Sister Jabou,I am not aware that anyone is claiming that I do not belong to NADD. This coalition was never intended to be a permanent structure. It is unfortunate that while we are asking for self-crticism, most folks sofar,  are merely indulging in the blame game. Political institutions and programmes are designed to obtain set goals, where they failed in that task their effectiveness should be questioned. For God's sake nobody is criticising NADD for the benefit of any other political formation in The Gambia.Now the truth you are all talking about is common knowledge. Some of us have previously commented on those isuues. But this time around, we are talking about NADD and the fact that it has failed to obtain its set goals. Sister Jabou, do you folks want to maintain that NADD as a political organization is perfect and it's leaders as persons are perfect? Of course none of you would dear say that!Furthermore, "fresh blood" in political parlance has nothing to do with age or generation.  In  our context here, it simply refers to those  who have not been involved in the debacle which reduced  the  Grand Coalition into two.  For us Yaya Jammeh and his followers are bad examples. We should not follow our leaders because they are the ones at the helm of things. We should follow them because they are making good of their pledges.finally, Exuberance comes from my note book as a youth/student activist. It depicts what the vanguard exudes when it goes into action after having been galvanized.With respect, Omar Joof.> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 09:08:21 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: SV: CALL for THE RESIGNATION of ALL Opposition leaders> To: [log in to unmask]> >  -----Original Message----->   From: [log in to unmask]>  >  "Besides, in a more painfully and accurate scenario, our Titanic has already > > hit the iceberg and is rapidly taking on water below decks. Some passengers and > > crew have not yet been informed, while others simply refuse to believe that the > > glorious ship is sinking. Both ignorance and denial, however, will be swept away > > sooner than later, and a time of scrambling for the lifeboats will follow. The > > majority of passengers will not be pleased when they find out that there are no > > lifeboats for them, only for the privileged few in First Class HONESTY DEAK." Edi,>  >  Bulls eye! This is the crux of the matter. Couple this with the fact that we have an outlaw government at the helm and waking up becomes a matter of do or die and those who refuse to compromise for the good of all become the worse enemy of the people and it becomes more and more evident for them to see. This is actually the problem and nothing else.>  E.g, I do not for one moment believe that the leaders of the UDP and NRP parties singlehandedly arrived at their decisions not to unite with NADD when the invitation was extended , nor did they make singlehanded decisions to put up national assembly candidates in areas where NADD had candidiates thereby underming the very opposition they are a part of. Or let us assume they did, and in that case, where were these so-called sober minds and fresh blood that will take the place of the old guard for a fresh start and why did they not prevail upon their party leaders to see the light? >  >  So what fresh blood are we talking about? We all saw the so-called new generation spitting more venum out here than those on the ground. I think the suggestion to resign should be directed at specific opposition leaders, namely those who refused to be part of a unified front if it is being done in sincererity and is not just another cheap tactic hollow hypocritical venture.>  >  I also think that dissolving NADD, an idea that has managed to bring at least some opposition parties together is not something to advicate, but rather, we should try to keep that union intact and attempt to bring others into it so we do not have to re-invent the wheel all over again. Lord knows it was hard enough to do in the first place. >  The Gambian people had high hopes in NADD and if it stayed intack and those who subscribed to the idea had given it their support and appealed to their followers to do likewise, it would have given Gambians the courage to ignore the threats of the regime and turn out in large numbers to vote for the opposition knowing their very survival depended on them winning. Instead, the people were betrayed and so they stay home suffering in fear while people debate about everything else except telling it like it is, and so we just engage in another session of shooting hot air to no avail.>  Unless we dare to speak the truth, we will forever be caught in this quagmire, circling the truth and hoping to fool each other while only fooling ourselves.>  In the meantime, Mad hatter Jammeh and his group are quite united because they know that their very survival depends on that. Even though his supporters know the guy has lost his mind, he is their fool and so long as he is there, they get to keep whatever they are guarding.>  >  Jabou Joh>  >  >  >  To: [log in to unmask]>  Sent: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 6:19 AM>  Subject: Re: SV: CALL for THE RESIGNATION of ALL Opposition leaders>  >   Hey everyone, >    >   Overthrowing the old order requires a new order in its place right, and that > takes discipline rather than exuberance. Individual power controlled chaos may > be a contradiction in terms, but its part of the challenge we will be dealing > with in-order to succeed, and from that successful result, way forward can be > achieved. However, the more we surrender to the challenges on the unification of > the people and therefore, their political awareness, the more we are failing to > achieve our goals. Humbly, I think, UDP and NAD should try to resolve their > differences by the mediation of strategic and well knowledgeable individuals for > a stepping stone. I am of the feeling that both Darbo and Halifa sallah by now, > knew the fact that, without unity there will be no prosperity for either of them > to achieve their individual goals the prove of which is during the past > elections when together they could have more seats than the division. If they > both look back from the time they were>  together and achieved victorious in the by-election, they will not fail to > admit the power of unity.>    >   I am of this believed that, there will be no future for a new political party > in the Gambia without the reunification of these old players, because their > meaning is not just external in the obvious influences but more internally,  > then again, Revolutionary coups will again attempt to overthrow faltering old > guards on many levels and in numerous ways, but cannot refute their resistance. > Therefore the way forward is uniting the old guards and convince them to > consider the fact that, the power belong to the people and they will deliver > those powers if they feel secured. >    >   For-example; As we can see, part of the reason why people do not vote is lack > of security, if the opposition is divided who will the people trust to for their > right? If they are united, people might not sell their votes or stay from voting > but to vote massively for them. Besides, how many people were arrested during > the past election and what have the opposition did to help, and why can’t they? > The answer is simple, disunity>    >   Besides, in a more painfully and accurate scenario, our Titanic has already > hit the iceberg and is rapidly taking on water below decks. Some passengers and > crew have not yet been informed, while others simply refuse to believe that the > glorious ship is sinking. Both ignorance and denial, however, will be swept away > sooner than later, and a time of scrambling for the lifeboats will follow. The > majority of passengers will not be pleased when they find out that there are no > lifeboats for them, only for the privileged few in First Class HONESTY DEAK. >    >   Paradoxically, the coming decade is also the best opportunity the opposition > will get to begin cleaning up the mess they've made. The last 40 years have been > like a drunken party that turned into a bar-room brawl. The coming years will be > the morning after, the hangover to end all hangovers, and the shock of sobering > up.>    >   Time will seem to accelerate dramatically. Crises of survival will arise that > require us to get on with the building of a one-Gambian, and do it right now, > immediately without class struggling or tribal sentiment. The challenges will be > pragmatic, not philosophical. We'll know what needs to be done. The question is > whether we can collectively handle the will and the strength to accomplish the > necessary tasks. >    >   Edi>    > > > >         > --------------------------------->  New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at > the Yahoo! Mail Championships. 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