In a message dated 6/6/02 7:38:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > The question you asked about what will happen if yahya Jammeh drops > tomorrow and passes-away? Who will take care of the APRC? The party may die > but the Government will function according to the constitution of the > Republic of the Gambia. As you may know most of political parties in this > country are one man show, that is the leader only, if the leader is not > there the party becomes dyfunctional or paralyse, this is what is going to > happen to our party pretty soon. > --- I concur from your last paragraph that, you an APRC buff hence the concerned of a political vacuum or APRC disintegration [pretty soon. My question is, or put yourself in the shoe of Yahya Jammeh or a political adviser: What steps or plan of action need to be taken to counter this cancerous element? -What if, Jawara rightly or justly, decides to demand a lifting on the ban on PPP and that of his presidency? Afghanistan is faced with the same quagmire between the interim leader and the ex-king, two camps of thought. -How does APRC top gunners plan to deal with the unstoppable support and rise of Independent candidates into political office? -Granted that, the Constitution calls for the VP taking charge in the event of death or incapacity of the President, You and I know that, the current VP, Isatou Njie Saidy, is not and cannot carry the mantle of leadership in the presence of the army boys [Yankuba, Edward and Jatta's faith hanging on a thread] or the absence of support from APRC cadres. During the last days/years of Jawara, the infighting and power play between Saihou Sabally and Bakary Darboe was fun for Jawara, just to remain dominant and unchallenged, hence the dumb but favorite quotation: "SU JAWARA DEMEH, KUI JAILL NGUUR GI" translating to: If Jawara leaves, who could or will handle the Presidency? The foolish question was unfortunately answered on July 22, 1994. My question then is, who is being groomed, or can/will fill in the vacuum created by Jammeh and AFPRC/APRC? An inquiring mind wants to know? Ams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~