Who should the people believe/follow if one stands on one platform and say one thing and the other stand on another platform and say the opposite thing. Thats where the problem will be.

There is no harm in having different opinions but atleast they discuss that together and agree on one statement to the public.

Gai

>From: Sanusi Owens <[log in to unmask]>

>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]>

>To: [log in to unmask]

>Subject: Re: Juwara Versus Darboe

>Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 13:16:33 +0100

>Amadou

>Difference in opinion does help a political party, it

>breeds in democracy, tolerance and consensus.

>Whilst, I happen to have so much regard for Ousainou

>Darboe, I have no qualms with Waa Juwara's comments,

>it just goes to show that Ousainou Darboe is just the

>LEADER and not the OWNER of the party. If one looks at

>the state of some First Republic Parties, their

>political failure has been as a result of the fact

>that it was a leader oriented party, a party survives

>as a result of its leader and a party that dies once

>the Leader passes away.

>Take a look at the following parties; UP, PDP; all

>these parties faded away from the political scene,

>once their Leaders decided to call it a day. I am

>pretty sure that NCP will follow this route once Dibba

>retires from politics come 2006. With regards to GPP,

>it is my prediction that this party will faded away

>once Assan Musa Camara decides to say that he is

>finally retiring from party politics.

>Thank you

>Sanusi

>--- Amadou Gai <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

Sanusi,

>Maybe there is no leadership crisis in the UDP but

>there is no doubt that there is a big difference in

>opinion between the two most influential members

>of the UDP. It is not healthy for both of them to be

>making statements contradicting each other. I think

>they should be able to deal with their different

>opinions in close doors and then try to come out with

>a single unified statement.

There

>should be collective responsibility and each should

>always be speaking for the whole party not for himself

>alone.

Just a thought

Gai

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>From: Sanusi Owens

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>Subject: Re: Juwara Versus Darboe

>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 23:54:07 +0100

>Ous

>It is OUR party because a good number

>of our

>supporters in the Diaspora have

>subscribed to the

>Mighty Post and Ellen.

>I for one will not tolerate people

>trying to imply

>that there is a leadership crisis

>within UDP, because

>it is just a load of rubbish.

>Waa's comments should be read

>thoroughly before

>jumping into conclusion.

>What else have you got about UDP, I

>welcome you to a

>healthy discourse.

>No hard feelings

>Sanusi

> --- Ousman Bojang

><[log in to unmask]>wrote: >

>Sanusi,

> > Waa's comments are certainly very

>healthy for any

> > kind political party. I

> > would have loved to continue with

>this discussion if

> > you could have chose

> > not to say "our party".

> > No personal feelings. I just do

>not intend to be

> > personal with any

> > discourse.

> >

> > Ousman Jallow Bojang.

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