Comrades: Is it possible if those of us who have not endorsed an opposition party in The Gambia to wait until the July 4th festivities in Atlanta, Georgia? Due to circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to dialogue with the leaders of the three main opposition parties at last week's ALD Symposium. In that regard, I am appealing to Brother Babacarr Sillah to map out strategy for us to collectively endorse a single opposition party, or call for a unilateral union in the hope of flushing out the dirimo of kaninlai. I have been impressed by some positions or platforms of the three main opposition parties, but I am concerned with the following policies: 1. Each opposition party's position on tribalism. 2. Decentralization of ministerial headquarters in various administrative divisions, including Bakau, Serra Kunda and Banjul. 3. Policy statement in suggesting that employees in different government sectors that are departmentalized in rural areas be given the option to be posted at their local areas or near their individual villages and towns. 4. The Department of Education set a policy of option for local educators to be posted to their local villages or towns. 5. The problem with urban drift in the Greater Banjul area. 6. Each opposition party's platform of fiscal and social policies. 7. Policies on the viability of The Gambian Army and whether it is paramount to retrain the Armed Forces in business and technical aspects of productivity, example training them as engineers, mechanics, scientists and other vocational endeavors to enable The Gambia to gain lost economic prowess. 8. Type of bilateral relations each opposition party envisions between The Gambia and Senegal. 9. The type of role The Gambia should play in the conflict of wars between the Senegalese government and the independent forces in Cassamance. 10. Position that should be taken in repealing the much criticized indemnity law. 11. Influx of foreigners who are illegally obtaining Gambian ID cards to enable them to register as voters. 12. Position on how the dictator should be dealt with after his defeat in the October Presidential Election. 13. Illegal financial misdeeds of The Gambian dictator and those enabling him in looting our country's treasury. 14. Position that each opposition party may take against innocent Jolas who have nothing to gain and had actually being intimidated by the moron to support his lynching of innocent Gambians. I believe that Jolas should not be retaliated against simply because they happened to share the same tribal linkage with the dictator. 15. Will there be a free and fair election? If in the affirmative state reasons, if in the negative, should the opposition boycott the elections. I know some of my comrades have a lot to pinpoint. I sincerely believe that issues of importance should be answered by the opposition party leaders who we entrust to be the servants of a democratic Gambia. May the Almighty Allah free our hands from this devil. I am crying to say in totality, dictator yahya jemus please let my people go. 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------