Thanks for that fwd. Mr Johnson. It is very interesting. The Speaker
mentioned something that most of us never put into account or i would say
never brought up.
It is very true that all those against Presidnet jammeh have always been and
will continue to be. What need to be understood here is that despite the
banned on the political leaders, the voters remained the same. They did not
vote APRC in because the leaders wre banned. They did because of what the
issue are. There is a lot here at stake, but certainly not more than what
was there five years ago.
I have no doubt that having very good politicians like Sheriff Dibba on a
campaing trail will energise some peole, but they are mostly the same people
following Darboe. And I can tell you taht the UDP will not allow any one to
lead the so-to-be-call alliance opposition expect Darboe and that is where
the problem is going to be. And again, I know there are some here who will
say that is not true and that is just to cause a disarray in the opposition
wing, but time is the best prophet.

Lamin Ceesay.


>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:12:32 +0000
>
>Please play close attention to the capitalized paragraph.
>
>GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>
>Information reaching the Point Newspaper has revealed that the unbanned
>Gambian people's party (GPP) under the leadership of Hassan Musa Camara,
>will not be registered until after the parliamentary and presidential
>elections. This was confirmed to the Point by an official of the party
>after
>he was contacted to shed light on the party's present status yesterday
>morning. "GPP is not going to be registered until after the currently busy
>coalition process." Other sources reaching the point say the GPP leadership
>and its party supporters would join the opposition alliance which is about
>to be introduced to fight the Jammeh administration in the coming
>elections.
>However, no reason has been advanced for GPP's move in not registering
>their
>party. BUT INFORMED SOURCES INTIMATED THAT ALL THE UNBANNED POLITICAL
>PARTIES THE PPP, NCP, AND GPP ARE WITH THE VIEW THAT THERE IS URGENT NEED
>TO
>FORM AN OPPOSITION FRONT TO "FLUSH-OUT" THE RULING APRC PARTY(emphasis
>mine)
>
>In a separate development, The Point yesterday, contacted Tamsir Jallow,
>the
>majority leader in the National Assembly for his comment and he said that
>the APRC is not afraid of any opposition alliance " No, I don't think Pa
>Nderry that should be a threat. That is not a threat. The results of the
>last elections have given us a very comfortable majority both at the
>national assembly and the presidency," said the majority leader. Mr. Jallow
>who told The Point that the ruling APRC dominated the last elections with
>56
>percent of the votes for the President and 75 percent for the national
>assembly added:" Uptill now, we have not lost our members to the
>opposition.
>Infact, the opposition is losing members on daily bases. It is their
>members
>that are registering with the APRC. The APRC cannot be threatened by the
>opposition alliance."
>
>Tamsir Jallow, who branded the unbanned political parties as spent forces,
>intimated that they would disintegrate themselves before the elections. "I
>am optimistic that the UDP will loose their members to other parties. I
>don't have any fear," said the majority leader, while calling for peace and
>stability in the coming elections. Reacting to reports of GPP's plans of
>joining the opposition coalition Tamsir Jallow said, "They are already in
>alliance when the UDP came into being, all those who do not come to support
>the APRC went to the UDP.The UDP is made of NCP, GPP and PPP supporters. "
>Pa Nderry, tell me what the PPP had done for this country? I don't think
>the
>PDOIS would be part of any opposition alliance.They were strong critics of
>the PPP. The PPP see the PDOIS as revolutionary. They will be strange odd
>fellows. PDOIS have different ideology," Mr. Jallow told The Point. The
>latest political development came in the wake of a move taken by President
>Jammeh to lift decree 89, which banned all former politicians from
>participating into politics. Those who defied the ban were liable to a fine
>of D1million dalasis or life imprisonment.
>
>
>
>
>
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