Musa,
    You have made a very good observation here. For a party that purportedly
commands such huge following, it is mind boggling to imagine how on earth
they are still not online answering and addressing issues of concern to
Gambians. And to think that a relatively smaller party like PDOIS can be
online and be answering questions [even though they are at best evasive and
conceited about their role vis-a-vis the current situation] tells you
something fundamental of the UDP; that they are a ragtag fraternity of
interests which I find diametrically opposed to the society I so much desire
of the Gambia. Not having [a] PC/s is no credible excuse for an organisation
that lays claim to such huge following of some 30% of the Gambian electorate
whilst a party like the PDOIS which only managed under 10% of the votes
casted in the last presidential elections can constantly be online to engage
their critics abroad and at home. It only exposes their passivity in current
political discourse and lack of serious and dedicated leadership with new and
bright ideas for the new millennium. To peddle online here as Karamba did,
that the UDP is a fund starved party that is why they are not online, is very
bogus. How can such a fund starved political party have/afford such a state
of the art official website but couldn't afford a PC reserved wholly for
administrative and communications purposes? This equation simply doesn't
simply add up. It would do them a dose of health to come online and answer
their critics like me.
    There is a sense in which, once you start to chafe at the heart of what
is the UDP, you will manage to come up with only vagueness of intent,
bereftness of cementing ideas to glue the hollowness at the very heart of
what the UDP stands up for and strong lack of adhesiveness in the leadership
which is but a hurriedly patched up fraternity of strange bed fellows.
     As for Darbo, what can I say....? For someone who only takes up his role
of leader of the biggest political opposition party in the National Assembly
during weekend rallies after billing hours at his private law practice tells
you what is wrong with these people. Calling some few hours castigation
jamboree of Jammeh and his cohorts as signs of one's dedication to the
People, is like calling Hamjatta Kanteh the head of the official opposition
in the Gambia just because he is always on G-L giving his shout out. Darbo's
part-time role as leader of the UDP is just a scratch on the surface of what
is wrong these people. They don't even bother telling Gambians what their
alternative programmes are to Jammeh's or the PDOIS. All they do is arrange
weekend castigation jamborees of Jammeh. And of course the venerable Darbo
will reserve a few hours to address the rallies with new scandals about
Jammeh. It is about time Darbo invest his own time and wealth into the
administrative wealth of his party; that is take up his role of the biggest
opposition party in the National Assembly FULL TIME. Or else they should just
start sending Ads to local papers advertising for available and qualified
individuals to take up the role FULL TIME.
    My fundamental problems with the conceited and sanctimonious nature of
the PDOIS leadership will never lead me to the fold of a ragtag fraternity
like the UDP. Much as my naked differences with the PDOIS keep widening, I
have to say that they given up so much personally to sell their ideas which
at any rate bespoke of their dedication. Anything else is left to everyone's
interpretation of whether their behaviour of recent memory have become
lacklustrely laid-back and complacent dedication as opposed to their
passionate, objective and fearless handling of issues during the Jawara
experience.
    The situation in the Gambia leaves much to be desired. With politicians
like these, God help the Gambia.

Hamjatta Kanteh

hkanteh

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