Demba

Not sure about our argument!

Either I did not make my points clear and/or you missed them completely

Regards!

Burama


On Mar 27, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> That is a good point Burama. The objective should be having a system and an process that will yield a fair result. Democracies work but they are messy... There is never a result that appeals to both sides... That is why in any group or system we find ourselves we must advocate for fair representation...
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> As much as I support the political process and working with opposition parties in Gambia, I see flaws in the structures and leadership of the opposition.. Some of the very opposition we aspire to work with are one man shows or few people shows. As much as we desire to work with the structures already established, we cannot exclusively rely on that option.. 
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> If they are not willing or able to organize themselves we must strive forward to organize around them... Having a name of a political party or formal structure in place does not make them any more legitimate than the rest of us..
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> I am always concern about the perception of them vs us... That's why we need to strive to work together until we determine that we can no longer get ahead with what we have...
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> Keep them coming..
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> Demba
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> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We shouldn't have to deal with this question if we identify the problems and purposes of the struggle as should. 
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> We should all have an ample role without doubting others motive. Or looking for role and/or significance. There is a lot of work to be done. Should got it right we will be looking for people to come work rather than fuming about my exclusion or supposed exclusion.
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> The fight should be about instituting a functioning democratic system. That is not against anyone. It includes all of us and creates a level playing field that all aspiring candidates can seek any office including presidency from free citizens. Our roles here complement one and another. No one will supplemented.
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> We ran into problems to defining our roles (them and us) because the premise of our strategy is to propel someone into office who will then do the required work. That may or may not be true but hardly we can find any formula that we can all agree to. We all prefer someone to another. People tried to be academic with this but their is no get around it - your preference is likely not that of mine.
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> It has made us suspicious of ones' motives both home and abroad - yet we continue to claim is the best option. In fact some seem to resign to the fact is the only viable political option.
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> The political parties has a role but let's not work on their quest for the presidency. Let that be left to them and  how they want to do that. For the struggle lets call every willing for the creation of level playing field - how is that not fair to anyone?
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> This I see as way forward. Anything else will crumble at some point before attainment of desired goals.
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> The beginning of the end of CORDEG is up in the air. How long - I don't know!
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> Burama
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