Kebba Dampha,
Would you support an alliance that does not include
the PPP and UDP?

I think you need to slow down a little bit and listen
to others a little more. That may turn out to be more
beneficial than you think!

cheers,
Modou.


--- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ms. Joh, thanks for your contributions. I did NOT
> specifically mention NRP
> and PDOIS in certain instances in my piece because I
> was reacting to what
> Dibba and Jassey-Conteh had to say. As far as
> reconvening the Meeting is
> concerned, I am dead opposed to reconvening the
> Meeting in order to choose a
> Leader (exactly as I stated in my piece). The
> Alliance Leadership can
> however take a different view from mine. I do NOT
> believe PDOIS and NRP were
> sidelined in this Meeting. As I said on numerous
> occasions, Hamat Bah is NOT
> complaining about his absence at the Meeting (to my
> knowledge). Why? Because
> Hamat Bah knows that the Meeting was postponed twice
> in order to give him a
> chance to return to the country and attend the
> Meeting. So let us leave NRP
> out of this until Hamat Bah complains.
>
> As far as PDOIS is concerned, they were invited in
> the same way others were
> invited to the Meeting by Assan Musa Camara. Up to
> today, the best I can go
> with is utterances from Adama Bah (who I understand
> is a staunch PDOIS
> supporter) regarding PDOIS’ reason for not attending
> the Meeting. According
> to Bah (and PDOIS NEVER refuted it) PDOIS did NOT
> attend because they were
> NOT ‘formally’ invited. Dibba’s piece also confirms
> this. What does this
> mean? Whatever it means, then we can say that PPP,
> NCP, UDP and PDP were
> also NOT ‘formally’ invited. Yet those Parties
> showed up at the Meeting.
>
> We have life and dead issues to discuss and pick a
> presidential candidate
> for an election that is fast approaching and people
> are preoccupied with
> ‘formal’ invitations. Darboe was roundly castigated
> here (by none other than
> PDOIS supporters) for failing to attend a less
> significant meeting during
> the ALD celebrations. In those Meetings (as
> important as they were), no one
> was talking about picking an Alliance Presidential
> candidate. As far as I am
> concerned, I would NOT advocate reconvening a
> Meeting especially on the
> basis of something I term a frivolous excuse. I
> think PDOIS owes it to the
> Alliance to let the Gambian people understand that
> PDOIS was NOT sidelined
> by a UDP/PPP conspiracy. Everything done here was
> above board. I read that
> message from Foroyaa about a proposal for a
> transition government led by a
> neutral woman. PDOIS is employing the same tactics
> employed by Assan Musa
> Camara; i.e. put a proposal out there and follow up
> with consultations with
> the stakeholders. Nothing wrong with that. Just that
> it is late as far as I
> am concerned. PDOIS should have tabled that at the
> Monday Meeting and see
> whether the majority of the delegates at the Meeting
> will adopt that. They
> chose to boycott the Meeting and a leader has been
> chosen. If I were leading
> the Alliance, I will NOT undo the little progress we
> have made so far. This
> is what we were all calling for. We have an
> Alliance, let us give them our
> support and not try to undermine them.
>
> Thanks again for your contributions. I know you mean
> well. I hope God
> answers our prayers on this Friday.
> 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: Now That SM Has Spoken
> >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:51:57 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 8/17/01 8:44:22 AM Central
> Daylight Time,
> >[log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> > > What Parties like NCP want will NOT happen.
> Gambians are sick and tired
> >of
> > > this Jawara bashing. People were all over G_L
> reacting to APRC lies and
> > > saying all sorts of things to PPP; calling them
> power hungry for wanting
> >to
> > > dominate the Alliance and bring Jawara back.
> Others worked doubly hard
> >to
> > > ensure that PPP realize that it is NOT their
> place to dominate the
> >Alliance.
> > > Now, PPP came out and say that they have no
> interest whatsoever in
> >fielding
> > > a presidential candidate. They were going to
> support a CURRENT
> >Opposition
> > > leader (Ousainou Darboe) to be the presidential
> candidate. Dibba thinks
> >he
> > > should be the presidential candidate. He had an
> NCP stalwart to nominate
> >him
> > > at the Meeting. OJ nominated Ousainou Darboe.
> Dibba thinks that this is
> >a
> > > stalemate. I urge him to go and do his math
> again. Whereas his candidacy
> >was
> > > supported by only one Party (his own),
> Darboe’s was supported by both
> >the
> > > PPP and the UDP. This is NOT a stalemate.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >Dampha,
> >
> >What about the NRP and PDOIS? I think that this
> meeting needs to be
> >reconvened and all parties invited to participate
> again. At this meeting,
> >everyone should state their view on how this
> allinace should be forged, and
> >concessions have to be made by all to reach a
> middle ground. Bickering and
> >differences should not ruin this possible allinace.
> Everyone must show
> >sincerity in their eforts to include all the
> opposition parties. Now, if
> >this
> >is met with reluctance to participate by some of
> them, then at least the
> >effort would have been made. Without this, any
> allinace forged will be
> >looked
> >upon as less than ideal in terms of making an
> effort to reach out to all
> >concerned. For God's sake, what we need are all of
> these people to
> >cooperate
> >without anihilating anyone in the process. Could it
> be that this is the
> >strategy Jammeh was counting on when he unbanned
> these parties?
> >
> >Jabou Joh
> >
>
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