Lamin, Your posting is most relevant. You wrote: "Folks, I don't want to get into this constitutional debate but I want to make one thing clear- most Gambians, may be with the exception of Mr. Halifa Sallah, did not know (anything) nothing about the constitution before the referendum. "The Draft Constitution was redrafted and made public on the eve of the referendum. Even the Administrative Area Returning Officers (including myself) of the electoral commission did not know what the people were voting about. Halifa probably knows the difference between these two draft constitutions and I will be pleased if he can tell us which one includes the wishes of The Gambian people." I am glad that you have posed this question for me to answer. It has given me a great opportunity to clarify matters all the more. One thing that I find very interesting, however, is that it seems that during this period that you are referring to all Gambians had become like Rip Van Winkle who went to sleep for twenty years only to wake up and find himself in a new reality that was not his making. The impression you give is that only Halifa Sallah was awake and I thank you for such an honour. I was certainly not asleep and I am sure that my colleagues and many other Gambians were not also asleep. Tomorrow I will give you a very clear and convincing reply. If I fail to do so, then you have every right to write back to condemn me for failing to honour my promise. Greetings. Halifa Sallah. -----Original Message----- From: Lamin Manneh PF <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, January 21, 2000 01:29 Subject: Re: The Absmal State Of The Gambia: The PDOIS Connection >Folks, i don't want to get into this constitutional debate but i want to >make one thing clear- most Gambians, may be with the exception of Mr. Halifa >Sallah, did not know nothing about the constitution before the referendum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------