Conteh,

I find your posture on the current debate incoherent
and sometimes very misleading. When you said "a door
of political compromise is open. Nor Gambian should be
refused to enter" i hope you mean that by political
compromise people will still be entitle to their right
to political choice not necessarily joining the band
wagon of a blind compromise where the caller is
neither interested nor concerned with the process
itself. I wish you were in the country on the 15th of
the month to watch the president's nation wide
broadcast on NRP and PDOIS. It is good to compromise
but it is equally too depressing to see the initiators
keep breaking the rules. Just as we debate the way
forward, the civil servants continue to be the prey
for unjustifiable dismissals. The latest victim is Mr
Jammeh(marketing officer) of the Gambia International
Airlines.  He was handling the crucial but complex
hajj operations this year. So i wander how Gambian
people can reconcile when their relatives, their
parents, their friends, their love ones are
indiscriminately dismissed from their work just for
nothing.

In your other posting Mr Conteh you touched on some
areas for the so-called engagement with the
government. I was infact i was confused when you used
the term 'we' because i dont know whether you were
referring to your party(NCP) collectively or you and
other Gambians. If it is a collective party agenda, i
think you have to forget about it because so far i
want to believe that the forces at play are too large
for your party to contain...in essence the voices of
dissent like you, in your camp i think are too
impotent to stand the test of the forces at play.
Limit to the term of the presidency...please forget it
brother that's too big an issue to start your
constructive engagement for change. I think you should
start with the need for political tolerance, respect
for the right of others to a choice. Then you can come
to the complex issues like term limit. Then that's the
time you will realise why some of us are too concern
with the Gambia's democratic process.

E Sillah.


--- Jassey Conteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
<HR>
<P>Comrades:</P>
<P>It is interesting that some are unwilling to
change.&nbsp; It is</P>
<P>worth reasoning that compromise of political theory
makes accomodation.&nbsp; It is of value that a change
in</P>
<P>ideals makes one a better person.&nbsp; It is of
interest that</P>
<P>our nation's interest rises above all.&nbsp;
Political maturity</P>
<P>should be our guiding principle.</P>
<P>Time will only tell.&nbsp; As we begin this new
marriage for</P>
<P>a better Gambia, the door of political compromise
is</P>
<P>open.&nbsp; No Gambian should be refused to
enter.&nbsp; I hereby</P>
<P>remain a slave to The Gambian people.</P>
<P>Naphiyo,</P>
<P>Comrade ML

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