Hamadi,
Yes your posting was long but very factual.
To add to your analysis, we should recognize that the opposition parties are
trying to vote out an incumbent - something that can be very challenging
particularly in Africa where voter education is so low as to be nonexistent.
The meetings I attended in New York reveals a lot -- the opposition parties
do have a lot of differences and unless these differences are worked,
strategies defined and agendas unified another five year term is almost in
the offing for the incumbent.

I was thinking the opposition leaders trip to the US was one aimed at
1) Identifying strategies to be implemented in the coming parliamentary and
      Presidential elections.
2) Discussing their various political agendas, solidifying on the common
areas and modifying area(s) of differences in the pursuit of their political
objectives and
3) Formulate a last resort strategy, in the form of a collision, should the

     incumbent prove stubborn.

The New York meeting was troubling and calls for a lot of unification efforts
amongst ourselves. It is true that we belong to various tribes to which we
should all be proud of but we should not allow our tribal demarcations to
interfere with our political issues. Let us always remember, The Gambia is
one people one nation. We can surely do a lot better when we stick together
and virtually nothing when we are apart.

Gai

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