Musa, This is a very interesting point to raise. I made some commentary earlier on in this debate, and was vehemently attacked, and told in no uncertain terms that this debate was about the 1997 constitution, and the position that Halifa took regarding the death of Koro Ceesay.That it was about taking our politicians to task. It is interesting to see it unfold as it has isn't it? i am still to be convinced that I was far from the beaten path in my earlier observations. Jabou Joh In a message dated 2/19/00 4:11:02 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Hamjatta: I always enjoy reading your postings, especially your debate with Halifa. It is also very apparant that initially you had issues and questions for Halifa: the role Halifa played in Koro's mysterious death, entrenched clause in the Constitution, and Halifa's tendency to enjoy a closer tango dance with Jammeh than Jawara. These are all relevant issues and all of you have debated them well, but on this last piece you are sounding like someone trying to find a tune for the next round of debate, and I am beginning to loose you on the direction you are heading. As a follower of the debate, I never thought of it as a horse race, or a win loose situation, but rather having questions and issues to be raised and expect answeres to those questions. "Again it struck me odd that you who passionately exposed the shortcomings of the 1970 Constitution and the Jawara era, would resort to only low risk rhetorical questions as your critique of such a fundamentally flawed constitution. Perhaps you would explain why you resorted to such low risk critique," From the above quotations, which you have raised before and answeres were given, you resorted to characterized it as "low risk critique", which rhetorically does not mean anything. I have finally come to the conclusion that Halifa and PDOIS, unlike me , who easily jumped into the banwagon of change only to later realized that I was on the wrong wagon heading in the wrong direction; are driven by principles and political beliefs.We can disagree with them on their politcal beliefs and idealogy, but it is evident that they have always been very consistent. I honestly cannot see Halifa and PDOIS in the business of either liking Jammeh, disliking Jawara or having an ulterior motive that have not surfaced. After following this debate for the last two months, I have come to grasp how important it is to be driven by sets of Principles and beliefs, and those are scarce commoddities in all aspects of our Gambian lives Musa Jeng Hamjatta Kanteh wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------