Father Mose, well said.  The opposition should not leave anything to chance.
  These criminals got to go, not five years later, but NOW.  Keep the fire
burning and we are in the last leg rounding them up.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Musa Jeng <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: If Senegal can do it, Gambia can definitely do it.
>Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:09:35 -0400
>
>As the elections get nearer and the stakes get higher, the Gambian
>electorate is going to be left in utter confusion. Accusations and
>counter accusations are very well going to dominate the campaigns, and
>this reaffirmed a political reality that issues don’t necessarily win
>elections. Like American political pundits would say, negative
>campaigning is not issue oriented but it works. We, as the opposition
>cannot endure another five year term under a Jammeh administration,
>therefore we need to do whatever it takes to get our government back,
>peacefully of course
>
>To the opposition, it is important to keep reminding the Electorate that
>sitting Governments can loose elections, and can be replaced by new
>leadership. Show them how our neighbors, the Senegalese are able to
>replace a Government that was not in tune with the development of
>Senegal. All over the world Senegal and Senegalese are seen  as one of
>the champions of a new Africa. Slogans should be coined to reinforce
>this to the Gambian electorate that if Senegal can do it, Gambia can
>definitely do it. Folks, most Gambians under normal circumstances will
>not work into a pooling booth and vote for Jammeh, but sitting
>governments can always have some impact in the psyche of most of our
>brothers in the continent. Like my Wollof people would say “ Ken du keh
>ak Ngurr” (Nobody should fight a government). This Mansa mentality needs
>to be demystified. All Opposition parties should use their radio ads,
>campaign stops and posters to tell Gambians that If Senegal can do it,
>Gambia can definitely do it. Reinforcement and reinforcement to this
>slogan reality can be one of the keys to victory.
>
>Musa Jeng
>
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