If Halifa or PDOIS thinks that they are perfect, let them try walking on a
pool of water!
Cheers
Lamin PF Manneh

>From: Lamine Conteh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.
>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:35:33 -0500
>
>Mr. Sallah:
>
>You have again showed your continued analytical
>view of events that you think no Gambian can
>challenge.  Your continued self propaganda is
>diminishing your political party to zero.  May
>the Lord have mercy that one day you may wake up
>only to learn that you are far behind in this
>struggle.
>
>One wonders whether you are sleeping with the
>enemy?  PDOIS has continued to self-distract
>itself of showcasing an intellect that no Gambian
>seems to understand.  I hope in the finer moment
>of life, you will wake up and smell the roses.
>
>Please take time and revisit within your inner
>self of the danger you are putting the opposition
>in.  Halifa, I ask: what has come of you lately?
>This is a very disturbing precedent.  Our agenda
>is a "United Opposition."  Please Halifa, don't
>rock the boat.
>
>Naphiyo,
>
>Comrade M Lamine Jassey-Conteh
>
>------Original Message------
>From: foroyaa <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: March 12, 2001 4:30:13 PM GMT
>Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.
>
>
>Mr. Bahoum, your official response to the FOROYAA article of 7 March 2001
>has been reviewed. It is a long time since I visited the L. My attention
>was
>drawn to the article at Radio One FM. It is unfortunate that our
>correspondence would be characterised by such misunderstanding.
>Notwithstanding, I read good faith in your attempt to show that our
>position
>was misleading. I hope you will take the time to answer few questions for
>us
>since we are after clarity.
>
>I must say that I need adequate feed back from you in order to have the
>basis to analyse your response in good faith. The reason for this is
>simple,
>I left the Gambia for Ghana on the 25 February and came back on the 3
>March.
>I had the opportunity to have concrete information on the London Briefing
>Meeting on my return. The issue became a matter of concern to the Central
>Committee after the SoS for Justice gave a press conference. At the Central
>Committee Meeting Sidia Jatta did produce a letter which was addressed to
>him by a British MP. The letter reads:
>
>''Dear Colleague,
>
>"The Campaign to Restore Democracy in The Gambia"
>
>Briefing Meeting to be held on Wednesday 28th February at 7.30pm Committee
>Room 10 at the House of Commons
>
>"I am inviting you to a meeting to discuss the current crisis in democracy
>in the Gambia and to meet representatives of the Gambian opposition parties
>and the newly formed Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in the
>Gambia.
>
>The withdrawal of basic civil liberties freedom within the Gambia large
>gone
>unreported in the in the British media. However the cancellation and
>rigging
>of elections, the imprisonment and harassment of opposition parties and the
>use of physical violence against opponents by the current regime are
>escalating.
>
>In order to draw attention to the plight of the Gambian people I have
>convened this meeting to receive briefing from the opposition
>representatives. Also speaking will be Jeremy Corbyn MP and Diane Abbot MP
>and various human rights groups working in this field.
>
>I look forward to seeing you in the night
>
>Best wishes,
>
>John McDonnell MP''
>
>After he read the letter, he explained to the Central Committee that he
>could not understand the logic of a British MP inviting him to go all the
>to
>the House of Commons just for a briefing. He added that he received the
>letter from his pigeon hole at the National Assembly.
>
>He questioned why any one would invite him to give briefing to an MP in
>London. In the discussion which followed, we endorsed the position that
>even
>if the matter was brought to the Central Committee prior to the Meeting, no
>PDOIS member of the Central Committee would disagreed with his position.
>Despite the fact that I did not have background information on the London
>Briefing Session inadvance, I must say that I agree whole heartedly that it
>constitutes lack of National Self Respect to expect a personality like
>Sidia
>Jatta to accept to leave the Gambia to give briefing to a British MP. Let
>me
>add that Hamat Bah was from Taiwan prior to attending the briefing session.
>He was there with Tamsir Jallow - Majority Leader, Kemeseng Jammeh, the
>Minority leader and other MP. Sidia did not go because he simply did not
>want to be tourist in Taiwan while there is work to be done in the Gambia.
>Tickets have been given to MPs to go to Mecca. Sugar is often distributed
>by
>Jammeh at the national Assembly which MPS receive without party
>consideration. Sidia is an exception. We have our standards. Those who
>consider our posture as arrogant are free to hold on to their opinion. In
>fact, Jawara is lucky that he had Hamat Bah instead of a PDOIS
>representative present. I am fully ready to take on all those irresponsible
>persons who have decided to make misleading remarks to try to question
>PDOIS's integrity. Your movement was on the right track when it took the
>transparent posture of informing all Gambians what its aims and objectives
>are. I am sure all members of the Central Committee endorse the aims and
>objectives of your movement. However, we cannot endorse your deeds in
>advance. We reserve the right to study your activities and take our posture
>on a case by case basis.
>
>What is surprising to us is your attempt to give the impression that we are
>hostile to your movement because of our attitude towards the London
>Meetings. It is equally outrageous that you linked the London Meeting to a
>discussion we had when I attended the Labour Party Congress in Britain. It
>constitutes crude logic to give the impression that our posture regarding
>the London Meeting reflects our posture towards your movement. The reason
>for this assertion is simple. At no time did PDOIS receive any
>correspondence from the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
>indicating
>that it has organised a briefing session to which a PDOIS representative is
>invited. The only letter that was received by Sidia Jatta is from a British
>MP, full stop. Are you now telling us that your movement was behind the
>invitation. The letter stated categorically that your movement it self was
>an invitee of the British MP.
>
>Before going to response to the immature remarks by Hamjatta who never
>grows
>up and who never hesitates to thumb the dictionary to lift mountains and
>hills of pedantic remarks to throw at people, I would want you to answer
>these two simple questions: Who was the organiser of the London Meeting? If
>the London was not a briefing session organised by a British MP, then what
>was the purpose of the London Meeting?
>
>Greetings
>
>Halifa
>
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