Sister Jabou, After giving credit to the electorate for determining who should lead them,should you not also give credit to the party that won for doing a good job in convincing the voters that their program is the best for consumption??? Peace. Jobs. >From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Opposition of the opposition/Kebba Jallow >Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 22:02:27 EDT > >In a message dated 9/27/2001 8:33:03 PM Central Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > > > > Jabou Joh > > If the AFPRC/APRC is defeated in the october 18th 2001 presidential > > elections, would you be honest enough to give the credit to the >UDP/PPP/GPP > > > >Lansana, > >If it happens, I will give the credit to the Gambian people because it si >the >people who cast votes to elect anyone, the politicians do not elect >themselves. I hope you, me and all aspiring leaders remember that. The >politicians can promise change, but it is actually the people who are at >the >receiving end of any government gone bad, and it is they who then decide to >bring about change by exercising their right to cast a ballot. Let us give >them credit for being able to think for themselves and I hope you arwe not >implying that it is the politicians who make up the people's mind for them. >A unified coalition that embraced all of the opposition parties would have >merely been a larger compilation of these ballots, thus giving defeating >Jammeh a much better chance. Cheers. > >Jabou Joh > >Jabou jOH > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------