I Love this newpaper: The Point The Point November 26, 2001 Hallo? The Opposition … Hallo? This is our message We want to recognise the right of Sheriff Mustapha Dibba to described the presidential election free and fair more than a month after the election. He made the statement at State House after an audience with President Jammeh. But one can safely conclude that they didn’t say much because many people were around, in fact to our great surprise: the VP, Baba, Fatou and the others the camera quickly swept away. We would have thought that following the official photograph/filming the others would allow them to have a tete a tete. We were not surprised when Dibba told the public media on the ground that he cannot decide anything without his militants as far as the prospects of closer ties are concerned. But the bad tongues are saying that Dibba is gone to the APRC. Time will tell. UDP sources speak of a plan to imprison their leader citing an amendment that would soon be tabled in Parliament. They say that the amendment seeks to remove the right to bail for people accused of murder. When challenged that, that is impossible, as a law cannot be retroactive, they claimed that the planners rely on the indemnity bill which was retroactive. When told that retroactively could be contemplated in that case but not in this one, they maintained they say they are ready to deal with the issue. THE OPPOSITION PARTIES HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO REACT TO THE OFFER BY CONCERNED GAMBIANS IN THE DIASPORA UNLESS THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT PUBLICITY. AS THE RULING PARTY IS BUSY PREPARING ITSELF FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, OPPOSITION PARTIES ARE TAKING THEIR TIME AS NO SUSTAINED ACTIVITY IN THAT REGARD HAD SO FAR BEEN REGISTERED. (Emphasis all mine) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>