Joe,
    The sincere and selfless Gambians, who are guided by  their principles 
and the dictates of their conscience, will in deed take  the challenge for 
democracy in the Gambia. 
 
     What we want and what we are asking for is  very simple: let us build 
the structures and the institutions, that will ensure  that each and every 
Gambian lives a life of dignity, prosperity and in  peace. 
 
      In order to facilitate this fundamental  task, the development of a 
conscious orientation of the rights and  responsibilities of an informed 
citizenry, necessitates the birth of  a new republic. 
 
      This has been the quest for the past  decades, and is the challenge 
that we face now. And it is the challenge, where  people of conscience motivated 
by a selfless desire to end the human  suffering, will transcend the barriers 
of their ethnicity and their own  interest, and work with others to develop a 
systematic approach to address the  needs and aspirations of all Gambians.
 
        There is a natural tendency in  times like this, for some people who 
by accidents of birth and belonging to an  entity, defined by a set of beliefs 
and a shared linkage to some common  attributes, solicit and appeal to these 
catogeries in order to strengthen and  solidify their position, to promote and 
sustain the interest of the groups they  represent. But at this very hour we 
should resolve to stand above this. 
 
       I hope the year 2006 begins the  evolution for the 
institutionalization of democractic principles in the  Gambia.
 
         Rene           

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