Mr. Mrdgny,

I see that you and Amat Gaye have  provided some answers to the question I
asked after reading the editorial.

Contrary to the view from some of the contributors, my attempt was not to
question the viability of the coalition effort, but to raise some of the
questions that they-coalition partners must be  or perhaps are already
confronted with.

The fundamental questions that will eventually be dealt with by the
coalition should be -Who is going to lead the coalition? Is the leadership
going to come from the leadership of the political parties, or are they
going to look for leadership outside of their political parties?

My question is not to compare a potential coalition leader to Jammeh, but
who among them demonstrates electability, and will help build the democracy
that the coalition is advocating.

Obviously, there is also the unspoken truth of finding a leader that will
not betray the principles of the Alliance. This is nothing more than a trial
balloon in the search for the ideal coalition leaders.


Best Regards,


Ablie Njie-Lekbi

Atlanta



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>Subject: Re: [>-<] An Opinion  against a coalition- culled from the daily
>observer-LEKBI
>Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:53:58 EDT
>
>How about you brother? A sister sigga, soffie or Kura? Just that, we'll not
>only, keep your feet to fire, but also, be breathing next to your jugular,
>to
>produce. A brother Halifa, Ousainou, Waa, OJ, Hamat, backed by a strong
>focused
>intelligentsia of dedicated Gambians, will do the job. We have to give
>these
>guys, the highest salutation, for their discipline and dedication at trying
>to
>find a common ground at building an alternative through studying all that
>went wrong with the coalitions in Senegal, Ghana and Kenya, etc.; by
>modeling the
>alternative to fit Gambia's situation and predicament.  There's no easy way
>out of salvaging Gambia from Yahya's 'Fitna,'  Only way is: Agitate,
>Educate
>and Organize. In the final stage of the consultative process and when all
>the
>T's are crossed and i's dotted, the last thing on their mind would be, who
>would
>lead? At that stage, all five of them would be so fired up, that they'll
>call
>themselves: Agitators, educators, organizers, activist, mobilizers,
>facilitators, etc.
>Best thing to do is to send them your questions and feedback's. Believe me,
>they'll address your concerns at their regular meetings

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