Sir Dawda Resigns From Ppp The Daily Observer (Banjul) NEWS September 20, 2002 Posted to the web September 20, 2002 By Pa Modou Faal Sir Dawda Jawara, former president of The Gambia has formally resigned as leader and secretary general of the People's Progressive Party after retiring from active party politics. In a letter dated August 29, 2002 addressed to the PPP's national president, Alhaji Yaya Ceesay, Sir Dawda said "In various public statements I made following the 2001 Presidential Election, I announced my decision for personal reasons to retire from active politics. In the light of that decision the party may now wish to elect a Secretary General and in order to facilitate that essential process in the evolution of the party I hereby tender my resignation. I wish my successor and the party in general every success in the service of the nation." A press conference was called yesterday by the Central Committee of the People's Progressive Party yesterday to brief the press about Sir Dawda's resignation and retirement from the PPP and active party politics in The Gambia. For more on the press briefing see our next issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~