Thanks a lot Mr. Johnson. I see where you are coimng from. As long as we
have different views, we cannot discourse.May God help us all.
You have a good day too.

Lamin Ceesay.


>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:10:20 +0000
>
>Mr. Ceesay,
>
>If i was you, I wouldn't worry whether UDP will go along with another
>opposition leader or not. The united opposition and its supporters will
>take care of that. What's at stake for Gambia and it citizens in this
>coming
>elections will force the opposition leaders to think of Gambia first then
>themselves. United opposition is a forgone conclusion. APRC supporters
>should worry about APRC and we will worry about the new alliance.
>
>Good day Mr. Ceesay
>
>MJohnson
>
>
>>From: Lamin Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:55:01 +0000
>>
>>Thanks for that fwd. Mr Johnson. It is very interesting. The Speaker
>>mentioned something that most of us never put into account or i would say
>>never brought up.
>>It is very true that all those against Presidnet jammeh have always been
>>and
>>will continue to be. What need to be understood here is that despite the
>>banned on the political leaders, the voters remained the same. They did
>>not
>>vote APRC in because the leaders wre banned. They did because of what the
>>issue are. There is a lot here at stake, but certainly not more than what
>>was there five years ago.
>>I have no doubt that having very good politicians like Sheriff Dibba on a
>>campaing trail will energise some peole, but they are mostly the same
>>people
>>following Darboe. And I can tell you taht the UDP will not allow any one
>>to
>>lead the so-to-be-call alliance opposition expect Darboe and that is where
>>the problem is going to be. And again, I know there are some here who will
>>say that is not true and that is just to cause a disarray in the
>>opposition
>>wing, but time is the best prophet.
>>
>>Lamin Ceesay.
>>
>>
>>>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>>Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 13:12:32 +0000
>>>
>>>Please play close attention to the capitalized paragraph.
>>>
>>>GPP To Be Registered After October Election
>>>
>>>Information reaching the Point Newspaper has revealed that the unbanned
>>>Gambian people's party (GPP) under the leadership of Hassan Musa Camara,
>>>will not be registered until after the parliamentary and presidential
>>>elections. This was confirmed to the Point by an official of the party
>>>after
>>>he was contacted to shed light on the party's present status yesterday
>>>morning. "GPP is not going to be registered until after the currently
>>>busy
>>>coalition process." Other sources reaching the point say the GPP
>>>leadership
>>>and its party supporters would join the opposition alliance which is
>>>about
>>>to be introduced to fight the Jammeh administration in the coming
>>>elections.
>>>However, no reason has been advanced for GPP's move in not registering
>>>their
>>>party. BUT INFORMED SOURCES INTIMATED THAT ALL THE UNBANNED POLITICAL
>>>PARTIES THE PPP, NCP, AND GPP ARE WITH THE VIEW THAT THERE IS URGENT NEED
>>>TO
>>>FORM AN OPPOSITION FRONT TO "FLUSH-OUT" THE RULING APRC PARTY(emphasis
>>>mine)
>>>
>>>In a separate development, The Point yesterday, contacted Tamsir Jallow,
>>>the
>>>majority leader in the National Assembly for his comment and he said that
>>>the APRC is not afraid of any opposition alliance " No, I don't think Pa
>>>Nderry that should be a threat. That is not a threat. The results of the
>>>last elections have given us a very comfortable majority both at the
>>>national assembly and the presidency," said the majority leader. Mr.
>>>Jallow
>>>who told The Point that the ruling APRC dominated the last elections with
>>>56
>>>percent of the votes for the President and 75 percent for the national
>>>assembly added:" Uptill now, we have not lost our members to the
>>>opposition.
>>>Infact, the opposition is losing members on daily bases. It is their
>>>members
>>>that are registering with the APRC. The APRC cannot be threatened by the
>>>opposition alliance."
>>>
>>>Tamsir Jallow, who branded the unbanned political parties as spent
>>>forces,
>>>intimated that they would disintegrate themselves before the elections.
>>>"I
>>>am optimistic that the UDP will loose their members to other parties. I
>>>don't have any fear," said the majority leader, while calling for peace
>>>and
>>>stability in the coming elections. Reacting to reports of GPP's plans of
>>>joining the opposition coalition Tamsir Jallow said, "They are already in
>>>alliance when the UDP came into being, all those who do not come to
>>>support
>>>the APRC went to the UDP.The UDP is made of NCP, GPP and PPP supporters.
>>>"
>>>Pa Nderry, tell me what the PPP had done for this country? I don't think
>>>the
>>>PDOIS would be part of any opposition alliance.They were strong critics
>>>of
>>>the PPP. The PPP see the PDOIS as revolutionary. They will be strange odd
>>>fellows. PDOIS have different ideology," Mr. Jallow told The Point. The
>>>latest political development came in the wake of a move taken by
>>>President
>>>Jammeh to lift decree 89, which banned all former politicians from
>>>participating into politics. Those who defied the ban were liable to a
>>>fine
>>>of D1million dalasis or life imprisonment.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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