Barrow, I join Hamjatta and commend you for your stance and honesty. I renew my appeal and encourage other PDOIS supporters to view our statements in good faith. This is not about knocking PDOIS. This is about jealously guarding the integrity of the Movement and the London Briefing Session. No one was criticizing PDOIS for their absence per se. Numerous subscribers came here and elsewhere to say that they were waiting for PDOIS' official statement on the matter before they form an opinion. It is PDOIS' views about the meeting that we have a problem with. They are entitled to those views. But we are also entitled to debunk those views if we feel that it does not fairly describe what took place. I would only add one more thing to what Hamjatta said, and this is just reiterating a point Hamjatta made few days ago. I am repeating that point because some of the mental midgets in this forum seemed to have missed it. That is, what did people want the Movement members to do when ex-PPP politicians showed up? To BAN them from even speaking? This is even worst than Decree 89. Fancy Mendy accusing Hamjatta of being a dictator like Yaya because Hamjatta uses English words to defend his point of view. This same Mendy chap is advocating that Jawara et al should be banned from the Opposition and should not even be allowed to speak. Where is this man from? Even a dictator like Yaya is not advocating for ex-PPP members be gagged. The party that Mendy is supporting is also not advocating for ex-PPP members be gagged. As a matter of fact, PDOIS vehemently denounced Decree 89 as unconstitutional and undemocratic. And as I said, Decree 89 seeks to prevent people from occupying public offices. It does not say that ex-PPP people cannot talk about Yaya's despicable human rights record. So, why does people like Mendy want the Movement to go further than Decree 89 and ban ex-PPP people? Mendy does not make sense. I hope he spares us his whining and back up his rhetoric on G_L rather than describe people that debunk his nonsense as dictators. No matter how many times these doubting Thomases say it, it will always remain a lie that this Movement is a partisan outfit. Thanks again, Barrow. KB >From: Lameen Sisawo Barrow <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction. >Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:26:07 -0500 > >Sorry for the last posting it was cut short. > >PDOIS knows they cannot remove Yaya alone by the ballot of the >box.They are not also oblivious to the fact that the longer >Yaya Stays, the deeper we find ourselves in the stratus of >misery. Therefore, I dont think it would have compromised their >integrity in any way if they had joined others in London to >foster sanity in our homeland. The situation in the Gambia is >so serious that we should take each and every oppurtinity that >comes our way if it will strengthten our efforts of removing >this beast from our midst. > >Lets deal with ideological differences later and concentrate on >the more pressing needs before us. Name calling will not foster >our battle in any way. I dont like the way Halifa wrote about >Hamjatta at all. I grew up on PDOIS' politics but I strongly >disagree with their stance on this matter. Lets please leave our >principles and ego behind while we deal with a common enemy. We >can cross the bridge of ideological differences when we get to >it. Right now we need a collective effort in removing the beast >and PDOIS stance on this matter does not foster that common goal >at all. Their reason for not attending has more to do with >preserving integrity than sound reasoning. That does not augur >well with the common goal. > >Alagie L Barrow >Nashville Tennessee > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------