Mr. Owens: This dialogue should not end. It should indeed serve as a testament that accountability and transparency can serve us better. Since you are a "yellow dog" UDP supporter, what is wrong about a complete audit of the party's finances? While we disagree, can we remain friends and seek truth in our political salvation? Naphiyo, ML Jassey-Conteh On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:35:04 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?q?Sanusi=20Owens?= <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Comrade Momodou Lamin Jasseh-Conteh > > I would have agreed with you IF Waa Juwara had > made > these serious allegations at the right place > and at > the right time. Waa Juwara made use of an APRC > press > machine-Daily Observer, in order to litter his > "gabbage" about the UDP. Waa being a seasoned > politician, should have weighed its options > before > going on an onslaught against a political party > that > has fought hard to unseat the incumbent. > > I have gone through all the newspaper reporting > on > Waa's allegation against UDP,, it would appear > that > most of these allegations do not make sense to > someone > like me who had so much RESPECT for a person > like Waa > Juwara. If Waa believes UDP under Darboe means > doom, > then surely he is party to it. As a national > organising secretary, one would have expected > him to > do MORE for the party in ensuring that we never > lost > the Presidential Elections. > > As you stated; " I declare today that I stand > with > Lamin Waa Juwara for speaking out. I am > > willing to reach out to an uncorruptible > Gambian." > > Well that is your prerogative and I wish him > best of > luck in his latest moves to form a political > party. As > a sympathiser of the UDP, the time has now come > for > the UDP to learn from this situation and work > hard > towards ensuring that never again will we see a > NEC > member trying to bring the party into > disrepute. > > Long Live UDP > > Long Live The Gambian People. > > Long Live Democracy Peace and Justice. > > Have a wonderful day > > Sanusi Owens > > > > > > --- Jassey Conteh wrote: > > Comrades: > > > > It is apparent that collective reasoning and > account > > for reasonable assurance > > on UDP finances have taken an apparent turn > for the > > worst? What on earth is > > going on with the UDP that Waa or any Gambian > cannot > > ask for a complete audit > > of the party's finances? > > > > The party's respond to Waa was based on the > > "architect of boycott" strategy. > > The party forgot to mention the financial > scandal. > > Brothers and sisters, we > > are no fools. It can call Waa all kinds of > names, > > but I can trust Waa with my > > money. > > > > I thought the UDP stood for a conviction of > clean > > bookkeeping? I thought the > > UDP stood for truth? I thought the UDP was a > party > > to trust? Well, I am of > > the opinion that Waa spoke of accountability. > I > > just cannot comprehend that a > > political party that is trying to unseat a > > dictatorship is embracing the worst > > kind of censorship on Waa. > > > > Who has won the fight? The APRC? Who can > Gambians > > trust for speaking his > > heart out? Lamin Waa Juwara. Who do you > think will > > come out on top? Lamin > > Waa Juwara. > > > > It will be very difficult for the UDP to > raise funds > > externally. The party > > has done more harm to itself than good. > > > > I declare today that I stand with Lamin Waa > Juwara > > for speaking out. I am > > willing to reach out to an uncorruptible > Gambian. > > > > Naphiyo, > > Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.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 > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~