Hamjatta wrote:

"Just a week ago today, i narrated how we developed a comprehensive agenda
of democratic reforms that will over-haul the current corrupt system and
introduce a system of governance that is buoyed by liberal democratic
institutions and politics; and the agenda will take anything between 12-24
months to run its medium-term course. I said that Mr Darbo - the
presidential candidate of the Alliance - buys into and indeed fully endorses
these plans we've sold to them".

Hamjatta, what are you trying to say here? Are you for one moment suggesting
that the plan you people developed and sold to Mr. Ousainou Darbo was bought
in its entirety? Because if that is the case, you owe us an explaination as
to whether the decision to leave out the other opposition parties when the
UDP merged with the PPP was also part of that plan.

You also stated that "the agenda will take anything between 12-24 months to
run its medium-term course". If this is so, how long is the long term course
supposed to take?

Finally, having allied themselves with the PPP, the UDP agenda must have
somehow changed slightly to reflect the views of the PPP. If that is
plausible, then we need to know what part of their agenda has changed and
what has not.

The reason I am asking these questions is that, this past Sunday on Radio 1
FM, there was a heated arguement between Halifa Sallah and OJ about why
there was not a coalition of all the opposition parties. One of the
statements by OJ defending their position regarding why there was not a
unified opposition including all other opposition parties was the factor of
time. He also made reference to the one year transition proposed by PDOIS,
the three year transition proposed by the unregistered GPP and the two year
transition proposed by the PPP. He made no mention of the transition
timetable favoured by the UDP and said nothing of the UDP/PPP timetable.
This, I thought was strange. I tried calling to seek clarification from him
but could not get through becasue of the many callers trying to contribute
to the discussion. That being the case, are you in a possition to tell us
what the UDP/PPP transition agenda is?

have a good day, Gassa.

>From: Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
>Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:46:53 EDT
>
>Pa Modou,
>
>I must say that i'm really bemused by your racy conspiracy theories;
>theories
>that can make thriller writers like Grisham and Forsyth look and sound like
>novices of the trade. All your extrapolations would have been better served
>if you were to write a thriller on Gambian politics. Alas people are busy
>seriously discussing important stuff but you simply want to show off how
>much
>of a story teller you are. I haven't read thrillers or fictions in years
>and
>maybe if you improve the conspiracy theories you are currently developing
>into a full-blown book, i might be tempted to pick up an old habit again.
>Aside, i don't see why any serious adult on this forum should be taking
>your
>racy conspiracy theories seriously.
>
>Old habits, as they say, have a habit of their own: they simply refuse to
>die. You can't help it when it comes to mendaciously extrapolating about
>erroneous stuff that have already been straightened out. In your usual
>shameless fashion, you declared:
>
>"Finally, we know that PDOIS favours a one-year transition program and the
>PPP is reported to favour a two-year transition programme. How about the
>UDP? I am yet to know what transitions programme the UDP advocates."
>
>Here we go again with your lies and disinformation. You were lying through
>your teeth when you said you don't know what programme of action was
>favourable to the Alliance. Just a week ago today, i narrated how we
>developed a comprehensive agenda of democratic reforms that will over-haul
>the current corrupt system and introduce a system of governance that is
>buoyed by liberal democratic institutions and politics; and the agenda will
>take anything between 12-24 months to run its medium-term course. I said
>that
>Mr Darbo - the presidential candidate of the Alliance - buys into and
>indeed
>fully endorses these plans we've sold to them. I'm very sure that you read
>all these stuff in my posting but you obstinately and shamelessly want to
>lie
>about the Alliance all over again??!! What is wrong with you? Don't you
>have
>no sense of shame? Can't you simply propagate and defend your agenda
>honestly
>and refrain from lying and making stuff up? As i promised you yesterday, if
>you lie about us in instances where the truth is obvious, i will come after
>and it will turn nasty again. Again, i'm advising you to honestly propagate
>and defend your agenda and refrain from lying about us.
>
>Hamjatta Kanteh
>
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