Hey,
What are you talking about? madness from who? Please be serious...

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  Cousin Sankanu, a small world. 6 degrees of separation. If Fankung is
> indeed the C. Omar Kebbeh you allude to, then he is my cousin. And he will
> understand why. And if he is my cousin, I share with you that there is no
> fear that Fankung is with Yahya. Its all stagecraft and I am confident
> there's method to his apparent madness. So I'm not worried and I don't think
> you should be either.
>
> I do want to mention that I am enormously proud of you Cousin Sankanu. You
> and I share a lot in common.
>
> May the good Lord continue to bless and keep you among us.
>
> Haruna. I want uncle Sountou to know that there's method to the erstwhile
> madnesses of my cousins. Princes both. I will explain why later. After  the
> 2011 vote in Gambia. Maybe even before that. I happen to have had a good
> dream about Gambia.
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Bubacarr Sankanu <[log in to unmask]>
> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 4:15 pm
> Subject: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and
> Darboe
>
>  Is this Cherno Omar Kebbeh my former mate at NUSRAT and colleague at The Point
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> Newspaper?
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> If yes then Cherno I am speechless! Since when did you become the TOWN CRIER of
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> President Jammeh and the APRC?
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> I thought if you chose to service our country you would first and foremost try
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> it out as a TECHNOCRAT (Civil Servant) and not as foot soldier of party
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> politics.
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> Anyway I recognize your right to political choice and you are free to drum up
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> APRC. You are fee to lock horns with the opposition.
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> As a brother and a ex-colleague, I am advising to be very careful. No matter how
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> much you support President Jammeh and the APRC you will NOT match FJC
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> (Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay) and Yankuba Touray. They have all been used and
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> dumped like toilet papers.
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> Even brilliant young stars who serve diligently without party politics are not
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> spared. Look at the case of Mariama Khan.
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> Sorry if you think I am trying to preach you. I am just worried. You are however
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> an adult and you know what you want.
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> Before I forget, I want to tell you that there is a GIRL that I wanted to chase
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> but the moment she told me that you showed interest in her, I BACKED OFF to give
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> you the chance.
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> I am Casanova with a strong conscience. If I see a tantalizing lady, I do not
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> waste time hunting her but to avoid injustice I try to find out first if she is
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> already given or about to be given.
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> That girl is so sweet and should not stay long on the marriage market.
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> I hope you will make use of your chance to reach a definite decision over the
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> girl.
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> The next time I speak with her and she tells me that you are not conclusive, I
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> will proceed with my chasing and if things work out I will harvest her for my
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> harem!
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> But I do not think party politics (APRC) and a woman will be reasons to sour our
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> solid relations.
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> All the best with your work in Gambia.
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> I remain,
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> Prince Bubacarr Sankanu
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> GERMANY
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> http://www.afromediafilmandtv.net/
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> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
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> > Datum: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:13:51 -0500
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> > Von: "C. Omar Kebbeh" <[log in to unmask]>
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> > An: [log in to unmask]
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> > Betreff: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and Darboe
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> > why?
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> > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Modou Mboge <[log in to unmask]>
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> > wrote:
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> > > Fankung,
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> > >
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> > > Zip up!
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> > >
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> > > Mboge
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> > >   On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 7:55 PM, C. Omar Kebbeh
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> > <[log in to unmask]
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> > > > wrote:
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> > >> Hello,
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> > >> Dont waste your times, the Gambian opposition is broken because of the
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> > >> leadership. All these is just cheap talk. Gambians love President
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> > Jammeh and
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> > >> will always elect him as president. Are you guys forgetting about 2006?
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> > >> Please tell these groups to come and join the APRC.
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> > >>
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> > >>   On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Haruna Darbo
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> > <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> > >>> Modou my friend, I am very busy at this time but will take time out to
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> > >>> see if you can educate me on part of your notes that is not an
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> > exclusive
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> > >>> question for JDAM. I saw Rene's amicus and I would share some ideas
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> > with
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> > >>> that other Pliny later. I'm all yours for now:
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [-----Original Message-----  From: Modou Nyang
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> > <[log in to unmask]>
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> > >>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>  Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010
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> > 5:40
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> > >>> am  Subject: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia
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> > and
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> > >>> Darboe.
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> > >>>   LJD, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Every person has his or
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> > her
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> > >>> own opinion hence it is not worthwhile to argue with opinions.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> It is opinions that characterized the infamous meeting between Hons.
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> > >>> Sidia and Ousainou. They gave each other their opinions and were
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> > supposed to
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> > >>> GET BACK TO EACH OTHER. That is the disposition of folk trained toward
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> > a
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> > >>> common ALLIANCE I think.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [The best is to respect them and recognise the wisdom in them if any.]
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> > >>> Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> It is the opinions of the Honorables. It is for them to respect those
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> > >>> opinions. We, on the other hand are not beholden to those opinions nor
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> > >>> a particular regard for them if any.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [If I may want to follow the pattern of your argument and try to
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> > respond
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> > >>> to all that you raised it would mean reducing this whole exercise to a
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> > mere
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> > >>> exchange of words.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> COnversation is a mere exchange of words until either party acts on
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> > those
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> > >>> words.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Needless to say, if you are left wondering what “speculations”
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> > Sidia is
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> > >>> talking about, me Modou Nynag, I am not. Since Sidia’s meeting with
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> > Darboe
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> > >>> rumours were spreading in the country regarding the meeting and it’s
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> > >>> possible outcome, hence the need to clear the air.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> I see you find need now to argue speculations (opinions). It is a
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> > tricky
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> > >>> proposition Modou to discount exchange of words and opinions as mere
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> > >>> chatter.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [I would want detail of every meeting be made public for everyone to
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> > >>> what transpired because we have nothing to hide.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> I wish you to consider that if you pour your heart and soul out to me
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> > >>> today, I still wouldn't know if you have something or nothing to hide
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> > Modou.
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> > >>> Think about it. What we intend to hide, we store in irretrievable
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> > memory.
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> > >>> WHat we intend to share we store in random memory.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [We are faced with a similar situation regarding the NADD situation.]
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> > >>> Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> You appear to be re-litigating NADD Modou. Tell me it ain't so. Could
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> > it
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> > >>> be that Hon. Halifa transferred negotiating powers to Sidia (NADD)
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> > because
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> > >>> NADD was to be relitigated ad-infinitum?
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Even a meeting between Sidia and Darboe after Darboe pulled out of
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> > NADD
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> > >>> was rumoured as Sidia joining UDP.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> The ides of NADD!!! Imagine what would happen when you hold a primary
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> > >>> among opposition politicians Modou. Under AGENDA 2020.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [So LJD, you have a right to your opinion, but don’t think that will
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> > also
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> > >>> stop us from acting the way we feel is right and appropriate.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> The problem then comes alive when each of us ACT on our unique
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> > opinions.
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> > >>> Because we all think we're right and our opinions are appropriate.
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> > This is
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> > >>> the idea behind conversations and negotiations for commoner relief.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [“It is the "primary" question that stands in the way of a united
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> > front
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> > >>> in the sense that its architecture appears to rig the outcome in
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> > favour of
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> > >>> Halifa”.
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> > >>> LJD, this is the second time you have said that the primary aspect of
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> > >>> Agenda 2011 is designed to favour Halifa. What makes you say so? Are
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> > you
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> > >>> saying that when Halifa is in a ballot to select a single candidate to
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> > >>> represent the opposition against others including Darboe it will go
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> > his way?
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> > >>> Why and How? You have to answer these questions.] Modou of JDAM.
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> > >>> I will yield for JDAM to share his OPINIONS with your OPINIONS Modou.
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> > >>> Albeit couched in inquiry. Besides, I have no comment on AGENDA 2020
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> > and
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> > >>> caucuses and primaries. In a country where the battle is to remove one
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> > idiot
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> > >>> from office. Never will have. A sheer waste of time and resources to
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> > me.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [And to say that it is the primary question “that stands in the way
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> > of a
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> > >>> united front”, is an utter statement to say the least. How is the
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> > primary
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> > >>> question standing in the way of a united front? It is interesting that
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> > your
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> > >>> option for a way forward for a united front is “UDP leading a united
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> > front
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> > >>> under an ironclad agreement constraining its ability to misbehave once
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> > in
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> > >>> government.”] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> There is no other way you can control the behavior or misbehavior of
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> > your
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> > >>> fellow in a democratic society. You must rely on their better
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> > >>> wisdom....Binding constraint. CHeck with Putin and Medvedev for more
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> > ideas.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [LJD, may I inform you that your favoured option for a united front is
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> > >>> deterrent to opposition unity to me as well as many others.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> It very well may be Modou and you are entitled to share that opinion
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> > with
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> > >>> us just as JDAM shared his with us.
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> > >>> Either of you or both of you sharing that does not the deterrent make
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> > >>> the sober and reflective among us. When a people is confronted with
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> > >>> momentous considerations as Gambians are at this time, frivolous
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> > schemes
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> > >>> will not paly a large role in their calculus. Trust me.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> {And by the way what do you consider an “ironclad agreement” that
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> > >>> able to constrain the “ability [of the UDP] to misbehave once in
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> > >>> government.” LJD, I really want to know. Being the legal person that
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> > you are
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> > >>> your input in such an agreement will be worthwhile.} Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> Ironclad agreement in law means an agreement signed by the parties to
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> > a
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> > >>> negotiation. Nothing more nothing less. It does not mean clad in steel
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> > >>> any of iron's alloys.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Personally, I share wholly Sidia’s view that he is "not sure which
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> > >>> political leader in the opposition could take voters away from the
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> > ruling
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> > >>> party and motivate those who abstained in 2006 to cast their vote”,
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> > to help
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> > >>> the opposition win the election.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> Modou, I also recognize that Hon. Sidia may not be sure of the
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> > foregoing.
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> > >>> I will add however that if Hon. Sidia wishes to be sure that the
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> > opposition
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> > >>> takes votes away from Yahya and encourage those who abstained to come
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> > out in
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> > >>> their good number, unafraid, to vote, is to combine the efforts and
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> > gravitas
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> > >>> of all those opposition political leaders in an ALLIANCE. That is sure
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> > >>> cover all the ambiguities. And don't discount the symbolism inherent
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> > >>> ALLIANCE-FRONT in the eyes of the vrai voters. In La-Guinea and Mali,
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> > folks
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> > >>> were not sure which of the opposition political parties (incl. ATT)
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> > >>> win. But after hallmark ALLIANCES, any of the sober won. And Mali's
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> > >>> government was a national unity government. La-Guinea's government
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> > >>> to be that too. A National Unity government is actually a misnomer.
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> > What we
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> > >>> call a National Unity government is actually a Government as democracy
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> > >>> envisioned.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Your argument that “UDP has a far larger support base than any
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> > >>> opposition party in the country” is not a good enough argument and
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> > guarantee
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> > >>> for us to flock behind them.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> Modou, consider that that opinon of JDAM is not good enough argument.
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> > Now
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> > >>> consider UDP (whose support base is questionnable therefore) alloyed
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> > >>> NRP, PPP, GMC, and PDOIS. Or let's say PDOIS has the far larger
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> > support base
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> > >>> than any opposition. Then consider PDOIS alloyed with UDP, NRP, GMC,
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> > >>> PPP. What do you think you're gonna git????
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Furthermore, I personally discourage PDOIS from ever thinking of
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> > >>> supporting a UDP led alliance. We are not part of UDP.] Modou.
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> > >>> Let's say PDOIS ascends to your advice Modou for fancy. Would you
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> > >>> envisage UDP, NRP, PPP, or GMC or all to ever think of supporting a
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> > >>> PDOIS-led alliance??? After all none of these parties are part of
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> > PDOIS. DO
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> > >>> not mistake grace and consideration for obsolescence. You are
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> > basically
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> > >>> constraining PDOIS' dynamism in the future should they heed to your
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> > advice.
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> > >>> It is comforting to know that PDOIS is a more reflective party than
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> > that.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [We are a party of our own with it’s holds different views on how to
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> > run
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> > >>> the affairs of our country once mandated by the people.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> The other parties are parties of their own which hold different views
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> > >>> how to run the affairs of our country once mandated by the people. At
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> > >>> time, we work on "being mandated by the people". PDOIS will not lose
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> > >>> identity and uniqueness by forming an electoral alliance with other
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> > >>> democratic parties if PDOIS' interest is democracy.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [However, conscious of the circumstances on the ground and the
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> > >>> of the parties’ seeking to replace the APRC in government, we fully
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> > >>> subscribe to a pooling of resources and strengths to effect a change
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> > >>> system. This pooling of resources should not amount to helping one
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> > part of
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> > >>> the whole into becoming a lord over the rest of the others.] Modou.
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> > >>> I suppose you'd rather the other parts pool their resources to help
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> > PDOIS
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> > >>> into becoming Lord over them. How can a party become Lord over her
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> > allied
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> > >>> parties Modou????? I see you're in a defiant mood these days my
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> > friend. You
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> > >>> cannot forge an alliance with this attitude. Imagine if Francois
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> > Lounceny
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> > >>> Fall, Ousmane Bah, DIallo, Kouyate, Fofana, Kourouma, Bangoura, Toure,
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> > >>> Baadiko, Barry, Kaba, or Camara had your frame of mind. We would not
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> > have
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> > >>> had this new hope for La-Guinea.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [Since it is the collective input of a group that helps to bring about
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> > >>> such a change, it has to be transitional in order to finally give way
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> > for a
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> > >>> level and multiparty contest by all on equal footing, nothing more
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> > nothing
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> > >>> less.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> I don't see anyone arguing with the concept of a transitional
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> > government.
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> > >>> By its very definition in democracy, a government is inherently
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> > >>> transitional. And the level and multiparty both should be accrued in
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> > >>> transition. Frankly I don't know what your anxieties are Modou. You
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> > seem to
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> > >>> agree at the end of your notes that what an ALLIANCE would yield
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> > (change) is
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> > >>> good. But in the beginning, you take exception at PDOIS even
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> > considering a
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> > >>> party-led alliance on account of PDOIS' uniqueness. It is unique
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> > parties
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> > >>> that form Alliances. I suppose if the other parties were to wake up on
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> > >>> wrong side of the bed one day and say "PDOIS, we would like to follow
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> > your
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> > >>> lead in an alliance of our parties" you would reject it outright
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> > >>> they are different from you????????????????????? Allahu wakubaru!!!
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [A change for the better is what we are yearning for not the elevation
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> > >>> others above the rest.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> In America, we were yearning for a change for the better. We thought
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> > we
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> > >>> would elevate Obama above Hillary and the rest so he can be our
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> > Pall-bearer
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> > >>> into that change. The scenario you envisage is that of a stalemate
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> > society
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> > >>> with a whole bunch of chiefs and no injuns.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [If any is so desperate let them go get it hence no one can accuse us
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> > >>> helping to put in office a bad government whenever it turns out to be
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> > >>> so.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> And if doesn't turn our to be so?????? You don't want to be accused of
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> > >>> removing your persecutor for fear your brother might replace him. A
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> > brother
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> > >>> who has never indicated to you in his history that he will persecute
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> > you. Eh
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> > >>> Allah.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> [If PDOIS was only interested in changing governments, the PPP
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> > government
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> > >>> would have been history long before 1994.] Modou.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> You're funny Modou. WHy do you think there was no PDOIS during the
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> > >>> COLONIAL GOVERNMENT that preceded the
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> > >>> PPP?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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> > That is
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> > >>> the $64,000.00 question. I suppose PDOIS did not have the requisite
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> > >>> consciousness then???? And what is PDOIS interested in besides
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> > replacing the
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> > >>> government of the day????? Maybe we can point PDOIS in the right
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> > direction
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> > >>> when we know what he's wantin.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> Men, I'll be late for my meeting. Later men. What a pain in the
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> > arse???
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> > >>> Haruna.
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> > >>>
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> > >>> --- On *Tue, 12/7/10, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>* wrote:
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> > >>>
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> > >>>
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> > >>> From: Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>
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> > >>> Subject: Re: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and
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> > >>> Darboe
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> > >>> To: [log in to unmask]
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> > >>> Date: Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 3:46 AM
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> > >>>     Nyang
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Sidia's statement is quite extraordinary in its evasiveness and
>
>
> > needless
>
>
> > >>> inbuilt propaganda.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> When did the meeting with Ousainou happened?
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> His Central Committee knew he was meeting Ousainou. Did he report
>
>
> > back,
>
>
> > >>> or was he *"invited to a meeting by the PDOIS Executive Committee to
>
>
> > >>> brief them on whether the UDP leader had spoken to me about any
>
>
> > Alliance
>
>
> > >>> that they wanted PDOIS to join which aims to discuss the future of the
>
>
> > >>> country and the modalities of creating a united front without any
>
>
> > >>> conditionality"*
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> What *"speculations"* is Sidia talking about? It was no secret that
>
>
> > >>> Sidia and Ousainou met, and this statement from Sidia may therefore be
>
>
> > seen
>
>
> > >>> as nothing other than a replay of the NADD disaster in 2006. Even when
>
>
> > it
>
>
> > >>> was absolutely clear we would not get a united front against Doctor
>
>
> > >>> Jammeh (as he then was), we were bombarded with ceaseless propaganda
>
>
> > from
>
>
> > >>> Halifa regarding his willingness to adhere to the wishes of the
>
>
> > people.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> About Ousainou selling his *"his candidature to the Gambian voters*",
>
>
> > >>> this is indeed feet dragging par excellence by Sidia and his
>
>
> > organisation.
>
>
> > >>> The spirit enunciated in Agenda 2011 is embodied in the general
>
>
> > principles
>
>
> > >>> of opposition to the government of the APRC. Merely committing them to
>
>
> > paper
>
>
> > >>> does not make them unique principles of PDOIS. It is the "primary"
>
>
> > question
>
>
> > >>> that stands in the way of a united front in the sense that its
>
>
> > architecture
>
>
> > >>>  appears to rig the outcome in favour of Halifa.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> For example, Sidia contends that he is *"not sure which political
>
>
> > leader
>
>
> > >>> in the opposition could take voters away from the ruling party and
>
>
> > motivate
>
>
> > >>> those who abstained in 2006 to cast their vote. Hence I subscribe to
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> idea of holding a primary for the people to select the candidate of
>
>
> > their
>
>
> > >>> choice in line with Agenda 2011. I told him that this is why I endorse
>
>
> > >>> Agenda 2011"*.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> If the ultimate objective is to is to *"take voters away from the
>
>
> > ruling
>
>
> > >>> party and motivate those who abstained in 2006 to cast their vote"* in
>
>
> > >>> sufficient numbers to defeat the APRC, then the answer is none of the
>
>
> > >>> opposition leaders individually. That will only come about under a
>
>
> > united
>
>
> > >>> front, and unquestionably, the UDP has a far larger support base than
>
>
> > any
>
>
> > >>> opposition party in the country. PDOIS should drop the unnecessary
>
>
> > >>> conditionality of a 'primary' and consider the alternative of UDP
>
>
> > leading a
>
>
> > >>> united front under an ironclad agreement constraining its ability to
>
>
> > >>> misbehave once in government.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> I am not the least impressed by Sidia's assertion thus: *"He assured
>
>
> > me
>
>
> > >>> that he would hold an extraordinary meeting with his committee and
>
>
> > come back
>
>
> > >>> to me. Since then I have been waiting to know what their stand is on
>
>
> > Agenda
>
>
> > >>> 2011 or selling his candidature to the Gambian voters. These are the
>
>
> > ways
>
>
> > >>> forward that are before the UDP leader and they need to take a stand
>
>
> > and
>
>
> > >>> move on instead of giving the impression that Sidia is dragging his
>
>
> > feet on
>
>
> > >>> the issue of a united front".*
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Again, when did the meeting with Ousainou occurred, and did they agree
>
>
> > on
>
>
> > >>> when Ousainou would "come back" to Sidia? As to the insinuation that
>
>
> > >>> Ousainou is holding matters, when was the issue of a meeting first
>
>
> > mooted,
>
>
> > >>> and how long did it take for it to materialise? Why is Sidia so eager
>
>
> > to
>
>
> > >>> preempt the issue of "feet dragging"? The trick is to appreciate the
>
>
> > >>> pertinent streams of thought when dealing with a media savvy
>
>
> > organisation
>
>
> > >>> like PDOIS.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> And finally to a point that is ever present in expressed views of the
>
>
> > >>> PDOIS leadership. Sidia  states that *"those who want to support the
>
>
> > >>> opposition should take their sides and promote dialogue while not
>
>
> > >>> undermining each other’s positions. This is the way forward".
>
>
> > *Halifa
>
>
> > >>> stated this in his interview with *Maafanta.com*, and Sidia now
>
>
> > repeats
>
>
> > >>> it. Why can they not accept that Gambians can be *neutral,* and that
>
>
> > >>> people like myself, Joe Sambou, and countless others, are in no way
>
>
> > wedded
>
>
> > >>> to any particular party, and that this is quite legitimate and
>
>
> > plausible on
>
>
> > >>> public questions of great significance. If this is intended to stop
>
>
> > >>> difficult dialogue, it is unlikely to succeed.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> As of now, I am in no doubt that PDOIS is a major stumbling block in
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> creation of a united front in so far as the non-negotiable bottleneck
>
>
> > of an
>
>
> > >>> unnecessary Agenda 2011 'primary' is concerned
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> I assure Sidia that contrary to his view, we are well aware of the
>
>
> > >>> "concrete realities on the ground". Again, this dismissive statement
>
>
> > will
>
>
> > >>> not deter elements within the Diaspora community from having its say
>
>
> > on
>
>
> > >>> issues affecting the direction of our country.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> More pertinently, some of us are not primed to be swayed by mere
>
>
> > >>> propaganda!
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> LJDarbo
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> --- On *Mon, 6/12/10, Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]>* wrote:
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> From: Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> > >>> Subject: Foroyaa News: Talks on Opposition Unity Between Sidia and
>
>
> > Darboe
>
>
> > >>> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
> > >>> Date: Monday, 6 December, 2010, 17:57
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>>    SIDIA JATTA /OUSAINOU DARBOE MEETING
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> The National Assembly Member for Wuli West, Hon, Sidia Jatta, issued
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> following statement relating to his meeting with Mr. Ousainou Darboe,
>
>
> > >>> Secretary General and Leader of the United Democratic Party.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> DECEMBER 5, 2010
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Having been waiting for Mr Ousainou Darboe to come back to me as
>
>
> > promised
>
>
> > >>> after meeting his Executive Committee, I was invited to a meeting by
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> PDOIS Executive Committee to brief them on whether the UDP leader had
>
>
> > spoken
>
>
> > >>> to me about any Alliance that they wanted PDOIS to join which aims to
>
>
> > >>> discuss the future of the country and the modalities of creating a
>
>
> > united
>
>
> > >>> front without any conditionality. It has been brought to my notice
>
>
> > that the
>
>
> > >>> GMC leader, Mr. Mai Fatty, has called on PDOIS to join an Alliance but
>
>
> > has
>
>
> > >>> not sent any document to indicate that an Alliance exists which PDOIS
>
>
> > should
>
>
> > >>> join. After my discussion with the PDOIS Central Committee, I have
>
>
> > seen the
>
>
> > >>> need to make my discussion with the UDP leader public so that all
>
>
> > >>> speculations would come to an end. Gambians should bear in mind what
>
>
> > has
>
>
> > >>> happened in Guinea Conakry and what is happening in Cote D’Ivoire at
>
>
> > this
>
>
> > >>> very moment. Some leaders are not interested in historical legacies.
>
>
> > They
>
>
> > >>> are only interested in having their way whether for the better or for
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> worse. Finally, it is the ordinary people who pay for the follies of
>
>
> > their
>
>
> > >>> leaders. I do not want any body to link me to any dragging of feet
>
>
> > regarding
>
>
> > >>> the creation of a united front by the opposition.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> My discussion with UDP leader was direct, frank, short and without any
>
>
> > >>> ambiguity.
>
>
> > >>> We discussed four main items, that is, his concept of what constitutes
>
>
> > >>> the international standard of forming opposition alliances; the NADD
>
>
> > >>> experience, Agenda 2011 and the need for opposition collaboration to
>
>
> > monitor
>
>
> > >>> the registration of voters.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Mr. Darboe told me that the international standard of establishing
>
>
> > >>> opposition Alliances is for the party with the majority to lead and
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> others to follow.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> I observed that it is unfortunate that in the Gambian context there is
>
>
> > no
>
>
> > >>> second round of voting which would have made it possible for the
>
>
> > people to
>
>
> > >>> select the two candidates who could participate in the final round. I
>
>
> > added
>
>
> > >>> that if he wants, he as UDP leader to be supported as a candidate, on
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> basis of the principle he mentioned, he should go ahead and start a
>
>
> > campaign
>
>
> > >>> to sell his candidature to the Gambian voters.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> I emphasised that on my part, I am not sure which political leader in
>
>
> > the
>
>
> > >>> opposition could take voters away from the ruling party and motivate
>
>
> > those
>
>
> > >>> who abstained in 2006 to cast their vote. Hence I subscribe to the
>
>
> > idea of
>
>
> > >>> holding a primary for the people to select the candidate of their
>
>
> > choice in
>
>
> > >>> line with Agenda 2011. I told him that this is why I endorse Agenda
>
>
> > 2011.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> We then discussed the NADD experience. I made it very clear that even
>
>
> > >>> though other options were put on the table, all parties agreed to
>
>
> > create
>
>
> > >>> NADD. I showed its successes and possibilities as a viable opposition
>
>
> > >>> Alliance. He maintained that NADD was destroyed by others.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> He expressed his view that Agenda 2011 is very good on paper but that
>
>
> > he
>
>
> > >>> fears that it is not workable. He said that if different opposition
>
>
> > leaders
>
>
> > >>> go on a political platform to campaign to be the Candidate of the
>
>
> > >>> opposition, they may engage in character assassination just to win
>
>
> > votes. I
>
>
> > >>> told him that his fear should be laid to rest since Agenda 2011 is
>
>
> > calling
>
>
> > >>> for each party or Independent personality to promote the Agenda on
>
>
> > one’s own
>
>
> > >>> platform and seek a mandate of the people across the board. I
>
>
> > emphasised
>
>
> > >>> that the mere fact that all voters who support the Agenda would be
>
>
> > called
>
>
> > >>> upon to vote for the single candidate makes it essential for no
>
>
> > candidate to
>
>
> > >>> be subjected to character assassination, since he or she may very well
>
>
> > >>> become the people’s choice of candidate. At that point he said that
>
>
> > he was
>
>
> > >>> reassured.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Finally, he questioned whether it was not possible for the opposition
>
>
> > to
>
>
> > >>> collaborate to monitor the registration of voters. I told him that
>
>
> > this was
>
>
> > >>> a necessity and every effort should be done to do so.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> He assured me that he would hold an extraordinary meeting with his
>
>
> > >>> committee and come back to me. Since then I have been waiting to know
>
>
> > what
>
>
> > >>> their stand is on Agenda 2011 or selling his candidature to the
>
>
> > Gambian
>
>
> > >>> voters. These are the ways forward that are before the UDP leader and
>
>
> > they
>
>
> > >>> need to take a stand and move on instead of giving the impression that
>
>
> > Sidia
>
>
> > >>> is dragging his feet on the issue of a united front.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> I have made it abundantly clear to the PDOIS Central Committee that
>
>
> > there
>
>
> > >>> is no political vacuum for the creation of a United Front in the
>
>
> > Gambia. The
>
>
> > >>> UDP leader has the option to start his campaign for the people to
>
>
> > accept his
>
>
> > >>> candidature and extend invitation to others who are yet to be
>
>
> > confident that
>
>
> > >>> he alone could put an end to voter apathy
>
>
> > >>> Agenda 2011 calls for each party to go on its own platform and
>
>
> > campaign
>
>
> > >>> for its own candidate to be the single candidate of the opposition
>
>
> > through a
>
>
> > >>> primary,
>
>
> > >>> NADD is still legally registered and all political parties could
>
>
> > embrace
>
>
> > >>> it and then come together to select a single candidate. As far as I
>
>
> > know
>
>
> > >>> PDOIS still subscribes to the NADD idea but PPP under OJ has also not
>
>
> > pulled
>
>
> > >>> out of NADD.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> Those who want to support the opposition should take their sides and
>
>
> > >>> promote dialogue while not undermining each other’s positions. This
>
>
> > is the
>
>
> > >>> way forward. I am willing to meet any representative from the GMC or
>
>
> > any
>
>
> > >>> other party that aims to discuss Gambia’s future. Issuing comments
>
>
> > in cyber
>
>
> > >>> space without knowing the concrete realities on the ground is not
>
>
> > enough.
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> The End
>
>
> > >>>
>
>
> > >>> SIDIA JATTA
>
>
> > >>> NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBER FOR WULI WEST
>
>
> > >>>
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>
> > >>>
>
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> > *****************************************************************************
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> > >> GOD BLESS SHEIKH PROFESSOR ALHAGIE YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH*
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>
> > >> *(PRESIDENT FOR LIFE.)*
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> > >> *GOD BLESS APRC*
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> > >> *DOWN WITH THE FAILED OPPOSITION *
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GOD BLESS SHEIKH PROFESSOR ALHAGIE YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH*
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