In a message dated 8/14/2001 9:56:46 AM Central Daylight Time, Kebba
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> "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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