> Yus,
>
> Do you have evidence that the PPP did not hijack the political process as
> far as this alliance is concerned when they and the UDP jumped the gun and
> cemented an alliance? I know the usual excuses have been given, so give me
> something new here.
> Also, it is rather dieheartening to see supposedly intelligent people
> always resort to the " it was not dso bad syndrome" How about doing away
> with the not so bad as well as the bad? Are you telling me that because
> there were other regimes in the sub-region that were much worse, we have to
> overlook the record of teh PPP regime? You dissappoint me Yus wit hsuch a
> simplistic argument. What we should be after is excellence instead of
> defending vices that wrecked havoc wit hour country over 30 years. With
> this kind of outlook, God help us.
>
> I think you are the one prolonging this discussion because of your bizarre
> vehement defense of the Jawara regime, and this insistance that  our
> situation  vis a vis the Jammeh and Jawara regimes is akin to having jumped
> into the fire from the frying pan, and now we are being told that the
> frying pan was not so hot. How about aspiring to a cooler and better place?
> If we constantly defend the kinds of things we have been subject to by
> corrupt and nepotistic leadership in Africa, we better know that we cannot
> expect anything better.
>
> I think that many allegations directed towards the Jawara regime have been
> substantiated already, but you keep arguing to the contrary.
>
> Yus, as i said, you are the one prolonging this discussion and keeping it
> alive with your vehement defense of the corrupt Jawara regime. Perhaps like
> Dampha, you think you can talk the PPP regime right out the door, and
> perhaps you have good reason for that. The Gambian people cannot afford to
> be that complacent regarding leaders that have failed us for decades, and
> we certainly cannot afford to just taking those same people intothe fold.
> We have to learn from the mistakes of the past so we can move forward
> instead of just going around in circles and returning to the same thing
> every time, andyet, we say we are fighting for true progres?
>

What I did was express my opinion regardign this colaition and I have a right
to do
> that. Why do you find it hard to accept that and move on to more productive
> things instead of keeping the subject alive and then accusing people of
> causing discord. I think the discord has already been sown by others, and
> this is the problem, not those who point it out so we do not repeat the
> past. Let us be sincere in what we defend and make sure it is something
> that will translate into something good for The Gambia and not just for our
> own personal agenda.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
> In a message dated 8/29/01 10:06:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
> writes:
>
> >>
>> Jabou:
>>
>> Thanks for your comments.
>>
>> I still think that your criticism of the PPP and Sir Dawda is unnecessary
>> and
>> misguided at this point.  This based on the fact that you have no solid
>> data
>> to back up your accusation that they hijacked the political process.  As I
>> stressed earlier, those claims are unfounded because Alliance or not, the
>> PPP
>> still would have returned to active Gambian politics.
>>
>> On your accusations of nepotism and such, to get a better perspective of
>> the
>> PPP's reign vis a vis the other regimes at the time, one has to compare
>> their
>> reign to others in the sub-region.  While the whole sub-region was mired in
>> an economic and social quagmire during this time, the Gambia was relatively
>> peaceful and prosperous.  Yet, certain elements who have personal gripes
>> with
>> the PPP do nothing but sling mud at them during this critical Alliance
>> process.
>>
>> This is what you and others have been doing.  These type of tactics will do
>> nothing but cause harm and discord in the quest towards a greater Alliance.
>> This, especially when most of the issues ou have raised cannot be
>> substantiated.  This is what bothers me about the suddenly rash approach
>> you
>>
>
>
>

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