Mr. Sallah, I know you have a lot on your plate at the moment and probably lost my message in the shuffle. Please reconsider the following I sent over a week ago: <<I apologize for the distraction this may cause on the on going discourse.Can you please help clarify the following paragraph from your reply to Hamjatta: "It is important for you to know that at each given stage there can be a legal and illegal opposition. LEGALITY AND ILLEGALITY ARE DEFINED BY THOSE WHO CONTROL STATE POWER IN HAVING THE CAPACITY TO ARREST, DETAIN AND TRY THOSE THEY ACCUSE OF CARRYING OUT ACTS TO REMOVE THEM FROM POWER. (My emphasis). The tactics of a legal opposition and that of an illegal opposition cannot possibly be the same." I could not deduce what your insinuation is with regards to the legality of the opposition when you made this pronouncement. Are you implying that as it is right now, Yaya Jammeh, being the one “who control State power in having the capacity to arrest, detain and try those they accuse of carrying out acts to remove them from power” can declare PDOIS an illegal opposition when he sees fit? What happens to the constitution at this stage? Is this how things are supposed to be in a true democracy? How would Yaya feel about such a statement from you? I apologize if these enquiries sound trivial to you. I await your response. >> Enjoy your day. Abdoulie A. Jallow Toll-free number: 1-888-392-4832(Excite2) Personal extension for v/mail/fax: 291-368-1519 _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------