Hi sister Jabou, I feel that your analysis are very much flawed to, accuse
PDOIS of stalling to reach an agreement is unjust and misleading. PDOIS
position regarding the coalition was clear from the onset, they have always
insisted that things should be done in the open without any pretence. But
for UDP to go ahead regardless of the presence of all the registered
political parties is both arrogant and insensitive, democracy presupposes
inclusion notexclusions and unolateral decisions. To attain an agreement
that would bind everyone to the very least requires their presence. And it
is clear from what transpired that PDOIS was not invited, how could they
have contributed to an event they were not made aware. You see to accuse
them woul be to do great dissevice to your honesty, I would have thought
that you were more objective than you reflect. We, in the Gambia have reach
a stage were we must refuse to distort reality we must call a spade a spade,
it is the apparent greed of Darbo that has cost the coalition, the fact that
Dibba testified to this affirms my assertion. I think to forge a coalition
at the very least would have required a consensus but to have UDP, making
pronouncements about what was at its formative stage is an act of betrayal
and arrogance, hence to point a finger at PDOIS clearly shows either your
ignorance or gullibility to distortion. You see distortion is an art which
many people have mastered and use. We must free ourselves from such in other
to move forward. People are challenging Jammeh because he is not a democrat
but an autocrat, yet we condone decisions that were arrived at
undemocratically, only to try to find a scapegoat. This approach will only
retard us, I hope you will reflect and advise Darbo to engage in
constructive consultations rather than quick fix resolutions.

SAUL
>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Congratulations to Darboe on nomination
>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:18:39 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/14/2001 9:56:46 AM Central Daylight Time, Kebba
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > "To say that I am disappointed in PDOIS and NCP
> >
>
>Well, i have to say that I cannot make any sense of the fact that all
>appearances seem to indicate that PDOIS has been stalling on all efforts to
>form an alliance to  get rid of Yaya Jammeh. Despite all their
>pronouncements, it seems that these people who have been giving the
>impression that their's is a selfless agenda is poised to fail us in our
>hour
>of need.
>The foroyaa publication that was posted to the L just a couple of days ago
>gave the impression that a united opposition was the way forward. However,
>this is not what is unfolding as far as PDOIS is concerned.
>
>The fact that Dibba has also decided to walk out on this colaition is
>another
>senseless action that hammers home the fact that unfortunately, in Africa,
>most of our politicians are merely obsessed with the idea of being the
>"head
>honcho, top dog, king of the hill" and this is what motivates them more
>than
>anything else, and when they cannot get this, they either become spoilers
>or
>engage in senseless actions.
>
>To think that someone who has been in politics for as long as Dibba has
>been
>fails to see that due to all the circumstances at this time, he cannot
>possibly organize to head a coalition at this time is beyond belief. It is
>inconceivable that Dibba does not understand this, and therefore, the only
>conclusion at this time is either that the man is so full of himself that
>he
>cannot think straight, or he is out to be a spoiler as well.
>
>We must put an end to perpetuating self centered people who see a position
>as
>being more inportant than the service that the position entails. This kind
>of
>thinking is what has given us 30 year presidencies and brutal power hungry
>regimes, each still proclaiming that they are democracies, and the World
>alas, helps them to prepetrate this lie all the way, complete with
>superficial diplomacy and equally senseless protocol, while knowing full
>well, that these corrupt leaders are far from what they will ever tolerate
>in
>their own countries.
>
>Both the endless presidencies and the brutal regimes we cannot seem to shed
>in Africa are driven by a desire to stay on top for ever. We cannot afford
>this  kind of politics and politicians anymore. These people have to
>remember
>that it is we the people that they are here to serve, and they must do what
>it takes to correct desperate situations for us when these arise, and the
>cooperation in the formation of a coalition at this juncture is just that,
>devised to give us back our country.
>
>Anyone with vision that is not blurred by self centeredness can also
>clearly
>recognize that when we get our country back untilizing the strategy of a
>united coalition, and work to put into place and consolidate laws that are
>not and cannot be over-ridden by lawless entities masquerading as a
>legitimate leadership, then all Gambians can be free to pursue their
>respective political affiliations, express themselves without fear of
>reprisals, and participate fully in every aspect of our national affairs
>knowing full well that they are really protected by laws that cannot be
>abrogated by any leader or individual whose job position has gone to their
>head to the point that they percieve themselves as some of devine entity.
>
>At this critical juncture in the history of our country, when every effort
>must be made by every peace  and justice loving Gambian who proclaims to
>love
>our country and are dedicated to our emancipation as a people and a nation
>free from the brutal regime of Yaya Jammeh, it is both surprising and
>devastatingly dissappointing that a ny political party who has told us in
>no
>uncertain terms that they stand for, among other things, the idea of our
>people being the masters of their own destiny, has not rallied to the call
>to
>rescue us from the impending doom that this present regime is driving us
>toward. That idea alone is worth more than anything else that any political
>party or individual can give to a burdened nation in their hour of need,
>and
>anyone who fails to heed this call will live wit hthe legacy forever.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
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