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Saikou Samateh <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:09:48 +0100
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Dampha and Yus
Read your self one more time and see your self better and what more evidence
is needed to proof the criminal records of the PPP regime.37 years is enough
and no more this is all people are saying.Enough  is Enough.

For Freedom
Saiks
----- Original Message -----
From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: Coalition/Dampha


> Ms. Joh, both you, Saiks and Jassey-Conteh are easy to ignore because now
> all you are emitting is hot air and nothing else. Apart from throwing out
> silly words as nepotistic rule, corrupt government, brutal regime, and
> whining endlessly about people trying to straighten you out, you are
saying
> absolutely nothing. Nobody is trying to pull you down. You are free to
spend
> the whole day in front of your keyboard and send rubbish to G_L. The only
> thing that can stop you is what Abdou Toure said: the List Managers.
> However, be rest assured that if you send garbage here, we will respond to
> it.
>
> Next time you want to preach about people refraining from personal
attacks,
> direct your sermons to Jassey-Conteh who was engaged in character
> assassination with that lady Jassey-Conteh thinks was involved in some
> dubious dealings in Miami. This is the type of hypocrisy I cannot stomach.
> You have people spewing all sorts of garbage and when you engage them,
they
> start ducking for cover and saying that they do not want to stoop low to
> your level or that you are dictatorial. For Heaven's sake, just argue your
> points the way you know how and give people a break.
>
> Who is defending the indefensible here? I have always stood by my
arguments.
> It is you that has abandoned your stance or made inflammatory statements
on
> G_L that you could NOT back up. Tell me one thing that I said that I did
NOT
> back up. You on the other hand spread LIES here about PPP that you did NOT
> back up. We are NOT trying to alarm anyone. What we said is the absolute
> truth. It might be a bit difficult for you to comprehend, so I will break
it
> down for you. If the Alliance is fighting against APRC and you come from
> nowhere and say that the Alliance is a PPP front and then argue
successfully
> that PPP is NOT good for the country, who benefits from your successful
> argument? Certainly, the Alliance will lose votes if you succeed in your
> argument. At best, the Opposition vote will be split and Yaya can 'win' by
> default. So, you just want people that want to see the back of Yaya to
just
> keep quiet and let you spread LIES about the Alliance?
>
> First of all we have to debunk the myth that PPP dominates the Alliance.
> Darboe is the leader of the Alliance and he belongs to UDP. Secondly, we
> have to protect other members of the Alliance, including PPP by showing
that
> it is NOT true that PPP is worse than AFPRC/APRC. That is all that is
going
> on here. I hope you get it this time.
>
> I am confident that the Alliance can win as it is presently constituted.
> Why? Apart from the numbers that graced the recent rallies, the Alliance
is
> the only body so far that is giving the Gambian people a plan for the
> FUTURE. We are NOT obsessed with an old man that is no longer in power. We
> want a Gambia that is BETTER than both the PPP and the AFPRC/APRC days.
That
> is why we chose Darboe as the leader. We are looking forward. Instead of
me,
> you are the alarmist. You are the one lying to the people that the
Alliance
> is going to restore PPP. That is absolutely false. The Alliance has no
plans
> whatsoever of restoring the PPP vices you are trying to ascribe to PPP.
What
> proof do you have that an Alliance government led by Ousainou Darboe is
> going to restore corruption, nepotism and vindictiveness to the country?
> What proof does Jassey-Conteh have that a Party where Shyngle Nyassi
belongs
> is going to single out Jolas and victimize them? These are the alarmist
and
> false rhetoric coming from your end.
>
> I will take this opportunity to inform Buhary that I know he means well.
The
> maturity and restraint he is showing is why I always believed that he is
an
> asset to the Opposition. My response to the irresponsible statements made
by
> characters like Ms. Joh, Saiks Samateh and Jassey-Conteh is NOT a sign of
> disrespect to the calls made by Buhary. I hope you (Buhary) understand
that
> all I am doing is DEFENDING. I am NOT attacking the agenda or the leaders
of
> any of the Opposition Parties that decided NOT to join the Alliance. As I
> keep saying, I wished the other Parties took cue from the Alliance and
start
> talking about plans to move our country FORWARD and focus on the mad man
> currently leading our country rather than trying to bring the Alliance
down.
> What every Gambian wants is more likely going to materialize from an
> Alliance government than from APRC. I would have thought that that would
be
> obvious to all right-thinking Gambians. Buhary for what it is worth, let
me
> inform you that the leaders on the ground are quite cognizant of the fact
> that there is still room for a fuller Alliance to come to fruition. If you
> remember some few days ago SM Dibba helped propagate rumors that Dembo
> Bojang wanted to join APRC. This is the most insulting thing one can say
> about a staunch Opposition personality like Dembo. This angered a lot of
> Dembo supporters and they wanted to lash out against Dibba at the Bakau
and
> Serrekunda rallies held by the Alliance. But at the end of the day, the
> leadership qualities of Darboe and Dembo Bojang prevailed. Our leaders
> refrained the supporters from disparaging Dibba. Needless to say, Darboe
is
> hearing all these questions being raised about his integrity and whether
he
> is an independent person. These questions are being raised by prominent
> people in other Opposition Parties. However Darboe is NOT attacking them
> back. Darboe is interested in the FUTURE and how to remove Yaya from
office.
> Darboe wants the help of every Gambian whether they belonged to PPP, NCP,
> PDOIS, NRP, UDP, PDP, UP, .... Any Party. The Alliance leaders have their
> eye on the ball. I, as a MERE supporter, will however say my piece if I
> believe that supporters of other Parties are spreading LIES about the
> Alliance.
> KB
>
>
> >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Coalition/Dampha
> >Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:16:14 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 8/29/01 10:35:16 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >[log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
> >
> >Nonsense Dampha. You and others who make this claim seem to have a one
> >track
> >mind. You are agenda driven alarmists and it is worse when you can
identify
> >something as your reason  for defending the indefensible. This time you
> >people say it is thefact that one is helping the APRC regime if criticism
> >is
> >directed at this so-called alliance of exclusion.
> >
> >At best, this is a weak argument and one that is incinsistent with your
> >theory and that of all the defenders of this two party allinace. I am
> >assuming that the endorsement ofthis alliance means that those who
endorse
> >it
> >have come to the conclusion that this alliance can defeat the APRC regime
> >even whether the other parties join them or not. Therefore, to then turn
> >around and use the argument that any criticism of this union is helping
> >Jammeh does not make sense.
> >
> >All I did was point out the follies of the Jawara regime, and I am sure
> >that
> >the APRC
> > > will not mistake my criticism of the Jawara regime as something
intended
> >to
> > > help them. You people need to give up this alarmist nonsense and
realize
> > > that people should be free to criticise our politicians, but the lack
of
> > > realization of this fact is the reason we are in the mess we are in.
The
> > > most intelligent Gambian will lapse into this sort of thinking
whenever
> > > anyone speaks their mind. Either that or the personalize it and set
out
> >on
> > > a mission to discredit the person.
> > > Now is as good a time as ever to remind Gambians that we do not want
> >Jammeh
> > > but we do not want the PPP regime either. Try to separate these two
> >points
> > > for your own sake and for the sake of our country's future.
> > >
> > >
> >
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