Mr. Ceesay,
Let us not start jumping to conclusions or read in between the lines. Your
writings in this forum leans toward the APRC. I did not see any reason why
you should focus on whether UDP will accept a non-UDP presidential candidate
to represent the new alliance. If you want to talk issues and facts, no
problem here. I welcome such discourse.
Regards,
Mjohnson
>From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:18:29 +0000
>
>Thanks a lot Mr. Johnson. I see where you are coimng from. As long as we
>have different views, we cannot discourse.May God help us all.
>You have a good day too.
>
>Lamin Ceesay.
>
>
>>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:10:20 +0000
>>
>>Mr. Ceesay,
>>
>>If i was you, I wouldn't worry whether UDP will go along with another
>>opposition leader or not. The united opposition and its supporters will
>>take care of that. What's at stake for Gambia and it citizens in this
>>coming
>>elections will force the opposition leaders to think of Gambia first then
>>themselves. United opposition is a forgone conclusion. APRC supporters
>>should worry about APRC and we will worry about the new alliance.
>>
>>Good day Mr. Ceesay
>>
>>MJohnson
>>
>>
>>>From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: Re: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:55:01 +0000
>>>
>>>Thanks for that fwd. Mr Johnson. It is very interesting. The Speaker
>>>mentioned something that most of us never put into account or i would say
>>>never brought up.
>>>It is very true that all those against Presidnet jammeh have always been
>>>and
>>>will continue to be. What need to be understood here is that despite the
>>>banned on the political leaders, the voters remained the same. They did
>>>not
>>>vote APRC in because the leaders wre banned. They did because of what the
>>>issue are. There is a lot here at stake, but certainly not more than what
>>>was there five years ago.
>>>I have no doubt that having very good politicians like Sheriff Dibba on a
>>>campaing trail will energise some peole, but they are mostly the same
>>>people
>>>following Darboe. And I can tell you taht the UDP will not allow any one
>>>to
>>>lead the so-to-be-call alliance opposition expect Darboe and that is
>>>where
>>>the problem is going to be. And again, I know there are some here who
>>>will
>>>say that is not true and that is just to cause a disarray in the
>>>opposition
>>>wing, but time is the best prophet.
>>>
>>>Lamin Ceesay.
>>>
>>>
>>>>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>Subject: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:12:32 +0000
>>>>
>>>>Please play close attention to the capitalized paragraph.
>>>>
>>>>GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>>>
>>>>Information reaching the Point Newspaper has revealed that the unbanned
>>>>Gambian people's party (GPP) under the leadership of Hassan Musa Camara,
>>>>will not be registered until after the parliamentary and presidential
>>>>elections. This was confirmed to the Point by an official of the party
>>>>after
>>>>he was contacted to shed light on the party's present status yesterday
>>>>morning. "GPP is not going to be registered until after the currently
>>>>busy
>>>>coalition process." Other sources reaching the point say the GPP
>>>>leadership
>>>>and its party supporters would join the opposition alliance which is
>>>>about
>>>>to be introduced to fight the Jammeh administration in the coming
>>>>elections.
>>>>However, no reason has been advanced for GPP's move in not registering
>>>>their
>>>>party. BUT INFORMED SOURCES INTIMATED THAT ALL THE UNBANNED POLITICAL
>>>>PARTIES THE PPP, NCP, AND GPP ARE WITH THE VIEW THAT THERE IS URGENT
>>>>NEED
>>>>TO
>>>>FORM AN OPPOSITION FRONT TO "FLUSH-OUT" THE RULING APRC PARTY(emphasis
>>>>mine)
>>>>
>>>>In a separate development, The Point yesterday, contacted Tamsir Jallow,
>>>>the
>>>>majority leader in the National Assembly for his comment and he said
>>>>that
>>>>the APRC is not afraid of any opposition alliance " No, I don't think Pa
>>>>Nderry that should be a threat. That is not a threat. The results of the
>>>>last elections have given us a very comfortable majority both at the
>>>>national assembly and the presidency," said the majority leader. Mr.
>>>>Jallow
>>>>who told The Point that the ruling APRC dominated the last elections
>>>>with
>>>>56
>>>>percent of the votes for the President and 75 percent for the national
>>>>assembly added:" Uptill now, we have not lost our members to the
>>>>opposition.
>>>>Infact, the opposition is losing members on daily bases. It is their
>>>>members
>>>>that are registering with the APRC. The APRC cannot be threatened by the
>>>>opposition alliance."
>>>>
>>>>Tamsir Jallow, who branded the unbanned political parties as spent
>>>>forces,
>>>>intimated that they would disintegrate themselves before the elections.
>>>>"I
>>>>am optimistic that the UDP will loose their members to other parties. I
>>>>don't have any fear," said the majority leader, while calling for peace
>>>>and
>>>>stability in the coming elections. Reacting to reports of GPP's plans of
>>>>joining the opposition coalition Tamsir Jallow said, "They are already
>>>>in
>>>>alliance when the UDP came into being, all those who do not come to
>>>>support
>>>>the APRC went to the UDP.The UDP is made of NCP, GPP and PPP supporters.
>>>>"
>>>>Pa Nderry, tell me what the PPP had done for this country? I don't think
>>>>the
>>>>PDOIS would be part of any opposition alliance.They were strong critics
>>>>of
>>>>the PPP. The PPP see the PDOIS as revolutionary. They will be strange
>>>>odd
>>>>fellows. PDOIS have different ideology," Mr. Jallow told The Point. The
>>>>latest political development came in the wake of a move taken by
>>>>President
>>>>Jammeh to lift decree 89, which banned all former politicians from
>>>>participating into politics. Those who defied the ban were liable to a
>>>>fine
>>>>of D1million dalasis or life imprisonment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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