Folks, sorry for sending the below comment to the L (the last couple of sentences that is). It was meant a lone ranger on the GPost on a smear campaign against this effort. My apologies. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Opposition to Form Coalition >Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:56:44 +0000 > >Folks, yet another example of the wisdom of coming together to root out >tyranny. That is the only hope for many countries in Africa, Gambia >included. Currently, your fellow citizens in Atlanta are working on >bringing us together to give Gambians a fresh start at progress and we need >to support their efforts. I urge all that can attend to come and share >your >thoughts with your people. Those that cannot make it we understand, and I >hope that you support the effort from afar. However, to those that are >bent >on destroying this initiative, I say you'll have to go through all of us to >be able to do that, and from the support expressed, you'd be a fool to try >any foolishness. It's your right to not participate, but we will be damn >to >let any try to sabotage this goodwill. We shall be free. Please read >below >the Ugandan attempt and the Kenyan experience. > > >Opposition to Form Coalition > > >The Monitor (Kampala) > >February 16, 2004 >Posted to the web February 16, 2004 > >Mwanguhya Charles Mpagi & Isaac Mufumba >Jinja > >Seven opposition groups met here at the weekend and agreed to form a >coalition to fight the Movement government in the 2006 general elections. > >The secret meeting at Crested Crane Hotel that ran from Friday to Sunday >attracted representatives from seven opposition groups popularly called the >Group of Seven or G7. > > >A statement issued yesterday after the talks said: "We have recognised the >need for co-operation in our search for genuine multiparty democracy in the >country and agreed that that co-operation should be enhanced and >formalised." > >A key opposition official who attended but declined to be named told The >Monitor: "It is part of a series of strategic meetings we shall hold >countrywide to dislodge the dictatorship." > >The G7, which is currently involved in talks with government about the >roadmap to multiparty politics in the run-up to the 2006 general elections, >includes the Democratic Party, the Uganda Peoples Congress, the Reform >Agenda, The Free Movement, the National Democrats Forum, the Conservative >Party and the Justice Forum. > >Kenyan lessons? > >An official at the talks said the coalition, while still subject to >modifications, is likely to resemble the National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) >that brought Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki to power in December 2002, ending >Mr Daniel arap Moi's 24-year reign. > >The recommendations from the Jinja retreat, which was attended by mainly >middle-cadre leaders, are to be tabled before a summit of senior opposition >officials to discuss and possibly adopt. > >Terego MP Kasiano Wadri, who attended the meeting, called on his fellow >politicians in the G7 to swiftly identify a candidate to contest for the >2006 presidential elections under the banner of the coalition. > >Relevant Links > >East Africa >Uganda > > > >In 1996, DP, UPC and CP formed the Inter Political Forces Committee that >jointly backed the candidature of DP chief Paul Ssemogerere for that year's >presidential election. > >He lost to President Museveni, who won by more than 75 percent of the vote. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get fast, reliable access with MSN 9 Dial-up. Click here for Special Offer! >http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Take off on a romantic weekend or a family adventure to these great U.S. locations. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~