Ousman, Joe is right. While some of the questions being raised are valid, him or none of the other leaders of this drive can give anyone answers they simply DON'T have. We're all cognizant of the huddles the Opposition face back home -especially when it comes to funding. Therefore, if we're sincere about our support for them, we ought to give what we can to help them fend off the APRC's open Money Politics. So, unless I'm missing something, I just don't see the sense in pestering the leaders of this fund drive with questions about what the fund will be used for. That's quite self-evident: The fund will go to an Opposition Coalition (even if that doesn't turn out to be ALL the opposition parties,) with our stipulations/conditionalities. We all have some ideas about what type of Constitutional/Legislative Changes The Gambia needs to prosper, and these will be presented to the Oppositioon Leaders next week, and we'll take it from there. Other than that, I just don't know what people want Joe Sambou, or Dr. Saine to assure them. Time is going, and our help is desperately needed. Should we dip in our pockets and do what we can so the Opposition can unseat Yaya thru' the ballot (and avert something more undesirable,) or should we continue to engage in irrelevant enquiries to cast aspersions on the wisdom of the whole drive? You tell me. And on the Kiang defeat, be careful here Ous. Remember, I was one of the first people to react to the results, and I was really inclined to blame the UDP -until I spoke to people on both sides of the fence. If it wasn't vote-buying that did it for APRC, I'm dying to hear what did. Fancy this: MaHawa Cham (APRC) -Secondary Four education; NEVER had a job in his life -unless if you want to call July 22nd Movt thuggery a job; no family life to speak of. (Yus Dabo will be here this week. He was MaHawa's classmate at Kiaf Primary School. You talk to him.) Fabakary Jarju (UDP)- Semi-professional; had solid employment before the APRC came on the scene; respected member of the Kiang community; responsible family man and father; has hosted hundreds of his kin when they visit the Kombos over the years; (from reports) has helped many Kiang School graduates find jobs over the years. Remember, both candidates have a similar social and ethnic background. Question: Who among these two do you truly believe Kiang people will vote for in a level-playing field? Who do they owe something? Specifically, what does anyone owe MaHawa? If it wasn't the money that Baba Jobe, Nai Ceesay and others were throwing around that corrupted those desperate people, I'm very curious to hear what did it. It's erroneous to think that the UDP was only hilighting the APRC's Human Rigths record. That's what Kebba Jobe Daddy Nying want's us to believe for obvious reasons. In reality, they discuss bread and butter issues relevant to ALL Gambians! Saul. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------