(I struck the send button mistakenly...)

 Sister Jabou,

Allow me to suggest another topic for this thread?
 If president Jammeh continues to act statemanly, calling for national 
participation in development, stops harassing the press and media 
practitioners, places a heavy lid  on the excesses of the green boys, allows 
the opposition to use the national  radio and tv, calls inccessantly for 
reconcialition and peace, many leaders  both in politcs and the wider 
society are going to rally around him. Ousainou Darboe who went into 
politics to challenge the militarisation of  politics and its attendant 
plateau of human rights abuses, will have little  else to campaign for. Let 
us recall also that the people Ousainou Darboe had  been defending in the 
courts just after the coup are former PPP, NCP, and  GDP old hands, who, now 
that Jammeh is magnanimous have little "opposition"  left in them. The 
"confusion" we are seing now is the expression of yhe disorientaion of this 
class of politicians, who eventually must have to find a home. The UDP/NRP 
coalition must suffer from this development.

True Sister Ndey seems to be saying that one must throw in the towel on the 
issue of rebuilding NADD. But frankly, I also cannot see what can be done in 
the way of salvaging the disintegration that occured when UDP and NRP left. 
Just what can be done to bring them back in line again? Is it not better to 
look ahead and help design a campaign strategy for NADD? Jammeh's 
reconcialiation agenda is going to have a tremendous psychlogical effect on 
the entire campaign.

Cheers,
brother Momodou Sidibeh



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> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 12:35 AM
> Subject: Re: Ss. Daffeh : Jabou
>
>
>
>
> Ndey,
>
> Thanks for your response and I know we both want what is good for our
> country but I must say that I disagree with you that we do not need to 
> spend time
> and energy trying to get the opposition to reconcile and to take the
> politicians to task if we feel that their actions may hurt the chances for 
> progress,
> especially when it comes to the critical and very urgent  issue of 
> ejecting
> this regime before they do any more harm. The  democratic process which we 
> all
> want to depend upon to bring about not only a  positive but lasting change 
> in
> our country has at it's core, the ability and  freedom to debate, the 
> expression
> of individual opinions and the resolve to hold  any politician seeking 
> office
> to be wholly accountable to all of us and to  engage in actions that will
> result in protecting the interest of our country and  our people first.
> These can never be separated from the process, otherwise, we are only
> fooling ourselves into thinking that we are fighting for progress.
>
> In the effort to eject the APRC, nothing that may  compromise this
> opportunity should be tolerated by the people and we  must relay this 
> message to the
> politicians because any action that  increases the chances of the APRC 
> staying
> in power spells another 5 to 10  years of doom for our country, and no 
> Gambian
> should engage in anything that  increases chances of that happening. A 
> split
> in the opposition does exactly  that.
>
> While it can be argued by both sides that the different opposition  camps 
> all
> have the interest of the country at heart, and some of them  may even
> actually believe that they can win against Jammeh without coming under 
> one united
> opposition platform, there is no doubt that the chance to eject the  APRC 
> has a
> far better chance of becoming a reality if the opposition  alliance as
> originally organized under NADD stays intact. No one has taken any  up to 
> date,
> reliable polls that have taken into account all of the variables  that 
> have come to
> bear since the last elections to assure any camp a  victory against the 
> APRC.
> However, one united front can wipe Jammeh off the  Gambian map and the 
> very
> notion of it will also energize our people and  give them the courage to 
> say no
> to the APRC knowing that the collective force of  a united opposition has 
> a
> very good chance and they can feel comfortable  throwing their weight 
> behind
> it.
>
> The opposite effect of the split among the opposition is the chaos we  are
> witnessing, with all kinds of uncertainties about where different 
> politicians
> stand and whether others who were not necessarily part of the  opposition
> alliance but whose subsequent involvement and  allegiance had they seen a 
> solid
> front in the form of the original NADD may  have enhanced the opposition; 
> but who
> are now making decisions that signal their  confusion to say the least. We
> are also witnessing the fact that some who  belonged to these opposition 
> parties
> who have now split into two camps and  who are not necessarily happy with 
> the
> decisions that have been taken by some in  their respective political 
> parties
> are either being bought by the APRC or in  limbo and no one knows where 
> their
> allegiances will end up.
> There is no doubt that the decision by some people to split from NADD has
> given the impression that self interest is the order of the day and so now
> others are following suit.
>
> The other very important reason for the necessity of this discussion  is 
> to
> make it abundantly clear to all political aspirants that not abiding by 
> any
> democratic process is something we cannot afford to sweep under the  rung
> because anyone elected to serve in public office has to demonstrate  that 
> they will
> always abide by the rule of law and the democratic process which  is 
> really
> what ultimately ensures that government belongs to the people.  There can 
> be no
> exception to that and no amount of reasoning is a good  enough substitute 
> for
> that.
>
> This effort to unseat Jammeh is about the Gambian people being tired of 
> our
> rights being hijacked and the resolve to put an end to it and this can 
> only be
> done if the people insist without compromise, that those who have come
> forward to say they can serve in this capacity must be accountable to us 
> and they
> demonstrate this first and foremost by keeping to the democratic process. 
> We
> cannot afford the possibility that another Yaya Jammeh will come to  power 
> in
> our country so we cannot afford not to keep making the effort to bring 
> the
> opposition together.
>
> Therefore, let all of us direct our energies towards the effort to have
> these opposition politicians come back to the NADD agreement so that 
> Gambians  can
> feel confident that they will be replacing Jammeh with people who will
> refrain from behaving like the APRC regime.
>
> My heart does go out to our people. It is time for some real  leadership
> because we are so tired of serfdom and partisan politics which is the 
> tool of
> those who have only their own interest at heart so their modus  operandi 
> to
> continue to pit the people together all the while claiming  otherwise.. I 
> hope the
> focus of this effort will be what is best for the people  and the country 
> as a
> whole and that is not something anyone has to guess  at.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
>
> In a message dated 3/7/2006 9:48:17 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Hi  Jabou,
>
>
> I am not relegating your imput to personal attacks and  personality 
> politics
> because i made my point very clear.
>
> I agree  with you on the point below but how much energy do we have to 
> spend
> in  getting these people back together. If these people represent the
> interest  of Gambians i don't see what the problem is. So i guess one 
> might
> rather  direct its energy to a victory against AFPRC than a no win 
> situation.
>
> Yesterday on GRTS news Mr Peters went to reconcile with  Jammeh and when
> interviewd by the journalist he insist that he is still  the Campaign 
> Manager
> of UDP. He sound so confused that i myself got  confused as to what his 
> visit
> to the President was all about. I tried to  read the papers to really
> understand why this guy went to reconcile with  Jammeh but it is still not
> clear to me.
>
> One thing i believe is if  we all believe in what we say and do i don't 
> see
> the reason for the split.  I agree with you this requires a lot of 
> sacrifice
> and to add to it, it is  a test for the opposition as to how prepared they
> are to save our nation.  How much they have to give to make sure that
> gambians are free.
>
> The  situation at home calls for sacrifice and dedication from all 
> Gambians.
>
>
> The Struggle Continues!!!
> Ndey  Jobarteh
>
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