Sanusi,

See my post just sent. i think I have addressed some of the issues you raise
here. Also, perhaps you may be able to shed some light on allowances our
constitution may have that will make some of the suggestions I have made possible
for the opposition parties ot pursue.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 10/18/03 8:37:39 AM Central Daylight Time,
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>
> Aunty Jabou, Musa and Jeng
>
> I still think we are under-estimating the task that
> lies ahead. Forming a United Coalition without first
> addressing the need for FREE and FAIR Elections in
> 2006 is just a panacea for disaster.
>
> Some of us should reflect back on how Jammeh won the
> last elections; Was it Free and Fair??? Did the
> opposition had enough time to address the issue of
> pre-electoral fraud. Remember that some foreigners
> were registered as voters some months before the
> elections. Remember that the APRC only repealed Decree
> 89 at the last hour so that the Opposition could not
> re-group properly for the October 2001 Presidential
> Elections. Remember that there was a dispute about the
> mode of counting which should be used in the
> Elections. The Opposition wanted ON THE SPOT COUNTING
> but the IEC sided with APRC and went for the most
> style of counting.
>
> Look there are many issues which we should address
> first at partisan level before we can form a well
> deserved United Coalition.
>
> More to follow next week
>

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