The irreversible trend to vote the APRC out of government has acquired an added momentum with this local government elections. It then remains for the opposition parties to closely study the results and consequently initiate an inter-party dialogue with each other for the objective of laying the foundations of a solid alliance that will be capable of removing the retrogressive and corrupt APRC from power in the next general elections. This task should start now and UDP as the main opposition party should not hesitate to initiate the engagements. PDOIS and NRP which i believe are genuine to the Gambian cause must not fail to put the interest of the country beyond those of their respective parties. The same applies to the UDP. Poverty is increasing afflicting the souls of the overwhelming majority of Gambians; real incomes and standards of living are plummeting; cost of living and inflation is rising at worrying rates and therefore Gambians are gettting increasingly dissatisfied with the inept and callous politico-economic and social policies of the APRC regime. There is no doubt that had all the genuine opposition parties forged an alliance in the last Presidential election, the Jammeh dictatorship would have been history by now inspite of the nearly 30, 000 Cassamance votes for him. In conclusion, I wish to urge all the elected independent candidates to stick to the will of the electorate by refusing to accept any bribe intended for them to switch to the APRC. You won on independent tickets, therefore maintain your independent stance to fight the interest of your constituents. Any selfish political opportunism will haunt you in the future. The yoke of oppression must be shattered! >The last two I could not confirm the figures. The Mayor of Banjul is PA >SALLAH JENG, INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. The results has not been officially >announced yet, but ther are jubilations in the streets of Banjul. The >INDEPENDENT Candidates are doing very well so far > >I will send some more results later if i do not fall asleep. > >PEACE > > >Tombong > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or 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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~