Lasana, I agree with you wholeheartly... what some of these people do not understand or conviently refuse to acknowledge is that a large population of the Gambians in New York do not speak English and having all three speakers speak in one of the languages that will be understood by the majority that attended the meeting was very appropraite. Mr. Banna who reported on the New York Meeting reported that a fellow at the meeting spoke in sarahule so I am not sure why we are spending time scrutinizig what language someone spoke in. We have a bigger enemy to bring down come October, the beast himself.. Yahya A.J.J. with his many titles. If one wants to critize the UDP of been tribalist, just look at the party hierarchy and that speaks volumes of the party ... we can't be pitting one opposition against the other because all that creates is room for Yahya to enslave us for the next five years. So let's get our act together and get this moron out of there rather than all of us been acting like political analyst and not offering solutions. Have a good weekend! Yama >From: Lasana Jorbateh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Mr. H. Sallah >Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 14:34:54 EDT > >ELOW WALE > PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK ! WHO IS A TRIBALIST ? ONE WHO >SPEAKS IN HIS MOTHER TONGUE? > THE UDP DELEGATION SPOKE IN THREE GAMBIAN LANGUAGES - >MANDINKA,WOLLOF AND AKU- > CAN YOU NAME ONE PERSON WHO CANNOT COMMUNICATE IN ANY >OF >THOSE THREE LANGUAGES AT THAT MEETING ? OR DO YOU HATE TO HEAR ANY ONE >SPEAK IN MANDINKA ? PERHAPS YOU ARE THE TRIBALIST ITSELF. ALSO BEAR IN MIND >THAT THE UDP LIKE IN THE 96 GENERAL ELECTIONS WILL SPONSOR CANDIDATES IN >ALL >THE CONSTITUENCIES IN THE GAMBIA ; NOT JUST A FEW. THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF >MONEY NOT TALK OF OTHER FINANCIAL OBLIGATION REQUIRED TO DEFEAT THE >DICTATOR . > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------