Mr. Jarsu:
It is interesting that you have a change of heart on me. This
I think is appropriate in a sense that I would rather be hated
to speak the truth, than lie to make friends. It is of no
significance whether we come from the same constituency or not. I am
here to speak the truth. It will also be appropriate if you will
come out of the closet and reveal your true identity.
History and politics are so intermingled that for an electorate
to clearly define and make a decision on a choice, he or she should
revisit history and draw comprarison of trends beneficial in making
critical decisions in a democratic process.
It also interesting that some of you have forgotten the importance of
NRP and PDOIS. We must understand that these two political parties
are vital in our struggle. Why should we give a blanket support
to the PPP/UDP/Assan Musa coalition without questioning the whole
process of nominating Ousainou? Do you really want to displace
PDOIS and NRP at this important sector of our politics? Do you want
to see a disjointed opposition ? Do you acknowledge that the rule
of politics is compromise? Do you want to just accept policies
without questioning rules and procedures that initiated such a
union at the expense of two important political parties?
I want to make it clear that I welcome compromise base on truth,
fair-dealing and understanding. If we fail to speak the truth, our
struggle for a free Gambia will not materialize. I am of the opinion
that many of you who are writing and condemning those of us who advocate
fair-dealing are yet to send in your contributions. I will take you
serious if you send your contributions to Joe Sambou. You must do the
talk and also do the walk. It does not make sense to speak while you
keep a tight hand on your wallet.
In another area, I have no desire to run for public office. I welcome
your disapproval. I would rather speak the truth and have enemies,
than lie to make friends.
Naphiyo,
Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
Greensboro, NC/Kombo East constituency
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From: BEKAYE PHAL [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 01:32:51 -0500
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Coalition/Dampha
KB
To be honest with you i am of the view that some of our friends in the
opposition camp have of late missed the track. I can't believe that some of
the postings coming to the L recently are really from big brother Jasseh and
sister Jabou. I am very much dissapointed with Conteh's recent change in
attitude and writing style maybe Moses is right in describing him as a blind
NCP supporter.I have a huge amount of respect for all those who in one way
or the other have done/ and are doing their quota in the on going struggle
against the dictator back home and this includes the likes of Conteh.The
reason why i made mention of Conteh is simply because he is from the same
district with me(Kombo East)which he is claiming to represent.If brother
Conteh is aspiring to be a representative of this District in the future and
judging him by his recent writings then my heartfelt condolences to the
people of KOmbo East.When will this brother learn to forgive and forget? He
may be right that most people detained in Mile two in the aftermath of the
1981 coup were innocent people from the main opposition then NCP BUT it is
equally right too Mr Conteh that it was elements of the NCP that helped
Kukoi and his gang in the madness that
preceeded the detention.In my part of town, it was one Omar Darboe an NCP
youth activist who led a gang of rebels going round spreading lies
about an opposition take over.He has with him a list of names he identified
as PPP supporters shortlisted for possible arrest and execution thus forcing
them to seek refuge in the border villages in cassamance.Now back to the
issue, a lot of things did happened during and after that coup and a lot of
progress has been archieved in reconciling our differences .
Conteh's handling of the lady he accused as involving in a dubious deal was
not only unprofessional but reaaly uncalled for. This poor lady was only
stating her views on an issue she rightfully has a say in like any other
Gambian on or off the L AND does not derserve such a treatment especially
from a brother like Conteh. YOU really owe this lady an apology. YOU see
conteh it hurts to see people you respect say one thing now and then turn
around and do something stupid and it hurts even more especially when they
do so on purposes, if you know what i mean.
I was really pissed up when Tombong tried to questioned your qualification
the other day, this was simply because i knew it will serve no purpose for
you to lie to us about your qualification, that Tombong has more questions
to answer than to ask and more over it has nothing to do with the issues
under discussion at the time.Like Tombong, your revelations about the lady's
past dealings has nothing whatsoever to do with the views she stated in her
mail thus warranting you to unconditionally apologies for your toughness.
Anyway think about it and please learn to forgive . The grudges or whatever
you have about the past if allowed to over shadow your positive
contributions, am afraid you will end up being one of "them".
FAAL
DALLAS TX
>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Coalition/Dampha
>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:58:21 -0400
>
>Ms. Joh, both you, Saiks and Jassey-Conteh are easy to ignore because now
>all you are emitting is hot air and nothing else. Apart from throwing out
>silly words as nepotistic rule, corrupt government, brutal regime, and
>whining endlessly about people trying to straighten you out, you are saying
>absolutely nothing. Nobody is trying to pull you down. You are free to
>spend
>the whole day in front of your keyboard and send rubbish to G_L. The only
>thing that can stop you is what Abdou Toure said: the List Managers.
>However, be rest assured that if you send garbage here, we will respond to
>it.
>
>Next time you want to preach about people refraining from personal attacks,
>direct your sermons to Jassey-Conteh who was engaged in character
>assassination with that lady Jassey-Conteh thinks was involved in some
>dubious dealings in Miami. This is the type of hypocrisy I cannot stomach.
>You have people spewing all sorts of garbage and when you engage them, they
>start ducking for cover and saying that they do not want to stoop low to
>your level or that you are dictatorial. For Heaven’s sake, just argue your
>points the way you know how and give people a break.
>
>Who is defending the indefensible here? I have always stood by my
>arguments.
>It is you that has abandoned your stance or made inflammatory statements on
>G_L that you could NOT back up. Tell me one thing that I said that I did
>NOT
>back up. You on the other hand spread LIES here about PPP that you did NOT
>back up. We are NOT trying to alarm anyone. What we said is the absolute
>truth. It might be a bit difficult for you to comprehend, so I will break
>it
>down for you. If the Alliance is fighting against APRC and you come from
>nowhere and say that the Alliance is a PPP front and then argue
>successfully
>that PPP is NOT good for the country, who benefits from your successful
>argument? Certainly, the Alliance will lose votes if you succeed in your
>argument. At best, the Opposition vote will be split and Yaya can ‘win’ by
>default. So, you just want people that want to see the back of Yaya to just
>keep quiet and let you spread LIES about the Alliance?
>
>First of all we have to debunk the myth that PPP dominates the Alliance.
>Darboe is the leader of the Alliance and he belongs to UDP. Secondly, we
>have to protect other members of the Alliance, including PPP by showing
>that
>it is NOT true that PPP is worse than AFPRC/APRC. That is all that is going
>on here. I hope you get it this time.
>
>I am confident that the Alliance can win as it is presently constituted.
>Why? Apart from the numbers that graced the recent rallies, the Alliance is
>the only body so far that is giving the Gambian people a plan for the
>FUTURE. We are NOT obsessed with an old man that is no longer in power. We
>want a Gambia that is BETTER than both the PPP and the AFPRC/APRC days.
>That
>is why we chose Darboe as the leader. We are looking forward. Instead of
>me,
>you are the alarmist. You are the one lying to the people that the Alliance
>is going to restore PPP. That is absolutely false. The Alliance has no
>plans
>whatsoever of restoring the PPP vices you are trying to ascribe to PPP.
>What
>proof do you have that an Alliance government led by Ousainou Darboe is
>going to restore corruption, nepotism and vindictiveness to the country?
>What proof does Jassey-Conteh have that a Party where Shyngle Nyassi
>belongs
>is going to single out Jolas and victimize them? These are the alarmist and
>false rhetoric coming from your end.
>
>I will take this opportunity to inform Buhary that I know he means well.
>The
>maturity and restraint he is showing is why I always believed that he is an
>asset to the Opposition. My response to the irresponsible statements made
>by
>characters like Ms. Joh, Saiks Samateh and Jassey-Conteh is NOT a sign of
>disrespect to the calls made by Buhary. I hope you (Buhary) understand that
>all I am doing is DEFENDING. I am NOT attacking the agenda or the leaders
>of
>any of the Opposition Parties that decided NOT to join the Alliance. As I
>keep saying, I wished the other Parties took cue from the Alliance and
>start
>talking about plans to move our country FORWARD and focus on the mad man
>currently leading our country rather than trying to bring the Alliance
>down.
>What every Gambian wants is more likely going to materialize from an
>Alliance government than from APRC. I would have thought that that would be
>obvious to all right-thinking Gambians. Buhary for what it is worth, let me
>inform you that the leaders on the ground are quite cognizant of the fact
>that there is still room for a fuller Alliance to come to fruition. If you
>remember some few days ago SM Dibba helped propagate rumors that Dembo
>Bojang wanted to join APRC. This is the most insulting thing one can say
>about a staunch Opposition personality like Dembo. This angered a lot of
>Dembo supporters and they wanted to lash out against Dibba at the Bakau and
>Serrekunda rallies held by the Alliance. But at the end of the day, the
>leadership qualities of Darboe and Dembo Bojang prevailed. Our leaders
>refrained the supporters from disparaging Dibba. Needless to say, Darboe is
>hearing all these questions being raised about his integrity and whether he
>is an independent person. These questions are being raised by prominent
>people in other Opposition Parties. However Darboe is NOT attacking them
>back. Darboe is interested in the FUTURE and how to remove Yaya from
>office.
>Darboe wants the help of every Gambian whether they belonged to PPP, NCP,
>PDOIS, NRP, UDP, PDP, UP, .... Any Party. The Alliance leaders have their
>eye on the ball. I, as a MERE supporter, will however say my piece if I
>believe that supporters of other Parties are spreading LIES about the
>Alliance.
>KB
>
>
>>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Coalition/Dampha
>>Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:16:14 EDT
>>
>>In a message dated 8/29/01 10:35:16 AM Central Daylight Time,
>>[log in to unmask] writes:
>>
>>
>>
>> >
>>
>>
>>Nonsense Dampha. You and others who make this claim seem to have a one
>>track
>>mind. You are agenda driven alarmists and it is worse when you can
>>identify
>>something as your reason for defending the indefensible. This time you
>>people say it is thefact that one is helping the APRC regime if criticism
>>is
>>directed at this so-called alliance of exclusion.
>>
>>At best, this is a weak argument and one that is incinsistent with your
>>theory and that of all the defenders of this two party allinace. I am
>>assuming that the endorsement ofthis alliance means that those who endorse
>>it
>>have come to the conclusion that this alliance can defeat the APRC regime
>>even whether the other parties join them or not. Therefore, to then turn
>>around and use the argument that any criticism of this union is helping
>>Jammeh does not make sense.
>>
>>All I did was point out the follies of the Jawara regime, and I am sure
>>that
>>the APRC
>> > will not mistake my criticism of the Jawara regime as something
>>intended
>>to
>> > help them. You people need to give up this alarmist nonsense and
>>realize
>> > that people should be free to criticise our politicians, but the lack
>>of
>> > realization of this fact is the reason we are in the mess we are in.
>>The
>> > most intelligent Gambian will lapse into this sort of thinking whenever
>> > anyone speaks their mind. Either that or the personalize it and set out
>>on
>> > a mission to discredit the person.
>> > Now is as good a time as ever to remind Gambians that we do not want
>>Jammeh
>> > but we do not want the PPP regime either. Try to separate these two
>>points
>> > for your own sake and for the sake of our country's future.
>> >
>> >
>>
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