Mr. Joof,

Maybe I need to throw in some clarification, and I do not distrust Waa' politics as you seemed to think that is What I intended to say. In response to Ya Soffie,  I wanted to clarify the statement that I will continue to question his politics, and this is applicable to all politicians, and that I did not have any ultra hidden message. In regards to the point that I somehow indicated that NDAM is Waa's personal property, now my good friend that was a low blow...laugh. But for anyone to think that Waa is not an important Pioneer for the formation of NDAM is naiivity at best, not that it means a whole lot to the point I intended to make. Omar, all I was trying to do was to come up with instances that I might have question Waa's political position, maybe using the word his politics might have throw in a different meaning that i did not intend to make .

Thanksd
Musa jeng

> From: omar joof <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/10/18 Sat AM 02:14:17 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Why the silence/Sanusi
>
> Folks,
> I apologise for coming back to the debate so late, and I hope you will
> appreciate my position when I say that I was simply held up by school work.
> All the same , both sister Jabou and Sanusi have raised  points which I
> intend to address here. But before coming onto that, I wish to say something
> in connection with another angle to the debate going on, in which Musa Jeng
> (mose) insist he has(or would have) questions about Waa's politics.
> Musa, like anyone of us has every right to raise questions pertaining to any
> politician's politics. Suffice it to say that on this occasion he has not
> raised any specific questions about Mr Juwara's politics. If he means to say
> that he will continue to distrust Waa's politics, and he has the decency to
> say so in public, then one would expect him to have a good enough reason for
> such a position. A reason that he can publicly discuss without losing face.
> However, Musa has written of Mr Juwara forming NDAM as if it is his personal
> property. This is very wrong. NDAM infact was formed by a collection of
> individuals in the Gambia and the diaspora. Thus it is again wrong to say
> that it was formed by any one individual.
> With regard sister Jabou's question pertaining to what to do in view of the
> Jammeh regime's flagrant violations of the constitution and other laws of
> the Gambia, the answer is as simple as this: let the masses defend the law.
> For example, in the run up to 2006, through the coalition, the individual
> political organisations and all civil society organisations, let us all
> advocate for free and fair democratic elections. Then all of us should adopt
> zero tolerance for electoral fraud, and be prepared to defend the will of
> the people at all costs. I am convinced that the top brass of the APRC of
> the AFPRC, does not believe in democracy. They would do anything that would
> perpetuate their stay in power. They believe in terror and aggression, and
> they would brutalize and murder us if that is what would brake our
> resilience so that they can walk over us. Softly-softly politics will never
> bring this regime down, it simply gives them the opportunity to spread their
> nefarious tentacles in our society and strenthen their stranglehold on the
> Gambia.
> As for the reconstitution of the IEC which mr Juwara advocated for, it
> envisages the inclusion of representatives of political organisations to the
> membership of the IEC. The reality at the moment is that the IEC has a
> chairperson who is known to be a defactor member of the APRC/AFPRC. His
> neutrality in the execution of his duties has never been trusted, therefore
> it would only be fair if the other political organisations in the country
> are represented  in the IEC. This could also represent opening up the IEC
> thereby effecting transparency.
> It should be noted, in conclusion, that the urgency of the need for the
> coalition to set up a machinery on the ground now cannot be exaggerated. I
> agree with sister Jabou that we need an organisation like a coalition to
> coordinate our struggle against injustice in the Gambia. This would improve
> our chances for success in our drive for free and fair democratic elections.
> The task at hand is a very difficult one. After having so many skeletons in
> its  cupboard, it should be expected that the APRC of AFPRC  will make
> dogged efforts to clink onto power even if faced with an overwhelming
> challenge. But we should all take heart because this is a struggle between
> right and wrong; the good and evil; a struggle to supplant a barbarous,
> brutal, criminal and incompetent political leadership with a just and
> efficient one.But the bottomline is, we must back our words with action. We
> must not only make it obvious to the Jammeh regime that we are fed up with
> its acts of injustice, but we should make it cristal clear to them that a
> subversion of the will of the people will not be tolerated again.
> Omar Joof.
>
>
> >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: Why the silence/Sanusi
> >Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 17:56:49 EDT
> >
> >In a message dated 10/17/03 10:28:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
> >[log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> >
> > > If we Gambians hastily advocate for a United Coalition
> > > without addressing the issue of Free and Fair
> > > Election, then sorry we are bound to see Yahya Jammeh
> > > re-elected due to our complacency.
> > >
> > > Lets all  NOW work for Free and Fair Elections in 2006
> > >
> > > Sanusi
> > >
> > > Sanusi,
> >
> >
> >I just do not understand how we can address a free and fair elections under
> >the APRC regime when these guyd ignore all laws and are bent on placing as
> >many
> >obstacles in the path of the opposition as possible. Perhaps there is a
> >process that I am not aware of and which can be utilized to accomplish
> >this?Perhaps
> >some of you who know ways that this issue can be addressed can shed some
> >light on this.
> >
> >
> >Jabou Joh
> >
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