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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