Ginny:

What Hamat and Darboe are wanting to do is as simple as this: NADD, in 24
months or more, took the enrite Gambian elecotrate from politics of
personalities into a more mature turf of issue based party politics;
Darboe and Hamat on the other hand would like to see us back into the
stone-age days of personality based politics becuae they cannot handle
being on the sidelines or a semblance of such. Halifa, by virtue of his
leadership skills, has long proven to be ahead of them. And that's where
this nonesoense about lack of trust all comes in. What a lame excuse!

The Gambian people are simply past that stage. NADD was recognized and
accepted by the people not because of any single personality. However,
they're both confused as to what they want to do...just read Ousainou's
press conference reports and try make the tail and head of where he wants
to be. They called a rally in Brikama to gauge their face value knwing
that Brikama and Bakau are the most complex political arena's in that
country and they knew that people will be curious to find out what they
are about to say, not because they will accept it but because they just
want to know.

 All this on the heels of a cancelled NADD rally in Brikama! They were
riding on NADD's back even before they could take off...they're still
riding on NADD's back. One foot in, one foot out. Hoping that Halifa and
the others will crawl in to join their circus. The poeple will see them
for exactly what they are pretty soon. No doubt Hamat is the most cunning
politician Gambia has seen in decades trust me on that. We ain't seen any
of his games yet.

-Laye


On Tue, February 14, 2006 7:49 am, Ginny Quick said:
> Hello, my question is self-explanatory.  Is there anyone who thinks
> Darbo / Bah/s exit from NADD was the right thing to do?  If so, why?
>
>      Because if the Gambia Post / L is anything to go by, Darbo sure
> isn't a very likeable character, or if he was, we've all been sorely
> mistaken about him.
>
>      I'd venture to say most of us did not want to see NADD fail.  But
> if most of the reaction online is anything to go by, Darbo is becoming
> quite the dispised person these days.  And I just would like to know
> if there is anyone who agrees with Darbo's decision, and if they do,
> why is this?
>
>      I also want to state something...  Some have said that by some of
> my questions / statements / assertions, that I "support" the UDP.
> Well, firstly, I don't "support" anyone, and even if I did, my
> "supporting" wouldn't mean anything, since I have no power, as a
> non-Gambian, to affect any kind of change.  It's not like I can vote
> for the guy or anything.  I guess it would be like someone here living
> in the US who "supported" the Democratic Part here, but they couldn't
> vote.  Of course, I guess you could donate financially, but as for me,
> I've not donated specifically, to the UDP, and I do not intend to do
> so at this point.
>
>      I also want to say that I was at the Midwest Gambian Association
> Conference, and I saw Ousainou Darbo speak, and I just wasn't impessed
> with him.  I'm not saying that he wasn't well-spoken, or intelligent,
> or anything like that, I just wasn't impressed with some of the things
> he said.
>
>
>      Even if I don't agree with some of his statements / actions, I
> also don't want to see him unnecessarily maligned or villified either,
> simply becuase people are angry / frustrated about the direction NADD
> has taken, or because they have some other ax to grind.
>
>      I think that there were serious problems with NADD's cohesion way
> before Darbo resigned.  And the "leaking " of inside information /
> bits and pieces of conversations from closed-door NADD meetings sure
> didn't help.  There sure seem to be a lot of people with a lot of
> hidden agendas, and it's not just Darbo either!
>
>      Anyway, that's all I gotta say.
>
> Ginny
>
>
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