Comrade Conteh Thanks for the clarification. Lets move on now on a fresh debate as time is of the essence. If there was a United Opposition for the October elections what policies should be included in their manifesto? (1) Suppose the United Opposition were to unseat Jammeh, Should they set up a transitional government for 18 month and call fresh elections? (2) Set up a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate into the human rights abuses committed during the defunt AFPRC/APRC regime. (3) Nullify the decisions of the Commissions of Inquiry set up during the Jammeh era. Happy to hear your views and that of others on this issue. Have a wonderful day. Sanusi --- MLJ Conteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mr. Owens: > > I want to assure you that I do not hold hard > feelings > relative to our disagreements. In fact the more we > disagree, the quicker we both realize that dictator > yahya is the worst thing that has ever happened to > The Gambia. > > My stance for a boycott on the condition that issues > raised by the opposition are not obliged by the > dictator > is in fact a genuine theory in dealing with > dictators. > History has told us from time to time that you > cannot > take a lawyerly attitude with those that overthrew > an > elected government. It does not make any sense to > set > conditions not followed by the opposition and the > dictatorship. > What good will it do for us come October when the > dictator > steals the election? Are we going to cry for > another five years? > > I hope you reconsider contributing to the election > fund drive > in the event that you endorse a boycott. When the > boycott > strategy is applied, it will only be temporal > because there > will be pressure on the dictator to hold free and > fair elections. > The Gambia cannot be an isolated basket. > > Naphiyo, > > Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh > > ------Original Message------ > From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Sanusi=20Owens?= > <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: May 21, 2001 5:21:53 PM GMT > Subject: Re: My opinion. - Kebba Dampha > > > Yus and KB > > Thank God both of you have now realise that the > battle > of words should come to an end. > > To be honest with you, your constant tussles was > only > a mere distraction to the reality. > > With 6 months to go before polling for the > Presidency, > both of you could be instrumental in making some > positive suggestions to the opposition on how to win > the next elections if they are to be held on a level > playing field. I await your response on that aspect. > > Comrade Conteh > > Sorry for not responding earlier to your email. > > It appears you are so keen to see me make a > financial > contribution towards the Election Fund, since I have > been merely talking without making any positive > "contribution". > > Well, As you may know I am currently residing in the > United Kingdom and if I should make any financial > contribution, then surely this should sent to the > Mrdguk. With that in mind I shall contribute once I > am > pretty certain that the opposition are going to > contest the Presidential and Parliamentary > Elections. > > Moreover,I must be frank with you that your stance > on > boycotting the elections without exhausting all > other > avenues, does n't in any manner convince me to > contribute towards the Election Fund. To cut it > short, > why should I contribute when people like you are > advocating for a boycott? > > Please note that my reference to your affiliation to > the defunct National Convention Party was just an > example of when a political party ever boycotted an > election in The Gambia. I know as a fact that > militants of the party are not obliged to toe the > party line whenever a controversial issue is at > stake.I hope you don't feel offended with my > analysis > as this is just a suggestion and nothing else. > > On that note I only hope we can now temporary > call-off > this "debate" on whether the opposition should > boycott > the elections since there are other issues > pertaining > to the Gambia relevant for discussion. > > Have a wonderful day > > Sanusi > > > > > > --- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Yusupha, be my guest and be a quitter if you want. > > As I said, I did not > > force you to debate me. You quitted once and came > > back. Debate any person > > you want, directly. I will always be where I was > > from April 2000. I defend > > my 'theories' from baseless attacks. If you call > > them Hamjatta's theories or > > Mballow's theories, that does not insulate you > from > > me when you attack me > > indirectly. Let's call it quits again until you > > decide to come back. > > KB > > > > > > > > >From: Yusupha C Jow <[log in to unmask]> > > >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing > > list > > ><[log in to unmask]> > > >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Subject: Re: My opinion. - Kebba Dampha > > >Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:17:26 EDT > > > > > >Dampha: > > >I just noticed your posting which has somehow > > slipped me. Again, I > > >reiterate > > >that you effectively eliminated yourself from > this > > debate by the amazing > > >self > > >contradiction. > > >For this reason, I have decided to focus on > > Hamjatta's 'theory' instead of > > >your conflicting interpretion of it. > > > > > >Have a nice day! > > > > > >-Thanks > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >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. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > === message truncated === ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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