Dad and Coach,

Thank you for sharing the sober and generous JDAM.

I am reminded that the date of JDAM's treatise for the Older Pliny happened when Halifa was illegally imprisoned. But you neglected to attach the date to JDAM's amicus of Halifa. (tad dishonest).

This English language is not easy. The message reassures me that JDAM is 100% pro-Gambia. And this letter was one of the pieces of the puzzle that yielded Halifa relief from the jaws of Yahya. You don't believe me do you?

Read it again. This time add the date and ambiance. You could say this was one of the missed opportunities of Nadd.

Haruna. I did advise JDAM to exercise caution in amicus. You will be misinterpreted more often than not. They did not appreciate the time(epic)-value of politics. I mean Jow and Nyang.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Modou Nyang <[log in to unmask]>
To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 8:11 pm
Subject: Re: [G_L] Lamin J Darboe on Halifa Sallah in 2006



Pasamba, thanks for the forward. The pretentions are playing out themsevles for everyone to see. 





From: Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2011 6:25 PM
Subject: [G_L] Lamin J Darboe on Halifa Sallah in 2006





Fellow Gambians:



As we simultaneously bear witness to the greatest act of political 

folly in our nation's history, the urgent question on the collective 

consciousness of those yearning for a new direction under a 

transitional NADD government must be "what now"?



Specifically, whither NADD, and whither Gambia 2006?



The challenges now confronting NADD's realisation of the ultimate 

objective of its political project ? the peaceable removal of Yahya 

Jammeh from the presidency - is clearly phenomenal, but no where near 

overwhelming. The arrest of Hamat Bah, Omar Jallow (OJ), and Honourable 

Halifa Sallah, all members of the entity's executive, offers a key 

strategic advantage to NADD. With Yahya Jammeh ostensibly oblivious of 

the
 gathering storm of political discontent in The Gambia, NADD must be 

proactive in seizing the momentum created by the arrests, and hold on 

to the attendant opportunity in framing the terms of the debate for the 

soul of a country adrift in the hazardous seas of uncharted waters.



Having played his entire hand, Yahya's extraordinary lack of 

political judgment is quite sobering in the potential gravity of its 

consequences. With brute force as his sole remaining option, the end 

game has effectively commenced. NADD must pursue the parallel policies 

of election 2006, and still assert its natural right to self-defence by 

serving notice on Yahya that he misreads the national mood at his 

peril.



As a people, are we then at a crossroads?



Not in terms of party choice in respect of the 2006 presidential 

race for Gambia?s state house. On that score the
 direction is obvious. 

The future is NADD.



Barring a postponement or cancellation of the presidential poll, 

NADD's window of opportunity in naming a flag bearer - and a compelling 

one - is narrowing by the day. Into any calculus of selection must be 

factored the non-negotiable constants of charisma, intellectual 

robustness, passion for the rule of law, and across the board 

marketability.



Standing as we are at the edge of the precipice, it is imperative 

that the NADD flag bearer possesses the appealability to convince the 

Gambian people to abandon their flirtation with dangerous living. And 

what penchant we have for precarious existence in our refusal to engage 

reality and call time on the brutal tyranny of an untenable 

dictatorship. I contend for its untenability in the sense that it will 

not endure, but at what cost to human life and
 dignity before its 

inevitable collapse.



There is no necessity to be a participant in Yahya's high councils 

to decipher the mentality driving the unworkable strategy against NADD. 

The overriding ambition is to postpone the naming of a flag bearer on 

the hope that the attendant acrimony will scupper any realistic 

prospect of a viable coalition to evict him from his presidential 

squat.



In light of the arrests, there is no gainsaying the compelling logic 

of naming a flag bearer whose commitment to NADD is unassailable in its 

clarity and sincerity. The potential choice must be a selfless servant 

of the people with a deep appreciation of the fundamental tenets 

underlying the principle of the rule of law. He must be able to 

interact with the masses, be they the uneducated, the intellectuals at 

all levels, and the accredited diplomatic
 community to The Gambia. He 

must be a respectable and persuasive force at the international level, 

our pre-eminent face and ambassador to the world community, and one 

particularly able to grasp the esoteric nuances of global diplomacy. He 

must in no small measure demonstrate a personal integrity capable of 

weathering all reasonable scrutiny. The flag bearer must demonstrate a 

positive awareness and concern for his legacy.



It is my contention that with stakes so high, NADD's most realistic 

option is to select a known quantity on the national stage. Where 

better to start than among the executive committee, all of whom are 

willing warriors in the struggle to safeguard the true national 

security of The Gambia. In light of the transitional nature of NADD, 

with a sunset provision for the arrangement to self-destruct after five 

years, the flag
 bearer must be a visionary with the capacity to 

coordinate institution building across the constitutional spectrum of 

our public life. The person must be capable of strict adherence to all 

facets of the transitional arrangement and must willingly relinquish 

office without precipitating a damaging and potentially destabilising 

power struggle.



In the sense that he is not a traditional politician, and with no 

baggage from either the pre- or post-1994 governments, the NADD 

executive member clearly suitable for the mantle of 2006 presidential 

flag bearer is Honourable Halifa Sallah. With his impeccable and 

breathtaking credentials of political maturity and personal integrity, 

Halifa embodies the best hopes of a convincing NADD capture of the 

presidency in the watershed 2006 contest. His name-recognition makes 

him a suitable compromise
 candidate for the multifaceted variables that 

will come into play, and must therefore be factored, into the dynamics 

of selecting a flag bearer.



Clearly irrelevant on strict equal opportunity principles, ethnic 

background will nevertheless inevitably exercise the minds of several 

reasonable people. Those fears - unreasonable in the main - must 

nevertheless be recognised, frontally addressed, and allayed. On this 

critical front, Halifa is the only national figure capable of 

commanding across-the-board electoral endorsement capable of sealing 

the fate of tyranny in the Gambia.



Over the years, his tireless charting of a vision of political 

dispensation anchored in the mores of social justice and the rule of 

law endeared him to Gambians in all walks of life. He is the 

unquestionable doyen of the political opposition, an embodiment of
 the 

spirit and aspiration of the unstoppable forces coalescing for 

inevitable change in Gambia?s political direction. He will be a lethal 

choice!



In opposition two decades ago, and still in opposition today, Halifa 

rejected salivating offers of positions in public life, on the 

admirable grounds that he could not partake in the illegitimate 

exercise of public power, especially when the full features of that 

power are on permanent brutal display for all to witness. Himself a 

visionary of the highest order, Halifa?s foresight, complemented and 

energised by the intellectual capital of our country, will enable the 

flowering of a political renaissance to dwarf the soaring heights of 

human possibilities as envisaged and articulated by the high priests of 

the humanistic tradition.



By ?intellectual? I refer to those men and women endowed with
 the 

common sense to call tyranny by its name, not the certificated buffoons 

choking the air out of our national life. And there are plenty of those 

charlatans assiduously competing to out-excel each other in researching 

and implementing the cutting edge trends in The Gambia?s dastard and 

booming sycophantic industry.



Even as he languishes in unlawful custody, NADD must seize the 

strategic advantage and name Halifa its candidate for president. Any 

show of indecisiveness will play into the hands of the dictatorship. 

The calculated gamble of unlawful arrest and detention as a pre-emption 

strategy against naming a NADD flag bearer must explode on the face of 

tyranny. On even the most charitable interpretation, there is no 

question that this latest escapade represents the height of political 

desperation, not to mention absolute paucity in
 strategic judgment. 

Jammeh?s analysis and conclusions about the general corruption, and 

corruptibility, of the Gambia character must be comprehensively 

rejected as unfounded.



As to the fabricated charges preferred against the arrested leaders, 

there should be no cause for alarm. I am convinced that events outside 

the control of the courts will render the judicial process moot. In any 

case, all charges with diplomatic dimensions will not proceed. It 

should be reassuring to concerned Gambians that our courts have no 

competence to request, much less to compel evidence from a sovereign 

country. On that scenario, even the most partisan jurist must succumb 

to reality and dismiss the fabricated charges. Although the entire case 

will collapse under its overwhelming dead weight, it is nevertheless a 

perversion of the rule of law, and the doctrinal
 independence of the 

Judiciary, to assign any of these cases to an ardent partisan such as 

Justice Paul.



I now formally call on Ousainou Darboe, Lamin Waa Juwara, OJ, Hamat 

Bah, and Sidia Sanyang, to demonstrate the assumed courage of their 

democratic convictions, and entrust the mantle of flag bearer to 

Halifa. They should find assurance in the theory advanced by several 

commentators, and endorsed by those who cared to examine the broad 

vistas of history, that a nation?s gratitude is not necessarily the 

preserve of those exercising public power. Most are mere footnotes, 

and the majority never even make it that far. If you are able to help 

liberate us from a tyranny that is threatening to rip the very fabric 

of our nation, your places in The Gambia?s annals of political 

liberation will be assured.



I recommend Halifa for NADD flag
 bearer of Gambia 2006



Let us embrace Halifa for the first President of the Third Republic. 

The opportunities will never be any brighter.







LJDarbo


"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.





 



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