Barrow, I join Hamjatta and commend you for your stance and honesty. I renew
my appeal and encourage other PDOIS supporters to view our statements in
good faith. This is not about knocking PDOIS. This is about jealously
guarding the integrity of the Movement and the London Briefing Session. No
one was criticizing PDOIS for their absence per se. Numerous subscribers
came here and elsewhere to say that they were waiting for PDOIS' official
statement on the matter before they form an opinion. It is PDOIS' views
about the meeting that we have a problem with.

They are entitled to those views. But we are also entitled to debunk those
views if we feel that it does not fairly describe what took place. I would
only add one more thing to what Hamjatta said, and this is just reiterating
a point Hamjatta made few days ago. I am repeating that point because some
of the mental midgets in this forum seemed to have missed it. That is, what
did people want the Movement members to do when ex-PPP politicians showed
up? To BAN them from even speaking? This is even worst than Decree 89. Fancy
Mendy accusing Hamjatta of being a dictator like Yaya because Hamjatta uses
English words to defend his point of view. This same Mendy chap is
advocating that Jawara et al should be banned from the Opposition and should
not even be allowed to speak. Where is this man from?

Even a dictator like Yaya is not advocating for ex-PPP members be gagged.
The party that Mendy is supporting is also not advocating for ex-PPP members
be gagged. As a matter of fact, PDOIS vehemently denounced Decree 89 as
unconstitutional and undemocratic. And as I said, Decree 89 seeks to prevent
people from occupying public offices. It does not say that ex-PPP people
cannot talk about Yaya's despicable human rights record. So, why does people
like Mendy want the Movement to go further than Decree 89 and ban ex-PPP
people? Mendy does not make sense. I hope he spares us his whining and back
up his rhetoric on G_L rather than describe people that debunk his nonsense
as dictators.

No matter how many times these doubting Thomases say it, it will always
remain a lie that this Movement is a partisan outfit. Thanks again, Barrow.
KB



>From: Lameen Sisawo Barrow <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.
>Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:26:07 -0500
>
>Sorry  for  the  last  posting  it  was  cut  short.
>
>PDOIS  knows  they  cannot  remove  Yaya  alone  by  the  ballot  of  the
>box.They  are  not  also  oblivious  to  the  fact  that  the  longer
>Yaya  Stays,  the  deeper  we  find  ourselves  in  the  stratus  of
>misery.  Therefore,  I  dont  think  it  would  have  compromised  their
>integrity  in  any  way  if  they  had  joined  others  in  London  to
>foster  sanity  in  our  homeland.  The  situation  in  the  Gambia  is
>so  serious  that  we  should  take  each  and  every  oppurtinity  that
>comes  our  way  if  it  will  strengthten  our  efforts  of  removing
>this  beast  from  our  midst.
>
>Lets  deal  with  ideological  differences  later  and  concentrate  on
>the  more  pressing  needs  before  us.  Name  calling  will  not  foster
>our  battle  in  any  way.  I  dont  like  the  way  Halifa  wrote  about
>Hamjatta  at  all.  I  grew  up  on  PDOIS'  politics  but  I  strongly
>disagree  with  their  stance  on  this  matter.  Lets  please  leave  our
>principles  and  ego  behind  while  we  deal  with  a  common  enemy.  We
>can  cross  the  bridge  of  ideological  differences  when  we  get  to
>it.  Right  now  we  need  a  collective  effort in  removing  the  beast
>and  PDOIS  stance on  this  matter  does  not  foster  that  common  goal
>at  all.  Their  reason  for  not  attending  has  more  to  do  with
>preserving  integrity  than  sound  reasoning.  That  does  not  augur
>well  with  the  common  goal.
>
>Alagie  L  Barrow
>Nashville  Tennessee
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
>Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
>You may also send subscription requests to
>[log in to unmask]
>if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your
>full name and e-mail address.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask]
if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------