Mr. Jeng:

While I totally disagree with the style of
politics that PDOIS has thrown itself in,
I will never sanction it to not continue with its
hidden agenda in denying the opposition to unseat               the moron of
kaninlai.  Halifa and company are
unwilling to be team players at this critical
stage in our struggle.

I have on numerous occasions preached unity within
the opposition, but will violate this policy when the
interest of our nation is at stake.  PDOIS missed a
golden opportunity in forwarding concerns to
some British MPs and concerned Gambians in The
United Kingdom.  Gambians alone cannot send the
mad of kaninlai out of our domain in our desire for
a free and democratic Gambia.

In surmising the whole issue in totality, one must
fundamentally assemble parameters that may help
sustain a Gambia where every citizen has a right to
participate in political democracy.  In borrowing a
page from the ANC, Black South Africans were not the
only viable people who helped bury apartheid.  I
remember vividly of the involvement of prominent
African Americans, including numerous congressmen who
demonstrated at the South African Embassy in Washington,
D.C..  In this analysis, I commend Mr. Bahoum in making
it possible for the opposition to meet with friends of
The Gambia in The United Kingdom.

Our self-imposed intellectual showmanship will inevitably
deny us the chance to free our country.  PDOIS has
continued and will continue as a deterrent in our plight.
Its sense of direction in showing a clear picture for
The Gambia has actually resulted in some hidden agenda
of dancing to the tune of the dictator.  We in the
opposition must be willing and ready to challenge the
prophets of infant political indoctrination in their
desire to set havoc in our struggle.  Mr. Halifa has
continued to amaze himself of inconsistencies and lack
of a clear picture in setting aside personal ambition for
the interest of our country.

Politics should not be a personal vocation at the
detriment of our country.  We have climbed a gigantic
step to not turn back the clock on the basis of
intellectual showmanship.  It is time that PDOIS puts up
or shut up.  The opposition cannot sing in a loud and clearer
voice while PDOIS is silently singing hymnals to
the enemy.

Naphiyo,

Comrade M.Lamine Jassey-Conteh

------Original Message------
From: Musa Jeng <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: March 13, 2001 6:30:03 PM GMT
Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.


Mr.Conteh:

Those comments to Mr.Sallah are blantantly un-called for, un-fair and lack
of any merit on your part. What
Mr. Sallah and PDOIS has done for the democratization of the Gambia will be
something that you will always
dream about. It is easy to talk the talk, but PDOIS continued to work the
work.
In regards to Mr.Sallah's response to premature mud slinging by some members
of the -L, only reaffirmed my
belief that there is more to this London meeting that meet the eye. And to
characterized anyone who did not
go to the meeting as sleeping with the enemy is downright proposterous. It
is interesting that these were the
same kind of mud slinging levelled against PDOIS, immediately after the
Jammeh coup. All of you same people
were already in the Jammeh banwagon, not having a clue what direction you
were heading.
Remember, PDOIS is a political party with a platform, programs and deeply
rooted political beliefs. They do
not engage in putting their thump outside to see where the new wind is
blowing, in order to make a decison.
If anyone of you people on the -l believed that people who attended the
London meeting have become our new
political messiahs, reaffirmed our lacked of political convictions and our
concentration on quick fix..
And Mr.Conteh, politicians like S.M Dibba, D.K Jawara and those old guard
are the very people that
contributed to our political situation. To overhaul Gambia's  political mess
is not going to be a short gun
affair, and unless we approach it with real solutions and deeply held
political convictions, we will be
repeating the same political mistakes. Jammeh must go, but not to replace
him with another Jammeh.

Thanks

Musa Jeng


Lamine Conteh wrote:

> Mr. Sallah:
>
> You have again showed your continued analytical
> view of events that you think no Gambian can
> challenge.  Your continued self propaganda is
> diminishing your political party to zero.  May
> the Lord have mercy that one day you may wake up
> only to learn that you are far behind in this
> struggle.
>
> One wonders whether you are sleeping with the
> enemy?  PDOIS has continued to self-distract
> itself of showcasing an intellect that no Gambian
> seems to understand.  I hope in the finer moment
> of life, you will wake up and smell the roses.
>
> Please take time and revisit within your inner
> self of the danger you are putting the opposition
> in.  Halifa, I ask: what has come of you lately?
> This is a very disturbing precedent.  Our agenda
> is a "United Opposition."  Please Halifa, don't
> rock the boat.
>
> Naphiyo,
>
> Comrade M Lamine Jassey-Conteh
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: foroyaa <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: March 12, 2001 4:30:13 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.
>
> Mr. Bahoum, your official response to the FOROYAA article of 7 March 2001
> has been reviewed. It is a long time since I visited the L. My attention
was
> drawn to the article at Radio One FM. It is unfortunate that our
> correspondence would be characterised by such misunderstanding.
> Notwithstanding, I read good faith in your attempt to show that our
position
> was misleading. I hope you will take the time to answer few questions for
us
> since we are after clarity.
>
> I must say that I need adequate feed back from you in order to have the
> basis to analyse your response in good faith. The reason for this is
simple,
> I left the Gambia for Ghana on the 25 February and came back on the 3
March.
> I had the opportunity to have concrete information on the London Briefing
> Meeting on my return. The issue became a matter of concern to the Central
> Committee after the SoS for Justice gave a press conference. At the
Central
> Committee Meeting Sidia Jatta did produce a letter which was addressed to
> him by a British MP. The letter reads:
>
> ''Dear Colleague,
>
> "The Campaign to Restore Democracy in The Gambia"
>
> Briefing Meeting to be held on Wednesday 28th February at 7.30pm Committee
> Room 10 at the House of Commons
>
> "I am inviting you to a meeting to discuss the current crisis in democracy
> in the Gambia and to meet representatives of the Gambian opposition
parties
> and the newly formed Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in the
> Gambia.
>
> The withdrawal of basic civil liberties freedom within the Gambia large
gone
> unreported in the in the British media. However the cancellation and
rigging
> of elections, the imprisonment and harassment of opposition parties and
the
> use of physical violence against opponents by the current regime are
> escalating.
>
> In order to draw attention to the plight of the Gambian people I have
> convened this meeting to receive briefing from the opposition
> representatives. Also speaking will be Jeremy Corbyn MP and Diane Abbot MP
> and various human rights groups working in this field.
>
> I look forward to seeing you in the night
>
> Best wishes,
>
> John McDonnell MP''
>
> After he read the letter, he explained to the Central Committee that he
> could not understand the logic of a British MP inviting him to go all the
to
> the House of Commons just for a briefing. He added that he received the
> letter from his pigeon hole at the National Assembly.
>
> He questioned why any one would invite him to give briefing to an MP in
> London. In the discussion which followed, we endorsed the position that
even
> if the matter was brought to the Central Committee prior to the Meeting,
no
> PDOIS member of the Central Committee would disagreed with his position.
> Despite the fact that I did not have background information on the London
> Briefing Session inadvance, I must say that I agree whole heartedly that
it
> constitutes lack of National Self Respect to expect a personality like
Sidia
> Jatta to accept to leave the Gambia to give briefing to a British MP. Let
me
> add that Hamat Bah was from Taiwan prior to attending the briefing
session.
> He was there with Tamsir Jallow - Majority Leader, Kemeseng Jammeh, the
> Minority leader and other MP. Sidia did not go because he simply did not
> want to be tourist in Taiwan while there is work to be done in the Gambia.
> Tickets have been given to MPs to go to Mecca. Sugar is often distributed
by
> Jammeh at the national Assembly which MPS receive without party
> consideration. Sidia is an exception. We have our standards. Those who
> consider our posture as arrogant are free to hold on to their opinion. In
> fact, Jawara is lucky that he had Hamat Bah instead of a PDOIS
> representative present. I am fully ready to take on all those
irresponsible
> persons who have decided to make misleading remarks to try to question
> PDOIS's integrity. Your movement was on the right track when it took the
> transparent posture of informing all Gambians what its aims and objectives
> are. I am sure all members of the Central Committee endorse the aims and
> objectives of your movement. However, we cannot endorse your deeds in
> advance. We reserve the right to study your activities and take our
posture
> on a case by case basis.
>
> What is surprising to us is your attempt to give the impression that we
are
> hostile to your movement because of our attitude towards the London
> Meetings. It is equally outrageous that you linked the London Meeting to a
> discussion we had when I attended the Labour Party Congress in Britain. It
> constitutes crude logic to give the impression that our posture regarding
> the London Meeting reflects our posture towards your movement. The reason
> for this assertion is simple. At no time did PDOIS receive any
> correspondence from the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy
indicating
> that it has organised a briefing session to which a PDOIS representative
is
> invited. The only letter that was received by Sidia Jatta is from a
British
> MP, full stop. Are you now telling us that your movement was behind the
> invitation. The letter stated categorically that your movement it self was
> an invitee of the British MP.
>
> Before going to response to the immature remarks by Hamjatta who never
grows
> up and who never hesitates to thumb the dictionary to lift mountains and
> hills of pedantic remarks to throw at people, I would want you to answer
> these two simple questions: Who was the organiser of the London Meeting?
If
> the London was not a briefing session organised by a British MP, then what
> was the purpose of the London Meeting?
>
> Greetings
>
> Halifa
>
>
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