PPP in Limbo As Party Bigwigs Quit NADD Monday 20th March 20 By Alhajie Mbye In what could be described as yet another major blow to the opposition alliance - NADD, some bigwigs in the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) have quit NADD, joining the UDP/NRP alliance, highly placed sources told The Point. According to our sources the said PPP stalwarts withdrew from NADD with effect from Friday 17th March 2006. Musa Drammeh, an executive member of PPP was reported to have tendered a letter of resignation to Halifa Sallah, NADD’s coordinator on Friday 17 March. In the letter it is stated that PPP withdrew from NADD with regret; however they are looking forward to an eventual unification with all Opposition parties because they share a common objective of removing the APRC through the ballot box. It is also reliably learnt that the PPP Executive were divided in that move. The PPP executive was said to have held a meeting on March 3rd 2006 during which seven executive members of PPP decided to withdraw from NADD. The following people were reported to have quit NADD : Yaya Ceesay, Musa Drammeh, Omar Sey, Kutty Sanyang, Dembo Jatta, Sulayman Touray and Lamin Jombo Bojang; whilst Omar Jallow, Landing Jallow Sonko, Ganji Touray, Momodou Lamin Touray, Sambou Dibba Babucarr Krubally, Ousman Jarju, and Bai Jagne are still in NADD. Meanwhile when contacted yesterday to shed light on the story, the PPP interim leader Omar Jallow confirmed the withdrawal of the said seven PPP top brass from NADD but he was quick to brush aside speculations and rumours making the rounds in town that PPP has withdrawn from NADD. According to OJ, during their March 3 meeting, a majority of the party executive did not agree for PPP to withdraw from NADD. He said: “I am not aware of PPP withdrawing from NADD. These are just rumours. The PPP has structures and if such a major decision is to take place it has to be discussed by the party secretariat and it has to be approved by the central committee. Without the approval of the central committee such a decision by the secretariat cannot be binding and is therefore null and void”. However, both Dr Nyambie Touray, the Cordinator of PPP and Musa Drammeh, an executive member of PPP confirmed to The Point the withdrawal of PPP. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤