Joe & Malamin,
You mentioned about assisting the opposition financially in the coming
parliamentary elections, but it is very difficult to assist a divided opposition
against Jammeh`s mechanism. Let me give you an example, Jammeh can authorize any
department to write and ask for donations in the name of WE the Gambian people,
and it will be certified by the Ministry of External affairs, and then sent to
different Gambia Embassies throughout the whole world. If these Embassies
receive these donations, he can use them, for his financing of elections
campaigns throughout the country. You should remember that this is no money from
any AFPRC supporter, but instead money in the name of all Gambians. Nobody will
ever trace, that Jammeh has taken government money, neither will we ever know
where Jammeh`s money came from. These are the kinds of money Jammeh can tell us,
that it came from ALLAH. Because he knows we will just accuse him without
evidence. He learnt a lot from the people he was hiring and firing. I would
suggest, if we can get the opposition to unite under one umbrella, we can form
an organization and give it a name,and also try to get donations from
organizations and companies in the name of our organization, throughout the
whole world. But I am afraid, we are running out of time, because the opposition
is not united, and the time for the elections is very near. If we want to ask
for contributions from individuals, with this divided opposition, the same thing
that happened in the presidential elections will happen again. You will see each
contributor claiming his / her contribution  to be donated to party X / Y / Z.
If the opposition cannot come under one umbrella, i am afraid it would be very
difficult for us to achieve our goals, and Yaya will always be the winner.
Elhajj.

Joe Sambou skrev:

> Jaw, thanks for your response and you raised valid questions that both us
> and the parties need to address.  Learning from our experience in our recent
> past, we need to do things differently this time around.  The earlier we get
> a meeting of the minds between the opposition parties and between the
> parties and members on the list, the better for a smooth execution of our
> understanding.  We need all the good ideas out there and a lot of input and
> cooperation from all.
>
> Chi jaama
>
> Joe Sambou
>
> >From: Y C Jow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Parliamentary Elections
> >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:17:06 EST
> >
> >Hi Joe:
> >I think raising funds for the Opposition is a great start.  But based on
> >our
> >experiences in the past, I think some issues need to be either ironed out
> >or
> >considered first:
> >
> >1.  What is the feasibility of getting a United opposition in place, and
> >how
> >do we expand Malamin Johnson's petition to get the importance of such an
> >agreement through to the respective parties?
> >
> >2. Do we just raise money for the Opposition, or do we expect something in
> >return for our efforts.  Specifically, input into their respective
> >strategies, or perhaps an explanation of how the money we raised is used by
> >the parties in question.
> >
> >3.  How do we open Official lines of communication with each party?  Up to
> >this point, most political parties with the exception of PDOIS and maybe
> >the
> >UDP have barely acknowledged the efforts made from this end.
> >
> >I guess there are more questions out there that others might have.   We do
> >have to be a bit more proactive about the way we spend our money this time
> >around.
> >
> >Cheers
> >
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