In a message dated 9/7/00 7:18:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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<< Furthermore, our Party delegates have raised the question of deposits. We
 have claimed that political parties have to shoulder tremendous
 responsibilities in running their whole machinery. Even the subjecting of
 their accounts to external auditing cost tens of thousands of dalasis. To
 put up candidates in National Assembly elections in 45 constituencies
 require a deposit of D225,000.00.


 Section 43 of the Elections Decree, which requires a deposit of D5000.00 by
 each candidate for election to the National Assembly, also obliges
 candidates to the office of District Chiefs to deposit D2000.00. Such
 deposits ought to be revisited prior to the chieftaincy election in Sami.

  >>
This amounts to around $2000. I challenge Gambians living abroad to set up a
fund to help the opposition finance such ventures. What do you guys think?
It's time we talk the talk, walk the walk, put our money where our mouth[s]
is/are, lastly, PUT UP or SHUT UP. As Dr. Abdoulie Saine puts it, the ball is
in our court.

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