Elhadj, it has been a while and procrastination is the reason I had not responded to your emails before. Regarding this UDP fiasco, I also had exactly the same question. Jabou In a message dated 8/19/2002 1:37:58 PM , [log in to unmask] writes: > > As I am neutral in politics and does not support either UDP, APRC, > PDOIS, NRP, PPP etc, neither do I supprt either Waa Juwara or Ousainou > Darboe. I read through the accusations Waa is making againt Ousainou > Darboe, and felt that he has done the right thing to tell the truth to > their supporters. But my main questions about the whole issue are-- > 1.Was Waa as Secretary to the party not aware of the tax-payments for > Ousainou? > 2.Why did he not echo these feelings just after the Presidential > election? > 3. Why was he silent and did not explain to their supporters after the > boycotting of the Parliamentary elections? > 4. Could he have echoed all these sentiments, if Darboe could have won > the > Presidential elections? > 5. Finally, What / How was their plans to refund the tax payment for > Ousainou > back to UDP. > > In my opinion, this is just showing us the greediness and dishonesty > about our > African politicians. They are always out to cheat the poor people they > lead, even if they are dying with hunger. All these politicians are the > same. They all are thieves! > They all are after their private interest and not National interest. Had > Ousainou been the winner for the presidential election, then Waa would > have been enjoying > the fruits by now. So, let them accept defeat, because of their own > error and work for the next coming elections. > > El-Mustapha > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~