The press confrence convened by the coalition of parties is a clear indication that the sun is setting on Jammeh and new forces of intergrity are emerging to rescue the nation from direction of dictatorial entanglement. The calmness, clarity and maturity manifested by the coalition representatives is absolutely impressive, they have articulated their position in such an impressive way that even hitherto sceptics would be aware that this is no ordinary coalition. The realisation that Jammeh intends to perpetuate himself for eternity have dawned upon these seasoned politicians and to counteract this aspiration there is little choice but to forge a unity of action. Despite what scenics say the coalition is certainly a winning formula all things being equal, after all the Gambians cannot say they are happy with the APRC regime, this is a regime of hyperbolic promises and little delivery and after 8 years of fales promise against the background of high living expensesw the ordinary people have enough of the APRC. Even the so-called middle class or civil serbvants are disdained with this regime, a regime that offers no security of tenure and constantly humilliates its civil servants cannot said to be respected but feared. A regime that perpetuates itself through inducements and intimidation cannot be reliable, hence the need for every Gambian to come together and oppose it. This is the most promising opportunity we have to come together and reclaim what is our right by any defination and that is the power to decide for and amongst ourselves rather than be constantly dictated to as if we were small kids. Almost a decade ago when Jammeh and his co-conspirators took the helm of power they made a series of declarations, foremost was that they were "soldiers with a difference" a lot of people of good will being fed up with the then lethargic PPP gave them the benefit of the doubt, allowing room to enable them to exit the scene with dignity, then Jammeh made his famous pronouncement that he was not a politician and was not intrested in politics he wanted to go into farming, he castigated Jawara for ruling for too long and he made the promise that no ruler would ever be allowed to rule more than two terms, after a decade of all those untrue platitudes Jammeh more than ever wants to stay forever, with such inconsisitent consistency many sobber reflecting Gambians have come to the conclusion that Jammeh is not being honest to us. This realisation has made many hitherto Jammeh supporters to shift, it would be right for many people to join the forces of change, a change that will give all of us dignity, security and above all democratic constitutional rule. From the press confrence of the coalition leadership it is clear that their primary objective is to set a trend of rectification, this is important because it helps clarify to a lot of people why the need for a strategic coalition. _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~