Mr. Conteh, You wrote: "The Gambia does not export any major product, and its groundnut trade has been seriously damaged by the efficient administration of the military junta. As we speak, the illegal government of the day owes numerous Gambian farmers over D3 million. The irony of the whole thing is that The Gambian dictator is donating tractors to rural farmers without giving them resources to plough their crops with". This is good information that is very relevant in an election campagne. The declining Dalasi affects everybody especially those who are unemployed and the very poor of our society. Unfortunately, the UDP campagne was dominated, for the most part, by issues like where did President Jammeh get the tractors, where did he get the money to send people to Mecca, the crude oil saga, accusing the government of misplaced priorities, calling these projects irrelevant and continuously harping on the April 10 and 11 issues. Mind you, I am not saying they should be issues. It is just that He who complains always gets little sympathy. Now that you have given us this analysis, the challenge for all is to figure out how things can be done differently to address this problem. Whatever strategy or change of policy that anybody feels will be useful to the ordinary people could be proposed to the UDP directly if one feels that the APRC or its supporters may steal these ideas. Bye 4Now, KB Jobe. ========================================================== "There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve" (MIKE LEAVITT) =========================================================== _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------