Ok Evian let's focus because I see you might be serious. [-----Original Message----- From: bailo jallow [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tue, Jul 14, 2009 12:40 pm Subject: Re: The Gambian Opposition should unite under Lawyer Ousainou Darboe While believing that Jammeh would have considerable advantage over the opposition in terms of our State resources that he would continue to muster towards prolonging his misrule, he does not any longer attract a fraction of the support that he used to have. Of late, his credibilty among Gambians have been severely affected by the wanton subjugative actions of his government especially the witch-hunts/mass poisonings.] Evian. So let's say this is the given. [He/she who fails to try to succeed is trying to fail to succeed;] Evian. True. One can also set about trying to succeed on the same dead-end track and will only succeed in failing. Do you agree Evian? [the Gambian opposition must therefore once again try to unite. I am optimistic that Ousainou Darboe could provide Gambians with the progressive and credible type of leadership that we crave for and deserve. However other members of the opposition leadership such as OJ, Halifa, Seedia, Hamat etc are also just as capable of fulfilling the objectives of a change that the Gambian electorate could usher in under a united opp osition.] Evian. So Ousaiou, OJ, Halifa, Hamat, Sidia, and Mai are all capable of being leader of a prospective coalition. I know Mai was included in the etcetera Evian. SO in sum, this is our starting point; We know all of the leaders of all of the opposition parties are equally capable of leading a coalition of their constituent parties. This is great. [With Waa Juwara out of the opposition equation,] Evian. I am not sure Waa has resigned from NADD. If we assume that Waa and NDAM are implicitly not part of NADD, I am not aware NADD has expelled Waa or NDAM. There may be some housekeeping to be done before we attempt to bring listless parties together in a coalition Evian. Do you agree?? [unity around sound pricinples of democracy under the leadership of Ousainou Darboe might prove to be less complicated than before.] Evian. I don't understand the unity here. Unity of what? And what are the sound principles of democracy? Democracy without the "DEMO" is a ragtag militia without portfolio. We may want to check with Ousainou and the other party leaders whether thy have identified who they are supposed to be leading. [I believe we can have this discussion or debate without resorting to personal attacks or carricatures against any of the other candidates that we do not consider as our respective best choices to be the leader of a united opposition.] Ev ian. Yes we can. And we will. Honesty precludes gratuitous disdain. I advise the parties to carry on with their party-building and strengthening programmes even as we discuss here. Who knows, we may be heading for another deadend for cluelessness sakes. Haruna. --- On Tue, 14/7/09, Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> wrote: From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: The Gambian Opposition should unite under Lawyer Ousainou Darboe To: [log in to unmask] Date: Tuesday, 14 July, 2009, 1:00 AM Evian, This sounds like a great improvement toward advancing the prospects of a coalition. If it is a coalition you desire. You have expressed some anxiety about Ousainou's commitment to leading a prospective coalition and some of the leaders of other parties expressed similar reservations. SO instead of creating anxiety for yourselves and then fret over relieving that same anxiety, why not seek a coalition with the UDP/NRP alliance as coordinator and leader???? That way you will rely on the choice of the majority of Gambians for leader??? You will have a flag-bearer, coordinator, and a coalition at the same time. You must now be convinced that coalition leadership is not terribly significant for Ousainou in the larger scheme of things. However you will have acceded to the wish of20majority Gambians. Gambians you must seek votes from for the coalition. That is the way democracies solve leadership anxieties. We can make this matter as complicated or as simple as we want it to be. We can waste a lot of time doing it too. Create new anxieties. Father Mose I don't wanna hear it. I advise the UDP/NRP to come up with a plan for a coalition with a two-term presidential limit and relieved of the cockamayme burdensome and self-destructive engineering of the MOU. Share the plan with all the opposition parties and convene a conference IN GAMBIA to prosecute the upcoming presidential elections. The parties can prosecute their council and legislative elections however they desire. The UDP/NRP is best advised to continue building and strengthening their parties. They will need that with or without an adhoc coalition. No more wasting valuable time for coalition pannafore. It is terribly insignificant without crazy Yahya leading Gambia. Gambians will be Gambians. Whaddaya think? Send OJ and Waa to me. I'll entertain them with on the beach. With a martini and an umbrella. Haruna In a message dated 7/13/2009 3:46:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: Personally, I have always believed that since the United States Military presence in the Gambia on July 22, 1994 facilitated the military take-over by Jammeh and his gang, the United States therefore ow e Gambians much more in our just struggle against Yahya Jammeh's dictatorship. However the most effective strategy of change is for a concerted Gambian opposition effort to defeat the incumbent at the polls in 2011. Consequently, I also believe that Lawyer Ousainou Darboe should be more assertive towards uniting the opposition under his leadership with an entrenched two-term presidential limit. However for now, Lawyer Darboe seems to me to be more preoccupied with his Law practice than in politics. Unless am missing out some aspects of Gambian politics. In the same vein, It is therefore high time that the opposition in the Gambia started the process of uniting under one political umbrella with Ousainou Darboe as the head of any such coalition. I think this is the best way out for Gambians from Yahya Jammeh's failed and disgraceful leadership. Bailo To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/scriptS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] An Excellent Credit Score is 750. 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