KB

I share your views on this issue. It is about time the
unbanned politicians come together and work out a
strategy with the opposition parties.

If Mr Gassama's assertion is right, then once again
the opposition has scored an own goal. The likes of
OJ, SM Dibba and Assan Musa Camara should give the
United Democratic Party its respect on this issue.
There should be no room for inferiority complex, all
of them should work relentlessly towards unseatting
Yahya Jammeh through the ballot-box.

Yes it is true that OJ and others have been in
politics for almost 20 or more years, however, credit
cannot be taken away from UDP/NRP/PDIOS for constantly
denouncing Decree 89.

As a result, any attempt by these unmuzzled
politicians to activate their political parties
without taken into account its impact on the
registered opposition parties, would be deemed to be
seen as an act of opportunism.

Now that Decree 89 is about to be repeal, lets
therefore activate the campaign for a united
opposition.

Have a wonderful day

Sanusi



 --- Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Barrow, you are right to point out to Gassama that
> he should quit dealing in
> rumors and speculation and talk about facts. The
> FACT of the matter is that
> Assan Musa Camara (formerly of GPP) confirmed that
> he spoke to Jawara
> (formerly of PPP) about the repercussions of this
> Decree 89 debacle. OJ
> stood on the same platform in London with UDP and
> GPP bigwigs and among
> other things, spoke about Yaya’s horrendous human
> rights record and the
> unconstitutionality of Decree 89. You are spot on
> when you say that there is
> more that glue the Opposition together than Decree
> 89. Matter of FACT the
> current Opposition was NOT vigorously fighting with
> the ex-politicians to
> get rid of Decree 89. So, I do NOT know where
> Gassama came from with this
> ridiculous notion that once Decree 89 is removed
> from the books (as it
> should have since 1997) the Opposition (current
> politicians and Decree 89
> politicians) will no longer have a common cause to
> rally around. In the
> first place, these politicians NEVER rallied around
> this ‘common cause’ to
> begin with.
>
> OJ will always be Yaya’s enemy whether there is
> Decree 89 or not. Darboe
> will always be Yaya’s enemy whether there is Decree
> 89 or not. What
> motivated these politicians is NOT the undemocratic
> ban represented by
> Decree 89. As you rightly pointed out, Gambians hate
> the vermin because he
> is a thief and a child murderer, among other things.
> Decree 89 was just one
> extra reason to hate him. Barrow, I am glad that you
> also read the writing
> on the wall. Yaya is finished. Only people suffering
> from acute myopia will
> have difficulties seeing the light. Gambian
> newspapers are replete with
> reports showing how desperate Yaya and his cohorts
> are. When they call for
> rallies in Banjul, Gambians do NOT attend. Yankuba
> Touray was forced to go
> to Bakau and explain to the youths why soldiers were
> used by this regime to
> drive people away from the beaches and put their
> livelihoods in jeopardy
> while at the same time they failed to offer the
> youths any credible
> alternatives. The vibrant Bakau economy that used to
> thrive from the tourism
> in the country, is now a thing of the past. Hotels
> are closing willy-nilly.
> Discredited and corrupt functionaries like Kaba Bajo
> shamelessly stand
> before people and declare allegiance to a moron like
> Yaya. These people have
> nothing going for them except lies on GRTS that some
> nonentities are
> ‘defecting’ to APRC. When they knew that they could
> NOT deliver on their
> promise to electrify 98% of the country, now I
> understand the moron has
> reneged on his word and said that he promised
> electrification of 98% of the
> Greater Banjul area. When they are caught with their
> pants down, they change
> the goalpost. Do these people appear to you as
> people that suffer from
> shame? Even the new threshold (electrification of
> 98% of the Greater Banjul
> area) did NOT happen. Yet the vermin shamelessly
> went to celebrate the
> infamous July 22. If the vermin meant well, they
> would have electrified the
> whole country since 1995. In that year alone, Yaya
> alone stole from the
> country more than US $30 million (more than enough
> to buy generators to
> electrify the whole country). The vermin have NOT
> delivered anything they
> should be proud of.
>
> Now that they know that Gambians are NOT going to
> vote for them, they want
> to split the Opposition. That way, it will be easier
> to rig the elections.
> It is vital that the Opposition come together NOW
> and fight this government
> all the way to October. All signs are that the
> leaders on the ground will
> come together when push comes to shove. Recently
> when the leaders walked out
> on Gabriel Roberts, that was yet another example of
> the leaders coming
> together to say enough is enough to these vermin.
> The leaders should go
> further and announce a single candidate for the
> presidency and have powerful
> rallies where ALL the parties (PPP, NCP, PDOIS, GPP,
> UDP and NRP) will stand
> on one platform and address the electorate. We owe
> it to the Gambian
> citizens to work together and get rid of this menace
> in our society.
> KB
>
>
>
> >From: Lameen Sisawo Barrow <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Decree 89 Politicians
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:12:23 -0500
> >
> >Joke,
> >
> >Everything  you  mentioned  here  is  based  on
> rumors  and  speculation.
> >You  are  also  wrong  for  thinking  that  Decree
> 89  brought  the
> >opposition  together.  What  brought  the
> opposition  together  is
> >recognising  a  despot  at  the  helm  of  our
> state  and  ousting  him
> >lies  in  their  collective  strength.  All  right
> thinking  Gambians
> >know  in  their  hearts  that  Jammeh  is  a
> despot  and  that  all
> >Gambians  should  put  personal  differences  and
> ideologies  behind
> >them  and  speak  with  one  voice.  That  is  the
> voice  of  sanity  in
> >the  Gambia.  That  is  why   there  is  a  united
> opposition  to  Jammeh.
> >I  hope  it  extends  to  election  times.
> >
> >Alagie  Barrow
> >
> >Nashville  TN
> >
>
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