Ebou Jallow,

I am very busy but you are certainly working overtime to try to discredit 
PDOIS and Halifa Sallah. There must be something about this supposedly 
insignificant political party that has some people worried.
However, you forget the fact that NDAM and the other opposition parties have 
all agreed to cooperate in the formation of an opposition coalition and that 
Halifa Sallah was asked to play a significant role towards this effort by his 
colleagues as stated by O.J. Jallow in an interview with the Independent 
newspaper  just days ago.
I think we know what is scaring you and anyone on whose behalf you are 
engaging in this smear campaign.
Ebou, Gambians have seen the light. Enough of the gutter tactics.
By the way, all last week you insisted that Jammeh's mention of Halifa's 
hairstyle was a Joke, and then you went on that rampage about the Jackson five 
hairdos. I suppose that was also a joke. Make up your mind brother mine. At the 
end of the day, you will find that your efforts are more effective in damaging 
the credibility of you and yours than those whom your smear campaign is 
directed at.
Good day.
Jabou Joh

In a message dated 8/14/03 6:57:33 AM Central Daylight Time, 
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> 
> Q. Yes, you accuse PDOIS, particularly Halifa Sallah, of collaborating 
> with anti-democratic forces during the transition, what are the bases 
> of your accusation?
> 
> 
> Lamin: These are questions that come to mind when you analyse the role 
> that PDOIS played during the transition and continues to play. In the 
> first instance, after the coup d’etat, they were offered ministerial 
> positions by the junta which they declined to accept and the fact that 
> during the transition, they were the only political party free to 
> indulge in politics with the tacit endorsement of the junta, tantamount 
> to aiding and abetting the coup. Political ban was not lifted when the 
> Constitution was put to a referendum and they were the only people 
> allowed to campaign. They distributed cassettes and travelled across 
> the country canvassing for the Constitution, which most Gambians felt, 
> were tailor-made to suit Yahya Jammeh. Our suspicions became confirmed 
> when the three main political parties, both in government and 
> opposition, where banned and they (PDOIS) were left out.
> 
> 
> Q. Accusations and counter-accusations have been traded between the UDP 
> and APRC for long. Now, Halifa Sallah has challenged you and the UDP 
> leadership to a public debate, I think for the second time, will you 
> accept the challenge?
> 
> 
> Lamin: Certainly, we will take up the challenge if it is going to be 
> over the radio and television.
> 
> 
> Q. Why are you insistent on broadcast over radio and television?
> Lamin: Because that will give it national coverage and Gambian people 
> will judge for themselves the role they have played or failed to play 
> during the transition. You see, PDOIS is a very small party. They only 
> polled 2.8 percent of the votes during the last elections. Under the 
> best of systems, any party those polls less than 5 percent of the votes 
> cast will not be allowed to register as a political party.
> From the look of things, PDOIS looks like a club lacking in mass 
> following. If they can deny that their own sponsored-candidates in the 
> last general elections were not members of their party, then they 
> deserved to be called a club.
> They continue to deny that they are a vanguard party trying to operate 
> within a mass party system and that they subscribe to a bankrupt 
> ideology, which has been, discredited worldwide.
> 
> Q. What is that ‘bankrupt ideology’?
> 
> 
> Lamin: Their own brand of socialism. That is why they have been 
> rejected by the Gambian people time and time again. That level of 
> frustration can be seen in the way Halifa Sallah , whose bid for 
> parliament for the third time has been unsuccessful despite the fact 
> that he claims to be The Gambia’s foremost political intellectual 
> (talks).
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