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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