How about putting that question to UDP? How about telling UDP leadership to consider joining a coalition? How about electing someone who fights for Gambians - Halifa or Sidia, as the head of a potential coalition? Let me know what you think.. Regards Fankung On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:56 AM, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Folks, > > If you could recall sometime last year, the PDOIS party convened a congress > at the Atlantic Hotel in Banjul but and for unexplained reasons, failed to > elect a new executive and leader or renew the mandate of the existing ones. > However, they have promised to convene another congress this year, 2011, to > review and elect a new leadership. The 2011 election is now not more than > six months away and yet no word has being said or heard about PDOIS’s > pending leadership election. > > If PDOIS is to be taken seriously on democracy and their mantra of *''Soveriegnty > of the People''*, I think it is absolutely imperative that its oligarchs > are seen not only adhering to but also projecting democracy and democratic > principles through their very own internal politics. > > My question now is; is the PDOIS party ever going to convene anther > congress this year, before the 2011 election, to elect a leader? Or is it > going to be another *''Destiny has called on me to lead?''* > > The last time PDOIS conducted leadership election was in 2000 in the > village of Wuli Taibatu, Upper River Region. > > Thanks > Daffeh > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > -- * ***************************************************************************** GOD BLESS SHEIKH PROFESSOR ALHAGIE YAHYA AJJ JAMMEH* *(PRESIDENT FOR LIFE.)* * * *GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA* * * *GOD BLESS APRC* * * *DOWN WITH THE FAILED OPPOSITION * ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤