Jabou,

You are SPOT ON. I hope all Gambians at home and abroad will be guided by
your perception of what I consider Political maturity. You have raised very
pertinent issues that could be very useful when it comes to electing our
leaders. Keep it up.

Best wishes, K.B Jobe.



>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Response to PDOIS's Reaction.
>Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:01:07 EST
>
>In a message dated 3/20/2001 10:36:34 AM Central Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > Fortunately Citizen FM and Radio 1 FM are informing the Gambian what
> > political parties
> > are saying in the Gambia. Gambians abroad should contact their relatives
>or
> > friends to find out what is being said by the different parties on all
> > fundamental issues.
> >
>Greetings
>Halifa
>
>Mr Sallah & all Political parties in The Gambia,
>
>For us as Gambian citizens abroad, but who are nevertheless interested in
>the
>welfare of our country, as well as having the right to be part of the
>decision process in the selection of our leadership, we hope that the
>different political parties do consider our imput and opinion important
>enough, and our recruitment as voters a necessary part of the election
>process, such that they will take the time to try to get their messages
>regarding the fundamental issues to us, rather than us having to ask our
>relatives to relay these messages.
>
>Are we really  that dispensable, and is our plight to cast absentee votes
>that unimportant that we have to forage for the political parties' stand on
>the issues? Are our political parties that incapable of utilizing the
>medium
>of modern technology to let us know what their stand on the issues are, or
>is
>it that our opinion does not matter enough to them? We certainly hope this
>is
>not the case especially because we as a nation are still hoping and praying
>for an atmosphere where one man one vote to culminate in a majority of
>votes
>is the process whereby our leadership is selected, and a party's stand on
>the
>issues is what motivates the people to vote for them.
>
>As such, we think it is in the best interest of all political parties to
>educate us on what they stand for, and what they plan to do if given the
>mandate to govern us. Again, that is unless these parties are quite certain
>that we are a group that they do not have to worry about ever, and that
>when
>they tell us they care about Gambians, and that our constitution is
>supposed
>to protect all of us, this does not include those Gambians abroad.
>
>  We have a right to know what the different political parties agenda is
>first
>hand,so that we and the rest of Gambians can decide who to vote for ( if we
>outsiders ever get to the point of finally convincing whoever is
>responsible
>to enable us  to exercise our constitutional right to cast our votes that
>is)
>
>I for one do not have enough information to affiliate myself with any
>political party, and after careful observation and  for the sake of
>simplicity in my life, I don't think that i will ever join any even after I
>gain enough information, but I do know what my concerns regarding the
>issues
>of the day are as  a Gambian, and having first hand knowledge of where the
>different parties stand will enable all Gambians who care to vote to make
>the
>right choice.
>
>Jabou Joh
>
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