would vote for them. 

Let us even assume that the UDP did in fact claim that they would get 40% of the votes. How did you make the connection that they are tying such a figure to the percentage of Mandinkas in the country? What did you base such an assumption on?

Your statement that "The Gambian constitution does not guarantee a free and fair election between a legitimate political party and a political faction of convenience" is an indictment of the Constitution. As a document that serves as the basis for all laws in the country, you have highlighted a grave fault. Can you please show us how and where the Constitution undermines the capacity to provide free and fair elections between what you term a "legitimate political party " (APRC I assume. Correct?) and "a political faction of convenience" (NADD I assume. Correct?), given that based on the Constitution and electoral laws of the country, NADD has been declared a political party and not a coalition of parties by the Supreme Court?

Sorry for such a long post. I hope you can shed light on my queries. I look forward to your reply. Have a good night. Thanks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Buharry.








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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ebou Jallow 
  To: [log in to unmask] ; [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:28 PM
  Subject: [>-<] PENDING BYE-ELECTION FRAUD


  NADD is an institutionalized faction of the desperate that seeks power through political intrigue.  It is not a legitimate political party that has a manifest agenda to promote the welfare of the people according to the Gambian constitution.  Legitimate political parties are end products ( not means like NADD) of an evolutionary developmental process.   NADD as a faction lacks a clear, coherent, orderly and stable party manifesto/constitution nor any durable ideology that shall last from issue to issue or election to election.  It is a marriage of convenience based on the presumption of a postponed intra-party competition.  Such an unstable political entity can easily become a harbinger of divisiveness that corrupts the natural peace and stability of the Gambia.  This picture becomes more horrifying considering the fact that the UDP, the dominant group amongst NADD, plays a shadow politics of Mandinka tribalism as r! eflected in its constant claim of about 40% electoral votes- congruent to the Mandinka population of the Gambia.  
  The Gambian constitution does not guarantee a free and fair election between a legitimate political party and a political faction of convenience whose purpose is nothing but a well calculated subterfuge against the political establishment by other means short of physical violence.  The APRC and Yaya Jammeh should never tolerate such a scam against its own interests and  The Gambia.

  Ebou


  abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
    To hell with your illusive back door legal analysis. It is unfortunate our country is sold to mercenary judges whose mission is to strengthen the hand of the devil for the interst of their pocket. You must be mad but any human being whose brain is function knows about the deficit of the legal judgement. It is unfortunate privy council provision is not include in the 1997 constitution like that of the 1970. Then it will be a different story. I don't know that you are blind cause you have seen numerous violation of the constitution and the manipulation of the judiciary under Jammeh's dictatorship.

    Ebou Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
      You shall have a very rude awakening very soon.  NADD itself as a political party is a fraud and completely unconstitutional.  I know that the APRC is looking into the legal issues whilst you fools are on a denial mode.  Just watch what is going to happen to this "party" soon.   Ooh please do not go on another bitching spree when reality hits again.  

      E.


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