I think this is very embarassing,if the opposition knew that they would not
come to terms,they should not even go there.Poor little Gambia!
Fatu Harona.


>From: "Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY]"
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>Subject: Re: Now That SM Has Spoken
>Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:23:59 EDT
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>In a message dated 8/17/01 10:35:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> > On that note I would urge all those concerned about a
> > united opposition to start drafting a petition to the
> > likes of Dibba and other politicians i.e Sidia Jatta,
> > Halifa Sallah and others to negotiate with Mr Assan
> > Musa Camara for the formation of an effective Alliance
> > for the Opposition Parties.
> >
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>Since you brought up this suggestion on the L, we reached the same
>conclusion
>during last Sundays emergency meeting, to petition all concerned opposition
>parties. We have to stop the finger-pointing, blaming and effectively,
>sidetracking us from the real issue: A COLLECTIVE AND FOCUSED COALITION.
>During the ALD/Gambia at the crossroad symposium, Mr. Ousainou Darboe and
>Halifa Sallah were engaged on the same coalition topic and for almost
>thirty
>minutes, asked each other questions on the parameters and agreements on the
>how/when/where such consultative engagements be pursued. Being fair to the
>other opposition party leader, then, Amat Bah, since Decree 89 was still in
>effect against [PPP, NCP, GPP], both leaders agreed to table the topic and
>upon returning to Banjul, would continue the consultation and exploratory
>mechanisms. Again, during our meeting last Sunday, one of the most active
>but
>always quite/shy member of the movement, spoke up and faulted/blamed us for
>not only following up with Mr. Darboe and Sallah, but also, failed to
>contact/pettitioined all the opposition parties day after the draconian
>decree 89, was lifted. Going through the L archives, some of us had been
>raising the red flag and painting such calculated scenarios [opposition
>parties infighting] happening, a la Yahya Jammeh's tactics, WISE FOOL. This
>temporary glitch in our political forecast, should reenergized and redirect
>all our collective efforts at finishing the 4 x 400 relay, as we are on the
>last lap. If the Soviet Union/Russia [EAST] and the USA [WEST] can muster
>their ego and scrutinize their differences and find common ground on what
>joins/benefits/interest them, the rest is history, since both of them
>understands MAD [MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION.] The MAD facing us Gambians
>in
>the opposition, is the lack thereof, of our inability to agree to disagree
>and forge a common ground by understanding the science and political
>language
>of POWER, SELF-INTEREST, CONFLICT and COMPROMISE.  Even the deaf, dumb and
>blind Yahya, understands the POWER these coalesced opposition parties
>garners, hence the reason to misconstrue the opposition's SELF-INTEREST, by
>creating CONFUSION [Us and Them], this way, COMPROMISE sounds Dutch or
>seems
>foreign to us.
>Perhaps, George Sarr, Katim, Coach, Jabou, Sorry for always picking on you
>folks and others could start the process of streamlining a world wide
>petition on these opposition parties, to get their acts together, for the
>salvation of what we have left, our dignity.
>Solomon
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