THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE DEMOCRATIC FRONT AGAINST THE FACIST REGIME IN THE GAMBIA CANNOT BE FORCED.IT CAN ONLY BE ARRIVED AT THROUGH SERIOUS WORK OF DISCUSSION BASE ON MUTUAL RESPECT AND PATIENCE OF ALL CONCERNED. SENDING THE REGIME TO THE DUSBIN OF HISTORY IS ONLY ONE OF THE AIMS THAT NECESSITATES THE UNITY OF THE CONCERNED GAMBIANS.MORE FOUNDAMENTAL FUTURE TASK IS THE ALLROUND DEMOCRATIC RECONSTRUCTION THAT MUST BEGIN AFTER THE REGIME IS HISTORY.WE BETTER CORRECT OUR METHODS OF COMMUCATION BECAUSE FAR COMPLICATE TASKS AWAITS US IN THE FUTURE. . THE FIRST TASK REQUIRES THAT ALL CONCERN GAMBIANS MUST CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF COMMUNICATION BASE ON MUTUAL RESPECT OF DIFERENT POSITIONS ON SOME ISSUES , PATIENCE AND USE OF WORDS HELPFULL TO ALLOW CONTINUITY OF DISCUSSION TO ACHEIVE THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF NATIONAL UNITY POSSIBLE. THE VERY NATURE OF FRONTS ALLOWS FOR RESPECFUL AND MUTUAL STRUGGLES AND UNITY OF LONG AND SHORT TERM GOALS AND METHODS.WE MUST DEVELOP THE ART OF COMMUCATION REQUIRED TO BRING MAXIMUM UNITY WITHOUT BEEN TOO AROGANT,IMPATIENT OR TAILING BEHIND THE DEMANDS OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE TASKS. WE MUST MUTUALLY LISTEN AND LEARN FROM THE BARBARISM EXPERIENCED BY OUR PEOPLE NOT ONLY FROM THE PPP AND APRC REGIMES BUT ALSO FROM THE REMOTE MEMORIES OF OUR COLLECTIVE PAST.IF WE CHOOSE NOT TO LEARN FROM OUR PAST AND PRESENT WE WILL SURELY REPEAT TRAGIC EXPERIENCES AND MISTAKES WE MUST PLEDGE OURSELVES TO DEDICATING THE PERIOD BEFORE US TO AN ERA OF UNITY OF OUR HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES TO CARRY THE NOBLE TASK AHEAD AND NOT AN ERA OF MORE DIVISION. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------