Kebba Foon, you and Joe Sambou should be the last
persons to call on the UDP/NRP parties for anything.
This is so because you manifested your anti Darboe
here in this very forum.
I doubt if any serious person will listen to you.

Saihou 

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> 
> 
> Joe,
> 
> Thanks, you speak for me. UDP should come back to
> NADD for the interest and wishes of Gambians.  I
> also urge NADD to continue to leave the door open.
> Ousianou Daboe Gambia is bigger than you, you will
> be responsible come October, Jammeh return to
> statehouse.
> 
> Kebba Foon
> 
> > 
> > From: "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2006/05/17 Wed PM 02:54:35 EDT
> > To: [log in to unmask], 
> [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [>-<] BREAKING NEWS:APRC'S JUNG
> CONTEH WINS KOMBO EAST BY ELECTIONS-THE
> >  OPPOSITION SHOCKED!!!
> > 
> > [ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering
> by "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]> ]
> > 
> > 
> > Well, now that the dust has settled, I hope
> Gambians can decide whether they 
> > want a united opposition, or to be blinded by
> greed.  This election was not 
> > won by the APRC, but rather, it was Greed that
> handed it to the APRC in a 
> > silver platter, which none here can say they did
> not see coming.  Up to, 
> > Saturday, we have seen the UDP supporters swear to
> the heavens that this is 
> > a take home for them, and were even cajoling of
> making preparations for a 
> > victory round.  Reminiscent of the 2001 elections
> when they calculated 
> > wrong, and it is deja vous all over again.  They
> indeed calculated wrong 
> > again.  Why is it that this group can never see or
> participate in anything 
> > that involves the collective?  NADD (collective)
> was and is still the hope 
> > of Gambians to liberate themselves.  None here can
> contest that the strength 
> > in NADD as a collective was equaled to any two or
> three parties and NADD has 
> > won more elections in their young life over the
> APRC, and would have won 
> > this election too.  By NADD, we are not talking
> about a personality but a 
> > collective.  It was the collective that was going
> to win not the UDP, NDAM, 
> > PPP, NRP, or PDOIS, just like when Kemeseng,
> Halifa, and Sidia won, not once 
> > but twice.  But, since this group is convinced
> that they are the center of 
> > the universe for Gambia, they can never see a
> group victory but an 
> > individual victory.
> > 
> > If the UDP is so strong in every part of the
> country, why did they not win?  
> > Let's look at the breakdown, shall we.
> > 
> > APRC 3365 votes; UDP 2814 of the votes, and NADD
> 1109 votes (these numbers 
> > may have been revised since, but it still remains
> that the APRC candidate 
> > won).  What happened with this picture?  For sure,
> the people voted their 
> > wishes, no matter how we slice it.  That is the
> painful nature of democracy 
> > and we cannot criticize them for voting the way
> they did, for that would 
> > equal to a revocation of their constitutional
> right.  Yes, I would have 
> > loved for them to not vote for the APRC, but I
> have to accept their wishes, 
> > and they will live with their choice, good or bad.
>  We also know that this 
> > was an APRC stronghold and the reason why they
> scored high.
> > 
> > Fact, the combined votes for UDP and NADD would
> have defeated the APRC 
> > candidate, if UDP was still part of NADD, please
> read me well.
> > 
> > For those that say NADD was a spoiler, the
> reasoning is very flawed for the 
> > UDP created a need for a three way race (by
> separating from NADD), thus, you 
> > cannot after your loss say if only we had the NADD
> votes.  By extension, you 
> > could also say if only we took a fraction or all
> of the votes from the APRC 
> > if their candidate was weaker, etc.  If NADD was
> not in this contest, you 
> > cannot also surmise that, therefore, the 1109 NADD
> votes would by default 
> > have all gone to the the UDP?  It would be a wild
> leap indeed.
> > 
> > If the UDP candidate ran and won under a NADD
> banner, the UDP would also be 
> > a winner.  Then, why is it that the UDP has a need
> for their name to be 
> > prominent in Gambian politics, even if it means
> that they loose in the 
> > process?  If the plight of Gambians comes first,
> why do they have an ulcer 
> > to run under any other name, like NDAM, PPP, or
> PRDOIS?  Gambians asked all 
> > the opposition to COME TOGETHER, not come and help
> UDP, for UDP is not 
> > synonymous to Gambian Opposition?  If UDP could
> win on their own, why would 
> > Gambians ask them to come together with others to
> win?
> > 
> > This bi-election was not a referendum on NADD,
> which the UDP supporters seem 
> > to jubilate about with their second seeding.  You
> get nothing for coming 
> > second.  For, if this were in the heart of Banjul,
> Sere Kunda, or other NADD 
> > strongholds, then what, does that mean a
> referendum on the UDP?  Just like 
> > any election in a country, parties, including the
> ruling party, have 
> > strengths and weaknesses in their support,
> depending on geography.  The UDP 
> > some how have convinced themselves that they are
> strong every where, but 
> > they can never have the votes to support that
> contention.  Every time they 
> > managed to pull the opportunists to join them and
> that is all they need, in 
> > their mind.  In this whole uproar, one would even
> forget that the NRP joined 
> > the UDP.  That is how it is arranged to work just
> like they did with the PPP 
> > in 2001.  You cannot be a partner, but a helper,
> for you are working for 
> > them and they will give you what ever trinket that
> they promised you.  
> > Today's Gambian doe not and will never need that. 
> As a matter of fact, that 
> > is the exact problem we are trying to get rid off.
> > 
> > Now, the UDP is instead of taking a pause and
> reading the tea leaves right, 
> > are beating their war drum of a solo flight with
> surrogates to give them 
> > wind.  They did that in 2001 and it did not work
> for Gambians, and are hell 
> > bent of doing the same, in 2006.  I am not here to
> convince any of the 
> > reality that Gambians wanted and still want a
> Unitedd opposition, but it 
> > behooves the UDP to remember that they are part of
> a collective and the 
> > collective is what is going to liberate Gambia. 
> Just like in 2001, they'd 
> > rather put Gambians through another 5 years of
> Yaya, than come together and 
> > honor the aspirations of Gambians.  In 2001, they
> also gave the APRC their 
> > current overwhelming majority in the Assembly,
> why, because APRC was going 
> > to steal the elections.  What has changed since
> then that they now contest 
> > NA elections?  They congratulated Yaya for winning
> in 2001, only to turn and 
> > claim that the elections were stolen.  Gambians
> would later hear what was 
> > the real reason for not participating in the 2001
> NA elections, and it had 
> > nothing to do with election manipulation.
> > 
> > One can howl and puff all they want, but Gambians
> want a new Gambia and call 
> > for a continuation of what they started - a united
> opposition they came to 
> > know as NADD.  It is in deed laughable for some to
> call the reminder in 
> > NADD, to go join the UDP, because the UDP has a
> fetish for winner take all 
> > mentality, even while they continue to loose. 
> All, because they do not want 
> > to be part of the collective, but to be the
> collective.  They are too 
> > special for Gambians.  It is also very clear that
> what the UDP supporters 
> > supported was not NADD (collective), but the UDP
> (a 
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