Laye, thanks for the forward.  I thought we were all fighting for Gambia, 
but was I mistaken.  These past weeks have revealed quite a lot that I over 
looked.  Is it a coincidence that OJ's name was mentioned by some, way back 
in July, only for it to hatch in January?  What I am now patiently waiting 
for is whom they will dangle as the running mate, to complete the plot.  
Folks, I am crying internally for what is manifesting in our midst, for it 
is a poison we are being injected with, as a nation.  Just like 2001, the 
architects of this plot do not mind making Gambians the losers once again.  
Back room deals and all, they will have to go through Gambians to succeed.  
Thus, we patiently wait as the plot unfolds.

Chi Jaama

Joe


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>Subject: [GPU] Bits and Pieces of the Puzzle - What's the Real Deal Behind 
>The      NADD Leadership Crisis?
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:30:50 -0600 (CST)
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>Folks:
>Please find below an important piece of the puzzle behind the Pa Nderry
>(un)reports and what seems to be the real attempts at behind the scene
>manipulations of the genuine efforts in restoring democracy and social
>justice in The Gambia. Well, here you have it....make your own judgement
>folks. As the saying goes "when a blind man tells you he's going to throw
>a stone at you, be sure that he has his foot on one."
>
>This is culled from the STGDP site at www.sunugambia.com
><<http://www.sunugambia.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=468>>
>
>============================================================================
>This is not the Time for Darboe to Break-away Under a UDP- banner
>
>The ongoing political furor over Omar Jallow’s (OJ) selection as the
>presidential candidate for the 2006 presidential elections and not
>Ousainou Darboe by NADD’s Executive can not be contested on grounds of
>OJ’s electability. This is a flawed argument that undermines the very
>democratic process that the Mou sought to engender and agreed to by all
>parties. Flawed as the Mou is, Darboe and all the presidential-candidate
>aspirants accepted the ground rules heading into the meeting that selected
>OJ. To use arguments based on previous election results or the UDP being
>the single largest opposition political party has little or no relevance
>to the decision already rendered by NADD’s executive. Why must the rules
>now be contested or changed just because Darboe was not favored? Why must
>we second-guess the process and the thinking behind each executive
>member’s decision?
>
>If the truth be told, Darboe has no choice but to support the process that
>selected OJ, regardless of his reservations about the process itself or
>possibly the candidate, if any. If Darboe had been selected, I would have
>defended and supported his candidature despite what OJ or anyone else may
>say. To do otherwise would be sheer hypocrisy. To date, the Mou remains
>the best document for the current coalition. It took months of tedious
>negotiations to arrive at its painstaking details.
>
>Furthermore, Darboe tried in 1996 and 2001 and could not dislodge Jammeh.
>It is time for another candidate to give it a try. This is partly because
>the political landscapes of 2001 and 2006 are very different and the
>latter may require a different strategy and candidate. In my humble
>opinion, Darboe’s professional and personal temperament may not be suited
>to counter Jammeh’s brutish threats and venomous attacks. His personal and
>professional skills would serve The Gambia best, in my view, in a
>post-Jammeh ear in 2011 as a presidential candidate and possibly
>president. What is needed now is someone like OJ to confront Jammeh
>head-on as decided by NADD’s Executive, in spite of the reservations
>others or I may have about his candidature. And, like many of you, I
>harbor many.
>
>Therefore, the issue of OJ’s political baggage can not be overlooked, nor
>anyone’s for that matter. He served the PPP for well over a decade as
>parliamentary secretary and minister. Yet, unlike most of his other PPP
>colleagues after the coup, he has been unflinching in his opposition to
>Jammeh and has paid dearly for it; so has Ousainou, Halifa, Waa and the
>other leaders who also have their own limitations. If Ousainou were chosen
>the issue of baggage would inevitably come up as well. This is not the
>time, nor the place, however, to spell out Ousainou’s or OJ’s.
>
>Additionally, this is not the time for Darboe to break away under a UDP
>banner to contest the presidency as it could aid Jammeh in his re-election
>bid. If Darboe is truly committed to ridding the country of Jammeh, which
>I believe he does, he must forego his short-term interests and putative
>gains as a presidential candidate in 2006 for the larger national good.
>After all, NADD’s Executive chose OJ cognizant of Darboe’s standing as
>head of the largest opposition party.
>
>I humbly urge Darboe, the UDP Executive, advisors and supporters to rally
>behind OJ as he was duly selected by NADD’s Executive. To do less is to
>subvert the very democratic process they all claim to uphold and wish to
>see in a post-Jammeh era. If NADD unravels into its constituent political
>parties so could the effort to oust Jammeh. Another five years of Jammeh,
>possibly ten is too painful to ponder.
>
>
>Abdoulaye Saine
>Hamilton, Ohio, USA
>=========================
>Dr. Saine,
>You said this "I humbly urge Darboe, the UDP Executive, advisors and
>supporters to rally behind OJ as he was duly selected by NADD’s
>Executive." Can you please tell us how was OJ duly elected by NADD
>executives. Did they go from nomination to actually voting to select a
>flagbearer among the contestants? If yes, when? I await your response.
>Thank you. Take care.
>
>Banka.
>=========================
>Dr.Saine,
>I am glad that you finally could not any longer conceive it deep in your
>throat . This is the day some of us have waited for.To hear from the
>horse's own mouth after we first heard about the project that you,OJ ,
>James and the so-called Ohio group have initiated long ago. It did not
>come as a suprise to me. What is however suprising to me is the extend to
>which you are willing to compromise your neutrality and professionalism to
>join the semi-litrates in painting a picture which never existed in the
>first place. May be you will be generous enough to educate us about the
>executive committee that endorsed OJ's nomination. Certainly, not NADD's
>executive committee.
>
>It is an open secret that this is the same strategy OJ employed in 2001,
>purposely to ostracise his perceived rivals. Secondly, the events leading
>this wild nonsense of OJ'S nomination is not also a secret to you. How you
>could ignore all these and joined the fray of intellectual charlatans is
>indeed beyond me. I simply cannot decipher it!
>
>But at the cul-de-sac, we will meet. For the Gambia , our homeland.
>
>
>Musa Sanneh
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>-BambaLaye
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