Mr. Sillah:

First of all I want to thank you for the engagement.
My sentiments are my own personal interpretations.
I believe that if we can engage amicably without
condemnations, we may be able to make a difference.

I hope we can continue to debate.  I hope we can
continue to agree and disagree.  I hope we can show
that we are equally entrusted the inherent right to
political participation.

Naphiyo,

Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh
Greensboro,NC/Kombo East Constituency
-----Original Message-----
From: Ebrima Sillah
Date:         Sun, 20 Jan 2002 01:45:25 +0000
To:           [log in to unmask]
Subject:      Re: Dampha:RE: A[PPP]RC --- Jawara's New Home????


> 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.  It is</P>
> <P>worth reasoning that compromise of political theory
> makes accomodation.  It is of value that a change
> in</P>
> <P>ideals makes one a better person.  It is of
> interest that</P>
> <P>our nation's interest rises above all.
> Political maturity</P>
> <P>should be our guiding principle.</P>
> <P>Time will only tell.  As we begin this new
> marriage for</P>
> <P>a better Gambia, the door of political compromise
> is</P>
> <P>open.  No Gambian should be refused to
> enter.  I hereby</P>
> <P>remain a slave to The Gambian people.</P>
> <P>Naphiyo,</P>
> <P>Comrade ML
>
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