Dear Halifa,
Iam almost sure based on past experience you will not respond to
intelectually inferior subjects such as myself,but i dare ask you
regardless.
   What exactly do Gambians need to be taught about Yayas activeties?
Gambians today are victims of a miltary organised crime.They know that
groundnuts was not sold,their school children got gunned down on the streets
by forces loyal to Yaya,they know that business gains are all time low,they
know that being hired today means being fired tomorrow,they know that the
Dalasi is all time low in value.
   Many Gambians will testify that they are digusted with Yaya but that
they are terrified what he may do to them should they use their
constitutional rights to try to remove him from their highest office.
    What Gambians need is a leader who command enough attention to lead
and all out boycut and civil disobedience massive enough to overwhelm
and sufforcate Yayas activeties. Thats what they lack!
    Sir Dawda maybe able to push for such but alas we are 'educated'
against him!This Nation is well aware of her plight and future demise, she
just lack the leadership to actively express it.
                   Sincerely kalilu

>From: foroyaa <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: To Halifa Re: 10 Questions To Halifa (Sorry, there was a Q.4)
>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 15:00:06 +0100
>
>Makaveli,
>
>I am sure you understand why it has taken so long to respond to your fourth
>question. It is just now that I have the time to go through the mails.
>
>What PDOIS needs most is determined by our strategic objectives. We aim to
>empower the people mentally. Once the people know that power belongs to
>them; once they fully comprehend that that power can only be exercised to
>change their destiny by being organised, one must consider three-quarter of
>the work to have been done.
>
>It is our conviction that no enlightened and organised people can be
>subjugated under any form of despotism. PDOIS' strength has been its
>recognition in all parts of the country as a party which promotes the
>truth.
>Its weakness has been the lack of mobilisation of adequate material and
>human resources to be able to conduct consistent and persistent work among
>the people in their homes, at their bantabas, farms and everywhere they are
>found.
>
>This took years of persistent work by very few people instead of just
>simply
>appointing vote catchers everywhere as chairmen and chairwomen to develop a
>new brand of party workers in the villages whose aim is not simply to
>deceive and manipulate voters, but to enable them to pursue their
>enlightened interest. Finally, we are getting there. Committees for the
>enlightenment of the people have been formed in every constituency.
>Application after application is reaching our office. We now have abundant
>volunteers who are ready to work to promote the mental liberation of the
>Gambian people.
>
>What we need are material resources. We have to send information to all our
>branches on a regular basis through cassettes and press releases so that
>they can be kept informed on all developments in the country for onward
>transmission to the people. Even though supporters are struggling with
>their
>own bicycles, we need at least one party bicycle for every district or
>constituency. We need to build up centres in all administrative areas to
>coordinate work in all the constituencies. The frequency of visits by
>informed party workers to sensitise members of other village committees
>need
>to be expanded. Links between the committees in the different
>administrative
>areas also need to be developed. We do have people using their own motor
>bicycles to carry out party tasks. We need one motor bicycle for each of
>the
>seven administrative areas to coordinate the work of the various committees
>in each of the administrative areas on a more consistent basis. We need any
>contribution that any Gambian wishes to make to enable us to do countrywide
>tours on a more intense basis. In short, the more material resources we
>have, the more effective we become since the human resources are growing on
>a very rapid basis.
>
>On the question of voting abroad, we have addressed a letter to the
>Independent Electoral Commission after my trip to the United States.
>Notwithstanding, the IEC has taken its own initiative on the question. The
>following is an extract from minutes of a meeting of the IEC and all the
>active political parties, the Service Chiefs and two Secretaries of State
>held on Tuesday, 4 July 2000:
>
>"Registration of Gambians Resident Abroad
>
>"The matter was being considered by the IEC as provided in the Elections
>Decree, 1996 under Section 141 mandating the Commission to enable Gambians
>resident in foreign countries to take part in the election of President of
>the Republic. The Chairman informed the meeting that IEC addressed the
>issue
>in the documents relating to the National Governance Policy Framework, The
>National Governance Programme and the National Round Table Conference.
>US$10,000 (ten thousand U.S. dollars) was estimated to enable a feasibility
>study to be carried out. After that, modalities and criteria for the
>selection of countries for the exercise would be set to enable Gambians
>resident in those foreign countries, to take part for the first time in the
>history of The Gambia, the election of the President of the Republic."
>
>The pressure should, therefore, intensify from Gambians abroad to have
>their
>rights recognised and respected. I hope I have answered all your questions.
>
>Greetings.
>
>Halifa.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mr Makaveli <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:39 PM
>Subject: To Halifa Re: 10 Questions To Halifa (Sorry, there was a Q.4)
>
>
> > Here is Question #4
> >
> > 4.Mr Sallah,What is  MOST NEEDED by opposition parties such as PDOIS for
> > instance, that Gambians in the Diaspora can offer  that will in
>
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