Lers An interesting news article for all of us to read. From the onset, I had this feeling that sooner or later, party militants will be questioning the prospects of NCP forming an alliance with APRC. From my analysis, sooner or later, the truth will unfold about Sherriff Mustapha Dibba's decision to join ranks with APRC. For the benefit of history please revisit the political pacts that was made between JC Faye's Democratic Party and IM Garba Jahumpa's Congress Party with the People's Progressive Party in the late 60s. Mr Momodou Sidibeh and the rest can be my guide here on how these "Banjulian" Politicians crossed over to join PPP in the hope of weakening the chances of having a government under Pierre Sarr Njie's United Party. Please read the following bombshell news about NCP. NCP Disgruntled Swipe At Dibba The Independent (Banjul) April 22, 2002 Posted to the web April 22, 2002 By PK Jarju Banjul Sheriff Dibba the National Convention Party boss and Speaker of the National Assembly has come under blistering criticisms from supporters of his party who accused him of destroying the NCP in his "hunt for a top job" with the government. Addressing an NCP in-door meeting on Thursday in Latrikunda Sabiji Lamin Manneh an organising committee member claimed that during a series of discussions between the NCP and APRC leadership at State House it was agreed that the party would be accorded two ministerial posts after the National Assembly election. He added that to their surprise, this agreement was floundered when Dibba was nominated to the National Assembly and subsequently elected Speaker while no ministerial post was accorded to the party. He added that after a series of protests to the party leadership without any response they have now realised that Dibba has only joined the APRC to get a top job in government at the expense of the party. "Looking at the way things are one can only see the dubious nature of the coalition which include the party leader alone. How can other NCP key figures like Gibou Jagne, Majanko Samusa among others who over the years played crucial roles in the party were left out" he inquired. He added that although at first they had earlier consented to the coalescing of the two parties but they have now realised that the alliance has "killed the principle and aspiration the party has long been respected for". Mamadou Kalley a veteran NCP supporter accused Dibba of forging an alliance with Jammeh for his own selfish interest to the detriment of the NCP. He said Dibba can still redeem himself inn the eyes of NCP loyalists if he revisits the order of things and ensure that the APRC government fulfills it own bargain of appointing NCP functionaries in top government positions. Others like Aja Rohey Nyang, Amadou Saidy-Khan and Sulayman Ceesay called on Dibba not to be tempted with the post accorded to him but should fight for the interest of his colleagues who have one way or the other suffered in NCP's quest for the restoration of democracy. Frantic effort to solicit a reaction from Dibba proved futile as he was said to have been busy. However Jim Jeng the NCP propaganda secretary who dismissed the allegation called on what he called NCP detractors to openly report the matter to the party's executive. He said Dibba only formed an alliance with President Jammeh's government to foster democracy and meaningful development in the country. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Copyright © 2002 The Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~