AT, I agree with your assessment.  Now that we know that the three party
coalition is not sufficient to bring down Jammeh, I hope the parties will
learn from that bitter lesson and form a tactical alliance.  I hope that the
recent rally by the UDP, PPP, and GPP is not a snap shot of their intension
in the up coming parliamentary elections (run as a three party coalition).
We sent the opposition parties a petition outlining our wish.  Time is
running out and we have not heard any of the parties to even acknowledge
receipt of letters.  Well, we have extended our hand and I hope the parties
respond very soon.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: abdou toure <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: UDP Complaints
>Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:02:22 +0000
>
>UDP  has built a reputation for complaining about the many abhorrent deeds
>of the APRC government rather  than trying to be proactive in dealing with
>the many challenges it faces as the largest opposition party in the
>country.
>In the Nov 19 edition of the Observer, it was reported that the UDP
>propaganda secretary condemned the IEC for masterminding the Jammeh victory
>last month, and called for the resignation of the chairman of the
>commission, Mr. Roberts. This may all be okay for a relatively young
>opposition party, even after the party leader had conceded defeat and
>congratulated the victor, now suspected to be a thief by another key party
>functionary. The party's conflicting reactions to the October election
>reflect some serious weaknesses about this party's leadership. Where were
>they when the IEC was registering people and adding their names to the
>Register after the official registration period (all of which they knew
>about before hand)? Where were the party's pooling agents when people with
>voters cards not entered in the main voter register appeared at their
>stations to vote? On the latter, all we know was that the agents sanctioned
>the results in their respective locations. In fact it was reported that UDP
>had no agent in one of the Serre Kunda constituencies (very bizarre!) .
>
>UDP/coalition as a party should have decided to either accept or reject the
>election the results. Doing both at the same time is comical at best.
>
>The coming Parliamentsry elections would be another test case for the
>leading opposition party that seems to be good at complaining about
>electoral atrocities after the fact rather than being steadfast in a
>proactive manner.
>
>AT
>
>
>
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