Lasana, thanks for your response. History is for those who were not
witnesses. I am a witness and, therefore, do not need history to tell me
what I and a whole host of Gambians witnessed. Folks on this planet live in
different places, but recognize the sun whenever they see it. Yes, Jammeh
needs the Buba Baldeh's, but to use them to talk about the PPP record. In
that case it is an advantage for him. However, to the opposition, the PPP
record is a dead weight in my opinion. This in no way precludes the Gambian
people from having the PPP as part of the tactical alliance and I agree with
you. In order to rectify our mistakes in the last election, we have to be
realistic if we want to make progress. I am not just going to ride along
and not critically evaluate our situation. My coments may not be popular to
some in the opposition camp but that is a risk I'm willing to take. Having
said that, I hope we hear from the parties, soon. Thanks for the fruitful
exchange.
Chi Jaama
Joe Sambou
>From: Lasana Jorbateh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: UDP Complaints
>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:04:38 EST
>
>Joe
>The famous anti PPP remarks which anti-PPP elements find so so convinient
>to
>say at any given opportunity like, " 30 years of do nothing" does not
>intrest
>me at all. I will rather leave that to historians who will not be carried
>by
>their political feelings and hide the facts. If I attempt to list the
>numerous institutions established by the PPP regeme and the giant
>structures
>that housed them which holds the Gambian ecconomy today, we may be going
>out
>of the subject.
>
>I also want to make it clear that I cannot speak for the UDP/PPP/GPP
>coalition. All I am trying to do is to speak my mind as a Gambian. Now
>coming
>back to the subject from what I read or hear about the coalition, they have
>always been intrested in acoalition of all opposition parties from day one
>and they still maintain that stance. All opposition parties have a very
>important roll to play if they are to succeed in removing the APRC regeme
>democratically. The strategy Jammeh is playing is to put opposition parties
>against each other or to bring any one of them he can get on his side.
>Therfore we cannot offord to leave out any of the opposition parties out of
>the coalition. If we do, it will only work in Jammeh's advantage.
>
>Yes Jammeh always CASTIGATE the PPP but does not hesitate to accomondate
>them
>among his ranks when the oppotunity arises. That shows that even APRC
>connot
>do without them!
>
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