In a message dated 1/25/03 4:20:58 PM Central Standard Time,
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> Please note that in 1991 Sherriff Dibba did try to
> form an alliance with the PPP regime but this was
> rejected by DK Jawara and the PPP NEC on THE
> PRECONDITION that he resigns from NCP  In fact, it was
> for these reasons that he parted company with Solo
> Darbo, who went to finance the defunct PDP-People's
> Democratic Party  which was led by the likes of Dr
> Lamin Bojang, Jabel Sallah, Edirissa Manneh and AK
> Touary.

Sanusi,

Thank you for the correction.  Dibba's pattern of forging  or attempting to
forge whatever alliance is necessary to give him a position of power holds
true whether he did form an alliance with the PPP or not, and if that attempt
had been successful, he would have been part of the same PPP he is accusing
today. As far as I am concerned, there is no  difference between any of them.

In the history of our country, except for a very select few who are never
given the chance, there does not seem to be much difference between one
political party and politicians and the next. There are just slight
variations of a collection of  power hungry and glory seeking lots, so it is
hard sometimes to distinguish one political party from the next, whether in
power or out.

The sad truth is that from the first Republic to the present, our political
scene seems to be populated by the  same characters, and the pattern seems to
repeat itself  with no end in sight.

Jabou Joh

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