People! Is this turning out to be NCP against PPP again? I thought we had a bigger fish to fry in Kanilai? Oh, Boy! Oh Gambia! When shall we learn? Babs >From: Ousman Jallow Bojang <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Now That SM Has Spoken >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:43:26 EDT > >Conteh, >Your words are not taken lightly. I read FOROYAA's postings on the Dibba >press conference, and no one can say that some of us have not said that >before. The PPP have been a party of division and rule since its inception. >We have seen how unlce Pa Sanjally confronted the Jawara issue. I can tell >you and you know very well that the PPP was built under the Mandingo >umbrella. At this time of our history when we need all of our people more >than anything else, I cannot stand by and see such a group trying to come >back to power without raising my voice. >Reading what Dibba said just proved to us that there is more here than what >the UDP and PPP alliance said. >I have seen and read all these postings, and I have NOT read anywhere that >the so-called forged alliance is more than two parties, the UDP and PPP. >And >yes it is true that Darboe and his colleagues lead by Omar Jallow the >secretly nominated Vice President of Darboe have bought Cola-nuts and >declared that Darboe has been chossen to lead a United Opposition. Which >United Oppostion I asked myself. This is what has been going on since. I do >not want to be the divider here, but the day the UDP was first nominating >Darboe, they simultaneously had a phone conversation with Dawda Jawara. The >former president clearly said to them that he is choosing Darboe for he is >electable and that he is a Mandingo who could win support in the provinces. >Most of those making so much noise about Darboe in this forum do not know >the >premises that Darboe was nominated upon. To those, I tell them to give us a >break and go ask more questions. It is true that I have serious problems >with >the PPP and dare not hide that. I had the utmost opportunity to talk to >Jawara in 1994, and I told him exactly how I feel. I never called him. He >called me. I will not dwell on that much. >Unless the Gambian leaders are able to look one another in the eye and say >"NO" to such under hand tactics the PPP and the UDP are engaged in, we have >a >long way to go. We cannot go any further. Coming to the L to correct one >another's English as "Dampha" want to engage me in is not my interest. And >to >talk about some of my family members, was the least I would have expected. >I >probebly would have address him if he was brave enough to use his own name >and defend what he had to say than hide. I am not here to disrespect anyone >and my records speaks for itself. I will NEVER write to anyone who I am >sure >is using a false name in this forum. > >Ousman Jallow Bojang. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------