Absolutely Karim... BB's rejoinder was more than welcome and that is why we publish it and attached the audio version so the readers too can listen again and formulate their own opinion. As you rightly said it was reporting and analysis of what I thought I heard. The records are there for all to review and analyse. We just took the opportunity to write what many may observe but only discuss in private thus the essence of the public forum.

Thanks for the comments.

Demba


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:25 AM, abdoukarim sanneh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Demba
Your piece as you dated is an analysis and certainly my knowledge of analytical in academia can be constructive and deconstructive.  BB Dabo have the right to make a rejoinder if he feels his views are deconstructed in your narrative framing of views in the preceeding of Seatle meeting.

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:25:39 -0700
From: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: The PPP Debate; Former VP BB Darboe Reacts to Gainako's reporting
To: [log in to unmask]

Thanks Suntou. As vindictive as the Jammeh regime is to many, it is important to put things into perspective. I absolutely welcome the resurrection of the PPP and their rights to publicly defend the party's records especially against the Jammeh regime. I hope that the PPP leadership will create new faces for the PPP especially encouraging women leaders to lead the party. 

As much as that is palatable we must accurately what happened and how we ended up where we are at. Our history cannot be written without the PPP and they so rightfully have a stake in Gambia's political future. Matter of fact their simple announcement of reentry into the arena sent some chilling messages to the level of them bring accused of wanting to snatch away other party supporters.

Again, my position was to attempt to set the record straight as I saw it and from what I got out of BB and OJ's speeches in Seattle. I like the idea of taking responsibility for failures as OJ often do and then try to pave a way forward. Unfortunately Uncle BB does not want to go that far at least not publicly.. The excuse that at the time issues like term limits were not common and therefore the PPP did not see the need to institute was simply a lack of democratic vision for a future Gambia. Certainly having one party or person lead a nation for 30 years was a mistake...

Thanks for the rejoinder

Demba


On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 9:14 AM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Demba
I am totally baffled by BB's reaction to the fine piece by Gainako. In actual fact, you have been very charitable to the PPP and the so-called revival for that matter.
PPP could have taken certain course of action when they were banned. Among them: 1. challenge the banning of the party in court, in as much as the Judge at the time may be bias, it will be on the records.
2. The PPP could have mobilise its supporters to stand with the party and decline the banning.

3. Demba, the PPP ruled and govern the Gambia for 30 years, I mean, 30yrs not months, or weeks, but years. Yet collapse without a fight. In 30 years, the PPP could have had a plan B and plan C of undermining the coup, but there was no plan, nothing, yet our elder BB a man with immense credibility and credential continue to insist that, the blame lies on Gambians or other opposition parties is baffling. We are picking the pieces still of PPP's lavk of plan B.

4. Demba, BB Darboe is not a lazy intellectual, after the coup, he went back to University to earn himself a law Degree. However, BB should have known that, a single political party (PPP) that dominated our country's politics for 3 decades will not readily get any sympathy from Gambians, because they should foresee all the pitfalls having a disgruntled military breeds.

BB's opinion is no different to few former big wigs. They are indirectly telling us that, the political parties that came out after the coup should have decline to participate in election with the APRC because the PPP was banned unfairly. This is the 2 decades of bitterness some former PPP heads are harboring. They blame the UDP, NRP, PDOIS and GMC. 
Demba, once people taste political power, it is the grave that quench their taste for prominence, power and influence. The former PPP Ministers are no different.

 However, will Gambians look at them twice in our modern era? An era that saw the emergence of all sorts of caliber of Gambians, different interest groups, personalities etc? I don't think so, hence, the race for the custodianship of the Gambia will take many twist and turns. The winner takes all is the option we all have to fight against, and that is the option underground groups are working on. The PPP if they can swallow their bitterness, OJ and BB in particular, in any post Jammeh, they may have a seat at the high table. But blaming Gambians for their failures is calamitous political suicide.
BB should realize that, no one feels sorry for a dominant outfit. So the sooner he accepts that, the better, if not political players on the ground will continue to distrust the PPP revivalist elements, because what they say and what they do will continue to be deceptive, and this will not help the struggle. 
Thanks
Suntou



On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 1:42 AM, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
In the interest of our national discourse I wanted to share some interesting exchanges or perspective with the former Vice President of the Gambia Hon BB Darboe...

So in attending PPP's rally in Seattle - Gainako covered the event live and afterwards I put together a report and analysis of what I thought transpired or I got from  BB's  strong speech. I chronicled this report into two parts with the first having more to do with the actual reportage of what happened... the second portion since we are in the business of news and analysis contains some analysis of substances of the speeches. I thought there were some contradictions in the speeches especially on some key issues; Gambian elites being "Complicit" in helping destroy the PPP, Appointment of Foreign Chief justices to the Supreme Court and education...

Hon Darboe reacted strongly to the second portion and with his permission we wanted to share with the wider audience beyond our regular readers who visits the site or listens to the radio...

Here are a few links to BB's reaction, our early reportage and a link to the actual audio of his speech... Hope this will give us another opportunity to discuss some issues that are still unsettling about the PPP.. No disrespect whatsoever was intended.. just from a reporter's perspective...






Thanks

Demba
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