Mr Ndow Lets not jump into conclusion. UDP initially agreed to attend the Washington Forum. Unfortunately, we are now told that owing to circumstances beyond their control, it had to be cancelled. Although it is allege that UDP postponed the trip due to the on-going voter registration, people fail to realise that Ousainou Darboe is currently on bail for a bogus murder charge.Moreover, the case is still pending in the Court of Appeal and a ruling is due soon as to whether the High Court were right to grant him bail. Who knows whether the state have granted him clearance to travel or have refused it at the last minute. I find it difficult to equate UDP's last minute cancellation of their trip to that of PDIOS'S failure to attend the London Meeting. PDIOS never regarded the London Meeting as significant and even question the notion of travelling to London just to brief British MPS on Gambia's human rights situation. For background reference please go through the Archives and read what PDOIS's position on the London Meeting. With regards to your comments on a united opposition, sorry to say but you seem to get it wrong. The UDP Leader and some members of the National Executive Committee have supported the idea of having a united opposition. Mr Ndow If you appear to be a PDOIS sympathiser, then surely please ask Halifa Sallah and Co whether they support the idea of a united opposition. Up to last month, PDOIS were against the idea of a united opposition which in my view is quite understandable. On that note I would urge all those disappointed with the UDP's absence to be considerate and understand the situation. Have a wonderful day Sanusi --- Ousman Jallow Bojang <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mr. Ndow, > I am not surprised that the UDP pulled out just in > less than a week to the > Washington forum. I certainly cannot understand what > could this be. I want to > think that a political party does not have to have > its leader in the country > to be able to monitor the registration process. > Anyway, it is very true that our country and > democracy is at stake here. Our > nation I understand is filled with so many > foreigners, and being surrounded > by Senegal, registration of voters is probably the > most important thing right > now. I just do not know how come the UDP did not > knew about this before > making any commitments. And if the other parties can > send in their leader or > a delegation, why not the UDP? > There must be more to this than just the > registration. That is my take of it, > but hey, who am I to make that 'assumption'? > When PDOIS failed to attend the London meetings, the > noise was above the > roof, but now that it is the UDP, it is a different > refereeing. I have made > my conclusion since that the UDP does not want a > United Opposition, and I can > assure you that they will not call for such. Knowing > how and when the UDP was > formed, I can make this conclusion very strongly. > > Ousman Jallow Bojang. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------