Why haven't you commented on the poor performance of Darbo, just like I had
been predicting....

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Oceanic Lad <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I agree
>
>
> On Thursday, December 8, 2011, Fankung Fankung Jammeh <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > apologize to Babili Mansa too
> >
> > OJ Jallow breaks silence, says opposition leaders owe Gambians an apology
> >
> > Africa » Gambia
> > Thursday, December 08, 2011
> >
> > Leader of the opposition Peoples Progressive Party, Omar Jallow, alias
> OJ, has called on his fellow colleagues in the opposition camp to apologize
> to all Gambians, for what he said was their “failure” and “betrayal of
> trust” in the 24th November presidential polls.
> >
> > “We should be courageous and honest enough to apologize to the Gambian
> people because we have failed them. I personally take this opportunity on
> my behalf, on behalf of the PPP party and on behalf of all opposition
> parties, to apologize to all Gambians for our failure and betrayal of
> trust,” OJ said in an interview with this paper.
> >
> > Jallow, whose presence was hardly felt throughout the period leading to
> the presidential election, said leaders of the opposition owed Gambians
> both within and outside the country who had for the past 17 years looked on
> them for leadership and guidance, an apology.
> >
> > According to him, most Gambians relied on the opposition “for the
> salvation of The Gambia from the clutches of dictatorship, but
> unfortunately after all the experiences we had in 1996, 2001, and 2006, the
> opposition leaders failed to put their house in order and live up to
> expectations.”
> >
> > He told this reporter that just like in 2005, when there were all
> indications that the majority of Gambians supported the NADD alliance, but
> its leaders could not continue the coalition, leaders of the opposition
> once again faced a humiliating defeat in the 2011 polls, due to the lack of
> unity.
> >
> > “So me for me, I thought that these experiences and failures should have
> guided us to come out in 2011 with a more United Front with commitment,
> maturity and responsibility, and to bury all our personal differences and
> see Gambia as a bigger picture, which is far more important than all of us
> put together with our parties,” he said.
> >
> > OJ told this reporter that he had personally tried, when the UDP wrote
> to all the opposition parties inviting them to a meeting to start the
> process in forming an alliance.
> >
> > “After consultations with my colleagues within my party and other
> Gambians within and outside The Gambia, we all agreed that with time
> constraints because it was only three months before the elections, which I
> said was one of the deficiencies and the mistakes we made because all of us
> are in The Gambia for the past four years nine months, and we refused to
> initiate any activity that will bring us together,” he explained.
> >
> > He added: “Then three months before the election not only was time
> against us, but we have resource constraints. So I said because of the fact
> that the UDP as an opposition party has had more support and votes in 1996,
> 2001 and 2006, it is now for me to propose that we accept the proposal of
> the UDP-led alliance.”
> >
> > He stated that among the conditions he attached to his letter was that
> if a UDP-led candidate won, he/she will only serve for one term and then
> withdraw and he/she will not support any candidates for the future
> elections or any party.
> >
> > “Secondly, the government of the alliance will be inclusive of all
> members of the parties that are parties to the alliance. All of them will
> participate in the government, and we will set up a technical committee
> that will draft the alliance agreements. Unfortunately, I supported this
> proposal, but some of the members of the other parties like Halifa Sallah
> of PDOIS and Hamat Bah of NRP didn’t support it,” he further explained.
> >
> > OJ added that because there was no consensus at the end of the day, he
> decided that his party will only campaign for the united candidate, without
> which, his party will not take part “because already from our experience,
> it will be a waste of resources, time and a waste of energy.”
> >
> > Now, he went on, “it is unfortunate that I am exonerated because I
> thought, by this time, the APRC Government should have been history, if we
> were united.”
> >
> > In OJ’s view, the APRC is today legitimized because of the inability of
> the opposition to put its house in order, and to put The Gambia first
> before anything else.
> >
> > “So I am using this opportunity to call on the leadership of the
> opposition parties in the country, once more, to go back to the drawing
> board and come together and form a strong platform for the parliamentary
> election because, if we are united, there are all possibilities that we
> will win at least 20 seats,” he stated.
> >
> > With 20 opposition seats in parliament, he added, it will stop the
> impunity, the amendment of laws and the passing and making of draconian
> laws in our parliament.
> >
> > “This will be a good beginning for the transformation of The Gambia into
> a genuine democratic system,” he concluded.
> >
> > Author: Lamin B. Darboe
> > Source: Picture: O J Jallow
> > --
> >
> *****************************************************************************
> > GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA.
> > LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH
> (NASIRU DEEN) TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY.
> >
>



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GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH (NASIRU
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