Musa, You have made a very good observation here. For a party that purportedly commands such huge following, it is mind boggling to imagine how on earth they are still not online answering and addressing issues of concern to Gambians. And to think that a relatively smaller party like PDOIS can be online and be answering questions [even though they are at best evasive and conceited about their role vis-a-vis the current situation] tells you something fundamental of the UDP; that they are a ragtag fraternity of interests which I find diametrically opposed to the society I so much desire of the Gambia. Not having [a] PC/s is no credible excuse for an organisation that lays claim to such huge following of some 30% of the Gambian electorate whilst a party like the PDOIS which only managed under 10% of the votes casted in the last presidential elections can constantly be online to engage their critics abroad and at home. It only exposes their passivity in current political discourse and lack of serious and dedicated leadership with new and bright ideas for the new millennium. To peddle online here as Karamba did, that the UDP is a fund starved party that is why they are not online, is very bogus. How can such a fund starved political party have/afford such a state of the art official website but couldn't afford a PC reserved wholly for administrative and communications purposes? This equation simply doesn't simply add up. It would do them a dose of health to come online and answer their critics like me. There is a sense in which, once you start to chafe at the heart of what is the UDP, you will manage to come up with only vagueness of intent, bereftness of cementing ideas to glue the hollowness at the very heart of what the UDP stands up for and strong lack of adhesiveness in the leadership which is but a hurriedly patched up fraternity of strange bed fellows. As for Darbo, what can I say....? For someone who only takes up his role of leader of the biggest political opposition party in the National Assembly during weekend rallies after billing hours at his private law practice tells you what is wrong with these people. Calling some few hours castigation jamboree of Jammeh and his cohorts as signs of one's dedication to the People, is like calling Hamjatta Kanteh the head of the official opposition in the Gambia just because he is always on G-L giving his shout out. Darbo's part-time role as leader of the UDP is just a scratch on the surface of what is wrong these people. They don't even bother telling Gambians what their alternative programmes are to Jammeh's or the PDOIS. All they do is arrange weekend castigation jamborees of Jammeh. And of course the venerable Darbo will reserve a few hours to address the rallies with new scandals about Jammeh. It is about time Darbo invest his own time and wealth into the administrative wealth of his party; that is take up his role of the biggest opposition party in the National Assembly FULL TIME. Or else they should just start sending Ads to local papers advertising for available and qualified individuals to take up the role FULL TIME. My fundamental problems with the conceited and sanctimonious nature of the PDOIS leadership will never lead me to the fold of a ragtag fraternity like the UDP. Much as my naked differences with the PDOIS keep widening, I have to say that they given up so much personally to sell their ideas which at any rate bespoke of their dedication. Anything else is left to everyone's interpretation of whether their behaviour of recent memory have become lacklustrely laid-back and complacent dedication as opposed to their passionate, objective and fearless handling of issues during the Jawara experience. The situation in the Gambia leaves much to be desired. With politicians like these, God help the Gambia. Hamjatta Kanteh hkanteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------