Pah: I read with interest your posted message on Hon. Almamy Touray's expulsion from UDP. You indicated that one of the reasons was that Hon. Touray did not follow party rules of conduct and also was silent during the passage of the last controversial bill in the legislature. You further stated that he was working with the enemy forces against the interest of UDP. I am really concern about the subjective interpretation by the UDP leadership in this situation. Hon. Touray was elected to represent the people of Niani. His duty as a member of the legislature is to interpret legislative issues objectively and if he fails to do sure, he has breached a contract with his constituency. I am further concern that with the present state of affairs in our country, the opposition should be engaging in building a family tree rather than cutting it down. I do not condone Hon. Touray's behavior, but I am concern with the lack of independence that elected members must exhibit during parliamentary proceedings. No elected representative should robber stamp any initiative endorsed by his or her political party. As we reach a finer moment in our struggle, we need to embrace each other rather than destroy the bridge building initiative that the opposition started. In this analysis, I condemn the leadership of UDP for expelling Hon. Almamy Touray. Hon. Touray has all the rights to be a renegade member of The Gambian legislature. I have not heard from the speaker or the clerk of the legislature of any violations committed by Hon. Touray. If it is true that the gentleman did not violate any parliamentary proceeding, then the UDP leadership acted unwisely to expel Hon. Almamy Touray. It seems that the UDP leadership is enabling a void in inflicting a serious wound to the image of its party. Though I am a passive supporter of UDP, I have a duty to disagree in principle in expelling a member of The Gambian legislature from an opposition party trying hard to unseat a dictator. Naphiyo, Comrade ML Jassey-Conteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------