Bambalaye, Halifa never fails to take a dig at those in the diaspora. This
is nothing new so in this election cycle, we will let them have it their
way and prove us wrong. I'm tired of this egomaniac and his supporters
just talking down on anyone who dare question them. So I say, good luck to
Mr. Sallah, NRP and all those on the ground trying to dislodge Jammeh.
Somehow, we've all lost the goal, which is to dislodge Jammeh at all cost.
Instead, we have characters with inflated sense of self importance
dominating the Gambian political discourse; giving a free ride to the
monster (Jammeh) who should have been the focus in 2011 We've all dropped
the ball somehow by once again mortgaging the liberty of Gambians to people
like Halifa, Hamat and co. After NADD failed, we all said it was a good
lesson moving forward but it seems like we didn't really learn. We've once
again entrusted the future of Gambians to the same people that were behind
the failure of NADD. I hope this time around we've learned a good lesson.
Moving forward, I personally won't be politically involve in anything that
involves supporting Halifa Sallah, Ousainou Darboe and Hamat Bah as party
leaders.
Thanks,
Paco
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Laye Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> http://maafanta.com/HaliphaSallahOnHaliphaTheStateOfTheOpposition.html
>
>
> Foroyaa: Some people are saying that PDOIS has handed over the United
> Front to the NRP. What is your reaction?
>
> Halifa: The Convention has rules and they are stated in black and
> white. No party candidate or Independent Candidate
> is excluded. If people who consider themselves competent refuse to
> assume their national responsibility then they
> should not caricature the so-called lesser endowed persons who stand
> up to be counted. The people who are failing
> Gambian society are those Gambians in the Diaspora who spend their
> days and nights to attack those who are making
> the supreme sacrifice to combat impunity at home.
> They do not come home to establish political parties to uproot the
> regime but do not reward the little others are doing
> even if it is not enough. It is very clear that the outcome of the
> convention cannot be predicted. Those who make their
> predictions are just speculating. The rules of engagement at the
> convention are as follows:
>
> 1.1 The United Front shall hold a convention on a day and time
> unanimously agreed by all member parties on the basis
> of 10 delegates per region per party or on any other basis of
> selecting 70 delegates that is acceptable to a party under
> its constitution.
>
> 1.2 An organising committee comprising a representative from each
> party shall be appointed by the executive or central
> committees of the member parties to be responsible for putting the
> logistics in place to hold the convention.
>
> 1.3 Each party that wishes to put up a candidate or any Independent
> person who wishes to be a candidate for selection
> by the Convention shall send a letter to the organising committee and
> copy it to all member parties, no later than a day
> before the holding of the convention.
>
> 1.4 A public announcement shall be made of the date and venue of the
> convention.
>
> 1.5 Each Independent Candidate is entitled to two delegates, one to
> propose his or her nomination and the other to
> second the motion.
>
> 1.6 Each party candidate shall be nominated by the party and the
> nomination shall be seconded by another party
> member who is a delegate.
>
> 1.7 Each delegate shall have one vote and shall be entitled to cast
> that vote in secret. Each candidate shall be entitled
> to address the delegates on the merits of his or her candidature.
>
> 1.8 No person shall be selected as a presidential candidate on the
> first ballot unless he or she has more than fifty
> percent of the votes validly cast at the convention.
>
> 1.9 Should no person have fifty percent of the votes cast in the
> first round, the two persons who have the highest and
> second highest number of votes shall participate in the second round.
>
> 1.9.1 In the second round of voting the person with the highest number
> of votes would be the presidential candidate.
>
> 1.9.2 Upon selection of the Presidential Candidate a committee comprising
> the
> representatives of the executives of each member party and the
> Presidential candidate shall engage in consultation to
> select a running mate. The running mate shall be selected by consensus
> giving due regard to the value he or she could
> add to the ticket to enhance a successful outcome.
>
> 1.9.3 Upon winning an election under the United Front, the President
> and Vice President shall serve one five year term
> and at the end of the five years, shall neither seek a second mandate
> nor show preference for any presidential
> candidate in the next following Presidential election.
>
> 1.9.4 Constitutional amendments shall be promulgated to ensure that
> all subsequent presidents shall serve no more
> than two terms as President of the Republic of The Gambia .
>
>
> ========================================================================================================================
>
> --
> -Laye
> ==============================
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> With it thou might thy self spoil."
> --The R.M
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