Brother Sidibeh,
 
I am glad you have put the perspective of how the coalition suggestion came  
into being as opposed to it being an idea that PDOIS proposed because they  
command only 3% of the vote as your last reply seemed to imply.
I am also certain that you will not find in any of my exchange with you  
where I said that the 3% of the vote you said PDOIS command is your idea or a  UDP 
fabrication. What I said about it is quite clear and I observe again that  it 
is something that all the UDP supporters seem to think is something to  dwell 
upon.
I am not anti UDP, instead, I like to think of myself as taking a position  
that is  pro Gambia and Gambians.
I also doubt that an insightful brother like yourself would find it hard to  
decipher or secure objective knowledge about those who have the best interest 
of  our people at heart.
 
Additionally, I think that right now with the impending elections  is exactly 
the right time for these exchanges regarding the  future of our country 
instead of giving the politicians a reprieve until later  after the fact.
I have also said my piece and I think the points I wanted to put  across have 
been conveyed clearly and concisely such that what I have  written cannot be 
misunderstood. 
 
Have a good evening.
 
Jabou Joh
 
In a message dated 9/10/2006 7:54:11 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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Sister Jabou,

No. The idea of a coalition was originally from  Gambians in the diaspora. 
The simple realisation that when the efforts of  the opposition parties are 
combined, the resultant strength of their  numbers, their ideas, among other 
qualities could give the APRC the boots,  made them suggest a coalition. 
Every party, including PDOIS saw the wisdom  inherent in that idea and made 
sacrifices on their own identity and  profile and accepted the idea.

That PDOIS polled less than 3% of  the national vote is neither my idea nor 
a UDP fabrication. It is a  historical fact! and thinking that mentioning it 
might mean supporting a  UDP campaign claim is a most twisted piece of logic. 
(And I am quoting  from a source nearly five years old!). But being such a 
fervent  anti-UDPian, I can understand your propensity to see a frenzied UDP 
wolf  behind every bush.
I do not have any means of obtaining objective  knowledge about "those who 
have the best interest of the people at heart".  But I am confident many 
people, including those who suggested Ousainou  Darboe as leader of the 
coalition, could have the best interest of the  people at heart even if they 
fail to recognise, unlike you, the ignorance  of our people in choosing their 
true leaders. It could simply be the case  that the rest of us are just that 
ignorant.

I have explained  why such an exchange is so useless at this point in time, 
and so I will  rest my case here until when I think it might be of some use.

Thank you for your time,
Momodou S  Sidibeh

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