Mr. "Dampha",
Once again  here you go speculating. It is true that the oppositions are
working together and they may come up with something by thursday to my
understanding, but it is in no way going to be able to ouster the present
regime.
President Jammeh is going to be elected because of what he doing for the
country. The Gambian peole are not sleeping. They have seen a 30 plus years
of any Jawara alliance and I have no doubt that they will vote Jammeh in for
those reasons.
Obviously our national state could be better, but not based on some forged
alliance to be headed by any former PPP stalwarts. We have all seen the
Jawara five year development plans and what a seven year actual plan could
do. The Gambia is far better off today that yesterday. This might be
arguable depending on who you talk to, but certainly infrastructure wise it
is the truth.
What some of you failed to understand is that the country was at a very
sorry state when it was being rescued, and any alliance that has the Jawara
likes will be the worst mistake the opposition will do. This will just fuel
the opponents of such.
And yes, Mr. "Dampha" we all know how much you will and continue to try to
show how cunning you could be to show that you are not taking sides, but
your writings speaks volumes. I always see you on the defensive when your
one sidedness is shown, but you need to break up from that.
October is around the corner and I have no doubt that the old mandingo
saying that "a lost wrestler will always have an excuse" will be seen. I
hope you all will have the courtesy of acknowledging it when you lose. I
can't wait.

Lamin Ceesay.


>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: THERE WILL BE AN OPPOSITION ALLIANCE  (Soon)
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:35:03 -0400
>
>The final nail has just been registered on Yaya’s coffin. The work our
>leaders on the ground have been putting in during the past few weeks have
>finally bore fruit. THERE WILL BE AN OPPOSITION ALLIANCE to fight the
>October Presidential Elections. According to irrefutable information coming
>from Banjul, ALL the Opposition Parties (UDP, PDOIS, NRP, PPP, NCP, GPP)
>have agreed in principle to form a coalition to fight Yaya in October.
>
>There are one or two sticking points, but these issues are negotiable and
>will NOT prevent the formation of the Alliance. I will NOT dwell on those
>issues out of respect for our leaders on the ground. We continue to pray
>for
>them to reach a consensus as soon as possible and announce the structures
>of
>the Coalition before the end of the week. We need to move quickly and
>present a United Front that is going to register a resounding defeat on
>Yaya.
>
>I am confident that when the leaders announce the modalities of the
>Coalition, all well-meaning Gambians will be happy with the outcome.
>Opposition supporters would have realized that their leaders put the
>interest of The Gambia at the forefront (overshadowing narrow
>Party/personal
>interests). I cannot express in words how proud I am to hear that our
>leaders WILL come together to fight the menace in our society. The maturity
>shown by these leaders in recent days, is highly commendable. They managed
>to take themselves above the pettiness coming from APRC stalwarts aimed at
>bringing discord in the Opposition. Attempts from APRC to pit one party
>against the other have woefully failed. Our leaders are smart enough to
>recognize that removing a child murderer from a position of power in the
>country, is more urgent than fighting over old battles that cannot be
>redressed now.
>
>I wish the leaders all the best. I hope they communicate effectively to
>their respective constituents and explain to them the benefits of joining
>an
>Alliance aimed at removing the Dictatorship back home. Above all, I look
>forward to the day when all these leaders will stand on one platform and
>endorse one leader to defeat Yaya. The endorsement should be followed with
>vigorous campaigning in every party’s stronghold, for the leader selected
>by
>the Coalition. This is a very important turning point in Gambian History.
>By
>the end of this week, Yaya’s dead warrant would have been signed.
>KB
>
>
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