Alieu, We should not withdraw from this issue for fear of what Saihou may say . By all indications he has seriously erred. None of us had a hand in choosing our parents, therefore it is wrong totake one to task for some choice made by his/her parent. I accordingly urge Saihou to apologize. Omar Joof. >From: Alieu Sanyang <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] Ousainou Darboe's Funny Protest! >Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:23:39 -0700 > >Ginny, > Mistake or not, the guy has no reason to bring another one's family into >this kind of debate. I am sure I would also be pointed out as the wrong >person to talk about this hence I wanted to see the APRC win. > So may be I better just excuse myself out of this to save my throat. > Alieu. > >Ginny Quick <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > "Yusupha Jaw, i believe you are the wrong person to >call Ousainou Darboe to step down when you failed to >call Aunty Satang Charles Jaw to resign when she was >serving President Jammeh' Junta regime as a secretary >of state in the early days of the July 22nd Coup >d'etat. > >We will debate this when i finish this fight with the >APRC." > >Saihou, while I understand that emotions might be high at the moment >and nerves a little raw, is this necessary? I think many people >served in the early days of the Jammeh-led military government. Maybe >this was not a good thing, but people did, and I don't think that >their family members should be held to account for that. Just my >personal opinion. I think I understand what you are trying to say, >but people do make mistakes, and perhaps that was the case in this >instance. > >Ginny > > > >On 9/25/06, saihou Mballow wrote: > > Yusupha Jaw, i believe you are the wrong person to > > call Ousainou Darboe to step down when you failed to > > call Aunty Satang Charles Jaw to resign when she was > > serving President Jammeh' Junta regime as a secretary > > of state in the early days of the July 22nd Coup > > d'etat. > > > > We will debate this when i finish this fight with the > > APRC. > > > > Saihou > > > > > > --- Yusupha Jow wrote: > > > > > Hi all: > > > Once again, Ousainou Darboe, the UDP and the other > > > fringe groups that > > > constitute their Alliance had another bout of funny > > > behavior! > > > > > > I stayed up all night on Friday, visiting the > > > various website that had news > > > on the elections. The UDP website was also updating > > > the election results. In > > > fact, they had a very nice interface which updated > > > things such as voter > > > turnout and percentage of votes accrued by each > > > party as the votes came in. > > > I was impressed. > > > > > > A few hours later, and after it became clear that > > > this was a landslide, the > > > UDP website mysteriously stopped updating election > > > results. I figured at > > > first that it was just a small hitch and they'd be > > > back up and running at > > > some point. But as the State House website continued > > > to publish election > > > results, I started to think a bout of funniness had > > > engulfed the UDP camp.. > > > Alas I was right. > > > > > > As I remarked to a friend in an IM conversation the > > > next morning, I figured > > > the UDP camp wouldn't accept the results and this is > > > exactly what happened > > > when Mballow posted the UDP's official mail on the > > > elections. > > > > > > Fine, so they disavowed the election results but why > > > did they choose to go > > > with the process until it became apparent that > > > things weren't going in their > > > favor. We all knew a long time ago that the playing > > > field in The Gambia > > > wasn't level with respect to elections. Many of us > > > were aware of the blatant > > > violations of the MOU: The state doesn't > > > differentiate between its resources > > > and those of the APRC, state media is biased in > > > favor of the APRC and so on > > > and so forth. > > > > > > Bottom line is, Ousainou Darboe once again had > > > another bout of funniness. > > > Just like he did when he realized that the NADD > > > leadership selection process > > > wasn't going this way, he willingly entered an > > > agreement just to drastically > > > back out when things didn't work out in his favor. > > > Ousainou Darboe's funny > > > behavior is something Gambians cannot afford given > > > the chips at stake now. > > > > > > I therefore urge UDP brothers and sisters to urge > > > the man to step down. To > > > challenge Yaya Jammeh, Gambia requires dynamic > > > leaders who have foresight -- > > > not ones that enter agreements willingly only to > > > turn funny when the going > > > gets tough. 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