Jabou and Mo, yes indeed the coalition summit was a success anyway one looks at it and all five alternative party representatives agreed with the call of Gambians them to come together and they are ready to engage in discussing the modalities and finding answers to the how and what. A lot was said during that four hour period and it is important that we hit all the main points of the summit for the press release. It is currently under review by the organizers and should be finalized by the weekend. Just to have those guys in the same room talking to each other and acknowledging and respecting each other's points of view was indeed a mile stone in it self. There was nothing phony about the process and above all, they were all sincere. At the conclusion of it all, challenges were laid on the door steps of both us and the Alternative parties (Ous Mbenga suggested we change from using the word opposition in our political discourse, to the Alternative). A lot of work lay ahead all of us, but it is work we must do to liberate Gambia. Look forward to more info. on this topic by the weekend. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Coalition Summit >Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:31:13 EDT > >Joe Sambou & Modou Camara, I have heard good and encouraging information >about the summit which I was not able to attend. I also cannot wait to read >the >report. > >Jabou Joh > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~