-----Original Message----- From: rebadjan <[log in to unmask]> To: rebadjan <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 9:44 am 'But given the nature of our parliamentary system and the role that the executive play in it, this is not likely to happen. It has never happened, and it will never be.'' Rene Rene, we don't have a parliamentary system. Ours is a presidential system of government. Didn't your Ayatollah taught you that? That is exactly what does my heading with the disciples; they like to show-off but they only exhibit ignorance in the process. Daffeh Daffeh, Your point of clarification is accepted. I meant to write "given the nature of our parliament." As a matter of fact, the "Ayatollah" has drilled into my head our presidential system of government. And even more. That was my own error. I was using the word system with a different meaning in mind. Dynamics. It is also interesting that you are always comparing the Gambia with Great Britain with respect to a party-led coalition, knowing fully well that the two systems are different. In the British elections none of the parties came out with an outright majority of seats in parliament to form a government. Thus the need for parties to form a coalition in order to get the majority seats in parliament to form a government. This is very different from the kind of party-led coalition that you are talking about. Suntou made reference to the party-led coalition in Senegal, as the basis for justifying your desire for a party-led coalition in the Gambia. But you have not taken into consideration the ramifications of that coalition. Since they entered into that coalition, where are all the coalition partners.in that effort today? What has their coalition achieved besides a change of government? We see the political developments in Senegal today: Abdoulaye Wade has tried to amend their constitution; he is trying to run for another term in office, and some are accusing him of trying to pave the way so that his son can succeed him. The consolidation and perpetuation of power. And how did it started? A party-led coalition. Rene Nb: I have to copy and paste from the archives to write this brief response.. ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤