Demba Nobody was trying to babysit anybody. If you live in the same country with fellow leaders, it is a show of respect to approach them in person at a place of their chosing to have preliminary talks over a common issue. I thought you will be the last to explain that otherwise. This is not about point scoring, because what matters is, we spoke to Sedia last year. He instead said something which your paper may have carried. Can you revisit that and see who cause the talks to reach this level. Sedia never request a letter of invitation. And as far as PDOIS own press statement is concern, he is the go between the PDOIS and other opposition parties. If he had requested a letter instead of a physical human being with eyes and ears, he would have gotten a tone of letter. However, if we here can help twist facts which are clear as a day light, I wonder what should a career politician do? Suntou On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Am not speaking for Halifa... and will never... but why would he baby sit > anybody for that matter.... why is this coalition about Halifa anyway? Why > can't you move forward with or without him... why not get the Ralph Naider > of the Gambia (Hamat Bah) your most trusted allie? who has done more damage > to this coalition hopes than anybody as far as the public? > > So the Bristish leaders were issuing press releases and conducting > interviews while the negotiations were going on????? what was the need? Keep > the public engaged right? That is the "conventional" norm and standard > practice... > > If you got nothing to hide, then lay it bare... this is not a personality > contest. Its about a country!! > > Demba > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 12:18 PM, UDP United Kingdom < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> ''Daffeh, that is standard protocol and you should not wait for someone to >> ask for a letter if you are serious about moving forward... Talking about >> "conventional standards" of operation often citing UK as an example, then >> you better start putting your house in order....'' DBALDEH >> >> >> So you are tellng me that Halifa only knew about a letter of invitation >> being a standard protocol in 2011 and was ignorant of this in 2010 and >> prior? Ok. I think that explains it all. >> >> By the way, the coalition talks in the UK was engendered through phone >> conversationS between party leaderS and not by letter. That is according to >> Nick Clegg in his press interviews. He explained how he was getting calls >> from Gordon BROWN of labour and David Cameroon, the current prime minister, >> in the aftermath of the election stalemate. >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> DAFFEH >> On 16 August 2011 20:16, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >>> *''Daffeh, that is standard protocol and you should not wait for someone >>> to ask for a letter if you are serious about moving forward... Talking about >>> "conventional standards" of operation often citing UK as an example, then >>> you better start putting your house in order....*'' DBALDEH >>> >>> So you are tell me that Halifa only knew about a letter of invitation >>> being a standard protocol in 2011 and was ignorant of this in 2010 and >>> prior? Ok. I think that explains it all. And by the way, the coalition talks >>> in the UK was engendered through phone conversation between party leader and >>> not by letter. That is according to Nick Clegg in his press interviews. He >>> explained how is he was getting calls from Gordon BROWN of labour and David >>> Cameroon, the current prime minister, in the aftermath of the election >>> stalemate. >>> >>> Thanks >>> DAFFEH >>> >>> On 16 August 2011 20:06, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>>> Daffeh, that is standard protocol and you should not wait for someone to >>>> ask for a letter if you are serious about moving forward... Talking about >>>> "conventional standards" of operation often citing UK as an example, then >>>> you better start putting your house in order.... >>>> >>>> No amount of excuse can satisfy Gambians on this coalition issue. If you >>>> do the right thing in the first place then you will have the moral ground to >>>> call others to order... >>>> >>>> It is clear evidence that when it comes to standard operations of >>>> issuing press releases and or putting pen to paper UDP has fallen behind. >>>> Press releases are never timely, optaining a written statement from UDP is >>>> always a push to the brinks... Once again, no excuse leadership is what is >>>> required and you must provide it if you want others to follow....lead by >>>> example!!!! >>>> >>>> *Mann sumaa tardeh yaw degah Jahashoo tet sop!!! Gunneh gah donn* >>>> >>>> Demba >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:46 AM, UDP United Kingdom < >>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Demba Baldeh mee mom defa tarrdeh*. Instead of making silly comments >>>>> like this, he should enquire from Halifa why he did not demand a letter of >>>>> invitation from UDP since 2010 when he was been chased for talks by the udp >>>>> leader instead of asking Sidia to talk to him and then clawing back that >>>>> authority after the completion of the first round of talks? That is how >>>>> smart people do it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> By the way, i have already said that udp will serve pdois a letter of >>>>> invitation for talks and I hope they will honour it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Daffeh >>>>> On 16 August 2011 18:40, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> *"they want a written invite"* While it is unreasonable for any >>>>>> party or leader to delay coalition talks on any ground, it is legitimate and >>>>>> reasonable to ask for an official written invitation for such high level >>>>>> talks. >>>>>> >>>>>> Leaders must learn to put things in writing less they are operating at >>>>>> an individual level. Our politicians are used to running political parties >>>>>> like "bantaba clubs" talk and disperse without any trace of what has been >>>>>> discussed... >>>>>> >>>>>> If it takes a letter for UDP to get everybody on board, I say issue >>>>>> the damn thing and that is what leadership is all about..... >>>>>> >>>>>> The path forward is clear which is leadership at the highest >>>>>> level..... >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Demba >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 6:16 AM, UDP United Kingdom < >>>>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> *''And it is the only opposition political agenda on the table at >>>>>>> the present. So who is driving the opposition political agenda?*'' - >>>>>>> Rene >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Rene, which table are you talking about? As far as facts are concern, >>>>>>> UDP is the only party sitting at the table with a proposal and PDOIS is so >>>>>>> far refusing to meet them there for talks despite repeated invites. Sidia >>>>>>> was once given authority to give the audience but Halifa clawed back that >>>>>>> authority for some unexplained reasons and thereby frustrating >>>>>>> talks. Anyway, since they are now saying they want a written invite, >>>>>>> something they have not hitherto said, the UDP will extend to them an >>>>>>> invitation letter and let's see what their subterfuge will be next. The >>>>>>> PDOIS spinning machine is in the process being grind to a halt. That is what >>>>>>> you should be concern about. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards >>>>>>> Daffeh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 13 August 2011 14:25, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Haruna, what sentiments do you share with Bamba Mass about what I >>>>>>>> wrote? Do you also disagree that it is PDOIS that drives the opposition >>>>>>>> political agenda? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Well, there is a basis for my acknowledgment that it is PDOIS >>>>>>>> that is driving the opposition political agenda. What is the opposition >>>>>>>> political agenda anyway? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is an agenda for the individual opposition political >>>>>>>> parties, and there is an agenda for all the opposition political parties >>>>>>>> that they wish to share in common. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The agenda for all the political parties is that they wish to >>>>>>>> form a coalition, a united front, against the ruling government to bring >>>>>>>> about a change of leadership and government. This agenda first started when >>>>>>>> the opposition political parties decided to come together to form NADD. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PDOIS has been instrumental in the development of the concept, >>>>>>>> objective and purpose of this agenda, to the extend that some people surmise >>>>>>>> that the NADD agenda was a PDOIS agenda. This is the first point to note. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> After the collapse of NADD, for reasons too familiar with most >>>>>>>> of us, and having realized that it is almost impossible for the opposition >>>>>>>> political parties to singularly make an impact against the incumbent >>>>>>>> government, the idea of an opposition political agenda resurfaced. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And it is the same idea, getting all the opposition political >>>>>>>> parties together to form a coalition, a united front, against the ruling >>>>>>>> government to bring about a change of leadership and government. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But this time around a new concept was introduced. A party-led >>>>>>>> coalition. This concept was not developed or fully explained; its objective >>>>>>>> and purpose was not thoroughly harnessed, and as a consequence lost its >>>>>>>> traction. Nobody knows what are the objectives of this agenda, and >>>>>>>> therefore, nobody takes it very seriously. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Then comes Agenda 2011. Characteristic of PDOIS, the concept >>>>>>>> was fully developed, it has an objective and a purpose. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And it is the only opposition political agenda on the table >>>>>>>> at the present. So who is driving the opposition political agenda? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rene >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Haruna Darbo <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> Sent: Fri, Aug 12, 2011 7:21 pm >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Mathew K on Coalition and the Point >>>>>>>> Newspaper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Uncle Mass, I share your sentiments on Rene the no.1 PDOISard. I >>>>>>>> just want to caution you that he's your brother not sister. I made the same >>>>>>>> mistake when I was first introduced to Badjan. I must admit the name Rene is >>>>>>>> not usually for males in Gambia. Perhaps he could start spelling his name >>>>>>>> right. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Haruna. Thanx Mass for sharing. I haven't even read all of what >>>>>>>> Badjan wrote in that note but I know I'm safe with your reaction knowing the >>>>>>>> history of Badjan, the diehard PDOISard. He could see a redhot iron and grab >>>>>>>> it to find out if its really hot. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Bamba sering Manka Mass <[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]**ORG<[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 12:54 pm >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [G_L] [>-<] Mathew K on Coalition and the Point >>>>>>>> Newspaper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It looks like my dear bajan is day dreaming when she suggests that >>>>>>>> PDOIS drives the opposition political agenda. That is what most of you think >>>>>>>> and thats why most of you think you can take us all for a ride? Well madam >>>>>>>> you are in for the surprise of your life if you and your prophets think >>>>>>>> Gambians still live in the 18th century. >>>>>>>> Just continue day dreaming I only pray you don't knock anything >>>>>>>> that might hurt you for despite political differences you still a Gambian >>>>>>>> and my sister. I must tell you with your comming out for the first time >>>>>>>> exposing your thoughts out to all readership, is good but maybe others >>>>>>>> didn't know as for Us in the UDP we knew already that PDOIS thinks they >>>>>>>> drives the opposition agandas and we laugh at those thoughts. Because if >>>>>>>> that is the general feeling, then how comes you cannot drive politics in the >>>>>>>> Gambia. You know thats a detard illussion of the 16th centuries come up and >>>>>>>> mature up please those days of cat and mouse are gone Gambians are far >>>>>>>> mature than those childish thoughts of yours. >>>>>>>> Gambia has a bigger problem that affects us all and together we can >>>>>>>> tackle it. Stop your those thoughts at the doors of your party headquaters >>>>>>>> please and confront the Gambia problem thats what you set your party up for >>>>>>>> not playing cat and mouse with the lives of Gambians. >>>>>>>> As for whether UDP would stay well as you are not a member of the >>>>>>>> party, you cannot know our policies and there so ignorant you would be about >>>>>>>> us. But not to waiste time, only time will tell you if we are here to stay. >>>>>>>> Thanks and stay dreaming. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> king >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:43:25 -0400 >>>>>>>> From: [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [>-<] Mathew K on Coalition and the Point >>>>>>>> Newspaper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It looks like Mathews take on PDOIS is not govern by any sense >>>>>>>> of rational inquiry, but by a desire to malign and castigate as is always >>>>>>>> the case when he writes about PDOIS. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It also looks like Mathew does not have a through grasp of the >>>>>>>> dynamics that surrounds the political reality in Gambia, if so, he would not >>>>>>>> have been making statements that runs contrary to what is actually happening >>>>>>>> on the ground. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When opposition to a political dispensation is not characterized >>>>>>>> by a sense of principle and purpose; when such opposition is merely the >>>>>>>> desire to change the leadership of the country, because it has fallen into >>>>>>>> the wrong hands (into the hands of the JOLA minority), the political >>>>>>>> narrative becomes an intensive campaign of vilification, demagoguery against >>>>>>>> the status quo, and criticisms just about anything and anyone who stands in >>>>>>>> the way of bringing down such a leadership. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> PDOIS bears the brunt of these criticisms because of its >>>>>>>> principle stand on issues of governance; and the mission and vision it has >>>>>>>> articulated so profusely that does not favor the "lets get rid of them by >>>>>>>> any means possible" or "lets get rid of them now, then decide the fate of >>>>>>>> the country later," that is being propagated by our political pundits and >>>>>>>> diaspora intellectuals who will rationalize any argument as a justification >>>>>>>> for their position. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Because Mathew is so critical about anything PDOIS, he will jump >>>>>>>> at every opportunity to make scathing statements about PDOIS or its >>>>>>>> leadership, even if such statements are not grounded on facts or reality. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For how else can Mathew infer that the fate of PDOIS is >>>>>>>> inextricably tied to the success or failure of the United Democratic Party. >>>>>>>> This is the most lamentable statement I have ever read as a political >>>>>>>> commentary in Gambian politics. It is neither grounded on fact or reality. >>>>>>>> The fate of PDOIS has never been tied to the success or failure of the UDP, >>>>>>>> and never will. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The simple reason for this is that, the vision, mission, >>>>>>>> principles and policies that guide the existence and survival of PDOIS as a >>>>>>>> political party for more than three decades, just cannot be equated with the >>>>>>>> UDP that has a different vision and mission. And If Mathew tends to make >>>>>>>> this summation based on electoral gains, let him be reminded that it took >>>>>>>> almost a century for the ANC to succeed in South Africa. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> And no matter how big a political party or its following, >>>>>>>> without a strong foundation it will come tumbling down like Humpty dumpty. >>>>>>>> What happens to the P.P.P.? Whats happens to the N.C.P? They were the >>>>>>>> largest and biggest political party and opposition political party in the >>>>>>>> country prior to 1994. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Who drives the opposition political agenda? Mathew may not >>>>>>>> agree, but certainly it is PDOIS. They are the ones who are making the >>>>>>>> public statements; writing the political blueprints and objective >>>>>>>> standpoints that seek to guide the evolution of a process, that will help >>>>>>>> eventually to bring about a change of government. What irks people like >>>>>>>> Mathew is that they don't want a process; they want PDOIS to fall behind >>>>>>>> the UDP and help to hand over the government to them. This is not going to >>>>>>>> happen. All the name calling is not going to do the trick. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "In my singular opinion, PDOIS owes it highest loyalty to >>>>>>>> itself, and its storybook in The Gambia’s political >>>>>>>> landscape has been solely a marketing strategy whose aim is to >>>>>>>> articulate by word and actions, the brilliance of the ideal; its own >>>>>>>> ideal, with the hope of attaining political power by whatever means >>>>>>>> through a highly suspect and superficial political brinkmanship. >>>>>>>> PDOIS’s trite approach to the formation of a coalition is predicated >>>>>>>> on its nebulous, if not Ad Nauseum subliminal references to the leadership >>>>>>>> of the United Democratic Party. But the UDP does not answer to >>>>>>>> PDOIS’s agenda nor is it obliged to fulfill what the PDOIS leadership seems >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> characterize as the precondition to a coalition formation. For a >>>>>>>> coalition to come into fruition, PDOIS must subordinate its authority >>>>>>>> to UDP without attempting to dictate the agenda, for only then will >>>>>>>> its hope for an eventual elevation to national and international prominence >>>>>>>> ever come close to becoming reality" >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Arguably the above statement is devoid of intellectual inquiry, >>>>>>>> that has the basis to argue any of the points that enumerated. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> From: suntou toura <[log in to unmask]>To: The Gambia and >>>>>>>> related-issues mailing list >>>>>>>> <[log in to unmask]**org<[log in to unmask]>>; >>>>>>>> gambiapost <[log in to unmask]**com<[log in to unmask]>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sent: Thu, Aug 11, 2011 4:57 am >>>>>>>> Subject: [>-<] Mathew K on Coalition and the Point Newspaper >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> www,senegambianews.com >>>>>>>> Excellently written and well argued. The UDP have to up the anti, >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> base is there and the youth connection, the brave Gambian women >>>>>>>> wing is >>>>>>>> prime and ready. Let us give peace a chance by politically standing >>>>>>>> our >>>>>>>> grounds. Let the Leadership continue to appreciate the urgency of >>>>>>>> NOW. >>>>>>>> We can do it. >>>>>>>> Thanks MKJ. >>>>>>>> Suntou >>>>>>>> Mathew backs UDP-led coalition, lambasts PDOIS leadership, The Point >>>>>>>> newspaper >>>>>>>> Published 08/10/2011 - 9:27 p.m. GMT >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rate This Article:0 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Credit - ousainou >>>>>>>> Ousainou Darboe, UDP leader speaking at a political rally >>>>>>>> Slide Show >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Of phantom heroes and degenerate journalists >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> By Mathew K Jallow >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In today’s Gambia, the Orwellian dystopia is no longer that vision >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> impending doom. It is real and it is here; surreal and mind-numbing, >>>>>>>> not just because we let it to fester, but also because a whole >>>>>>>> nation >>>>>>>> has allowed its dignity and pride to be subservient to Yahya >>>>>>>> Jammeh’s >>>>>>>> unforgiving Machiavellian small-mindedness. Any effort at qualifying >>>>>>>> The Gambia’s level of despondence under Yahya Jammeh will be an >>>>>>>> understatement. >>>>>>>> But now, as another election season dawns on us and the political >>>>>>>> echo >>>>>>>> chambers churn out a false sense of outrage and fake fury, the >>>>>>>> political debate is being framed for failure, and no one is >>>>>>>> impressed. >>>>>>>> It is painfully obvious that the Peoples Democratic Organization for >>>>>>>> Independence and Socialism has still not learnt from simple >>>>>>>> arithmetic >>>>>>>> that under Yahya Jammeh’s monarchy, its fate is inextricably tied to >>>>>>>> the success or failure of the United Democratic Party; and not the >>>>>>>> other way around. The past three election cycles saw an alliance of >>>>>>>> political parties marketed as the panacea for the opposition’s woes; >>>>>>>> the terminal solution, if you will, that will write the last chapter >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> Yahya Jammeh’s inglorious reign and his Armed Forces Provisional >>>>>>>> Ruling >>>>>>>> Council party’s post-mortem and epitaph. But I beg to differ; even >>>>>>>> though I have oscillated from a coalition advocate, to my impersonal >>>>>>>> but scurrilous criticisms of UDP’s leader Ousainou Darboe’s failure >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> recognize, not only the existential threat UDP poses to the reign of >>>>>>>> Yahya Jammeh’s military regime, but also to his party’s seeming >>>>>>>> inability to leverage the obvious threat of UDP’s power and prestige >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> Yahya Jammeh menace, in order to turn that political advantage into >>>>>>>> electoral success. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The absence of coalition notwithstanding, Ousainou Darboe’s UDP has >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> potential to grow into a formidable political war machine that can >>>>>>>> overcome any barrier created by Yahya Jammeh’s infinite state power >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> resources. But even this close to the elections, the UDP’s >>>>>>>> ground-game >>>>>>>> appears to lack the sense of urgency Gambians attach to ending the >>>>>>>> political tyranny and economic nightmare that have turned our >>>>>>>> country >>>>>>>> into an Orwellian oasis in the middle of our part of Africa. >>>>>>>> Consequently, this make or break election season has yet to assume >>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>> broad significance to the general Gambian electorate, not >>>>>>>> necessarily >>>>>>>> out of political apathy, but in my view, out of the opposition’s >>>>>>>> faulty >>>>>>>> messaging and irrelevant message. This reality was encapsulated in >>>>>>>> two >>>>>>>> recent editorials primed on the pages of both The Point and Foroyaa >>>>>>>> newspapers. Once again, impelled by dogma and fixated on scoring >>>>>>>> cheap >>>>>>>> political points, PDOIS set the blogosphere ablaze with its moral >>>>>>>> grandiosity and delusional political brinkmanship; all to no effect. >>>>>>>> But what drives PDOIS’s veneer of messianic sanctimony and its sense >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> its mythical aura, also drives its inflated sense of its political >>>>>>>> statute and clouds its sense of objective judgment. >>>>>>>> By its imperial pontification, PDOIS has seized the opportunity to >>>>>>>> gleefully; if not maliciously frame the debate entirely around >>>>>>>> painting >>>>>>>> the UDP leadership as godless political straightjackets. But the >>>>>>>> reverse is the reality. My point is this, PDOIS’s demagoguery and >>>>>>>> holier-than-thou approach to the formation of a coalition has a >>>>>>>> disingenuous quality to it that is textbook Darwinian. But the >>>>>>>> sooner >>>>>>>> PDOIS recognizes that in spite of the make-believe image it tries to >>>>>>>> project of itself for public consumption, it is UDP that drives the >>>>>>>> opposition agenda; not PDOIS. In my singular opinion, PDOIS owes it >>>>>>>> highest loyalty to itself, and its storybook in The Gambia’s >>>>>>>> political >>>>>>>> landscape has been solely a marketing strategy whose aim is to >>>>>>>> articulate by word and actions, the brilliance of the ideal; its own >>>>>>>> ideal, with the hope of attaining political power by whatever means >>>>>>>> through a highly suspect and superficial political brinkmanship. >>>>>>>> PDOIS’s trite approach to the formation of a coalition is predicated >>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>> its nebulous, if not Ad Nauseum subliminal references to the >>>>>>>> leadership >>>>>>>> of the United Democratic Party. But the UDP does not answer to >>>>>>>> PDOIS’s >>>>>>>> agenda nor is it obliged to fulfill what the PDOIS leadership seems >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> characterize as the precondition to a coalition formation. For a >>>>>>>> coalition to come into fruition, PDOIS must subordinate its >>>>>>>> authority >>>>>>>> to UDP without attempting to dictate the agenda, for only then will >>>>>>>> its >>>>>>>> hope for an eventual elevation to national and international >>>>>>>> prominence >>>>>>>> ever come close to becoming reality. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In the same vein, The Point newspaper’s attempt at sanctifying Yahya >>>>>>>> Jammeh’s image and that of his AFPRC party, whether done >>>>>>>> deliberately >>>>>>>> or inadvertently, underscores the paper’s lost glory and its lack of >>>>>>>> purpose and direction. >>>>>>>> In its editorial, the paper admonished politicians to hone in on >>>>>>>> issues >>>>>>>> relating to agriculture, education and health, but failed to make >>>>>>>> any >>>>>>>> reference to the corruption and gross human rights violations that >>>>>>>> include murders and extrajudicial killings, which are uppermost in >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> minds of Gambians. The Point newspaper’s effort at defining the >>>>>>>> political talking points for the opposition is not only mischievous >>>>>>>> but >>>>>>>> appears to be self-serving, and goes beyond mere self-censorship to >>>>>>>> currying favors with the regime. >>>>>>>> The Point newspaper’s visionary, the late Deida >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> www.suntoumana.blogspot.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤**¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤To >>>>>>>> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >>>>>>>> interfaceat: http://listserv.icors.org/**archives/gambia-l.htmlTo<http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.htmlTo>Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >>>>>>>> http://listserv.icors.org/**SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=**gambia-lTo<http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-lTo>contact the List Management, please send an e-mail >>>>>>>> to:[log in to unmask]**icors.org<[log in to unmask]> >>>>>>>> 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