AT, I agree with your assessment. Now that we know that the three party coalition is not sufficient to bring down Jammeh, I hope the parties will learn from that bitter lesson and form a tactical alliance. I hope that the recent rally by the UDP, PPP, and GPP is not a snap shot of their intension in the up coming parliamentary elections (run as a three party coalition). We sent the opposition parties a petition outlining our wish. Time is running out and we have not heard any of the parties to even acknowledge receipt of letters. Well, we have extended our hand and I hope the parties respond very soon. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: abdou toure <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: UDP Complaints >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:02:22 +0000 > >UDP has built a reputation for complaining about the many abhorrent deeds >of the APRC government rather than trying to be proactive in dealing with >the many challenges it faces as the largest opposition party in the >country. >In the Nov 19 edition of the Observer, it was reported that the UDP >propaganda secretary condemned the IEC for masterminding the Jammeh victory >last month, and called for the resignation of the chairman of the >commission, Mr. Roberts. This may all be okay for a relatively young >opposition party, even after the party leader had conceded defeat and >congratulated the victor, now suspected to be a thief by another key party >functionary. The party's conflicting reactions to the October election >reflect some serious weaknesses about this party's leadership. Where were >they when the IEC was registering people and adding their names to the >Register after the official registration period (all of which they knew >about before hand)? Where were the party's pooling agents when people with >voters cards not entered in the main voter register appeared at their >stations to vote? On the latter, all we know was that the agents sanctioned >the results in their respective locations. In fact it was reported that UDP >had no agent in one of the Serre Kunda constituencies (very bizarre!) . > >UDP/coalition as a party should have decided to either accept or reject the >election the results. Doing both at the same time is comical at best. > >The coming Parliamentsry elections would be another test case for the >leading opposition party that seems to be good at complaining about >electoral atrocities after the fact rather than being steadfast in a >proactive manner. > >AT > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>