Malik, I second your motion and they should start with the Jarra West vacant seat. Yaya must go in 2006. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou >From: malik kah <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: COALITION A NECESSITITY >Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 11:37:57 +0000 > >The formation of a coalition amongst the opposition parties in the Gambia >have become an issue of necessitity rather than convenience, this has been >identified by a Doyen of Gambian politics Halifa Sallah of PDOIS. The >power amassesd by the executive have alerted the minds of the politicians >that a transition phase is necessary to oust the incumbent Yaya Jammeh, >from his inception to power all Jammeh did was to find excuses to >strenghten his position as a defacto one nation one party leader. First he >used inducement of all sorts to lure in the opposition having succeeded >with >the likes of Dibba and failing to win the likes of Halifa and Sidia Jatta, >he resorted to using the NAM members to doctor the constitution, having a >massive majority with marrionette like NAM members he had succeeded in >making some fundamental changes that have affected or shifted the balance >of >power to favour the executive, being faced with such an unprecedented >political equation have alerted the minds of sobber reflecting politicians >such as Halifa to express the need for a tactical alliance, an alliance >whose aim would be to restore to the Gambian people what rightfully belongs >to them and that is power. Without any possibility of a second round >voting >Jammeh have undermind a basic tennet of democracy which would have been the >back drop to the absent of a conclusive majority. Having deprived the >opposition such a position have therefore undermind any expectations of >going to the wire. This coupled with other legitimate concerns outlined by >Halifa have warranted for the oppositions to work hard and burn the >midnight >candle to come with an agreable resolution. It should dawn on the >oppopsition that alone it would be difficult to oust Jammeh but with a >concerted genuine effort everything is possible, afterall the APRC >machinery >is grinding to a halt, the people that were the motors are dropped hence >leaving a vacuum and increasingly they finding it difficult to maintenace >as >is evident in Kafuta. There are many internal wrangles and if the people >see >a serious and credible opposition they will vote for them. The chance >should >not be allowed to pass everything must be done to broker a deal. > >_________________________________________________________________ >It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! >http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~