Rewmi, I was asking Haruna... thanks On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 2:29 PM, REWMI <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't need to comment on their poor performance because "we told them > so" not to part take in a Grand Design elections. You don't need to be a > rocket scientist to predict the outcome of this election. > > ********************************************* > “In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find > themselves beautifully equipped to deal with the world that no longer > exists.” > - Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983) > > On Dec 8, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Fankung Fankung Jammeh < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Why haven't you commented on the poor performance of Darbo, just like I > had been predicting.... > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Oceanic Lad <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I agree >> >> >> On Thursday, December 8, 2011, Fankung Fankung Jammeh < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > apologize to Babili Mansa too >> > >> > OJ Jallow breaks silence, says opposition leaders owe Gambians an >> apology >> > >> > Africa » Gambia >> > Thursday, December 08, 2011 >> > >> > Leader of the opposition Peoples Progressive Party, Omar Jallow, alias >> OJ, has called on his fellow colleagues in the opposition camp to apologize >> to all Gambians, for what he said was their “failure” and “betrayal of >> trust” in the 24th November presidential polls. >> > >> > “We should be courageous and honest enough to apologize to the Gambian >> people because we have failed them. I personally take this opportunity on >> my behalf, on behalf of the PPP party and on behalf of all opposition >> parties, to apologize to all Gambians for our failure and betrayal of >> trust,” OJ said in an interview with this paper. >> > >> > Jallow, whose presence was hardly felt throughout the period leading to >> the presidential election, said leaders of the opposition owed Gambians >> both within and outside the country who had for the past 17 years looked on >> them for leadership and guidance, an apology. >> > >> > According to him, most Gambians relied on the opposition “for the >> salvation of The Gambia from the clutches of dictatorship, but >> unfortunately after all the experiences we had in 1996, 2001, and 2006, the >> opposition leaders failed to put their house in order and live up to >> expectations.” >> > >> > He told this reporter that just like in 2005, when there were all >> indications that the majority of Gambians supported the NADD alliance, but >> its leaders could not continue the coalition, leaders of the opposition >> once again faced a humiliating defeat in the 2011 polls, due to the lack of >> unity. >> > >> > “So me for me, I thought that these experiences and failures should >> have guided us to come out in 2011 with a more United Front with >> commitment, maturity and responsibility, and to bury all our personal >> differences and see Gambia as a bigger picture, which is far more important >> than all of us put together with our parties,” he said. >> > >> > OJ told this reporter that he had personally tried, when the UDP wrote >> to all the opposition parties inviting them to a meeting to start the >> process in forming an alliance. >> > >> > “After consultations with my colleagues within my party and other >> Gambians within and outside The Gambia, we all agreed that with time >> constraints because it was only three months before the elections, which I >> said was one of the deficiencies and the mistakes we made because all of us >> are in The Gambia for the past four years nine months, and we refused to >> initiate any activity that will bring us together,” he explained. >> > >> > He added: “Then three months before the election not only was time >> against us, but we have resource constraints. So I said because of the fact >> that the UDP as an opposition party has had more support and votes in 1996, >> 2001 and 2006, it is now for me to propose that we accept the proposal of >> the UDP-led alliance.” >> > >> > He stated that among the conditions he attached to his letter was that >> if a UDP-led candidate won, he/she will only serve for one term and then >> withdraw and he/she will not support any candidates for the future >> elections or any party. >> > >> > “Secondly, the government of the alliance will be inclusive of all >> members of the parties that are parties to the alliance. All of them will >> participate in the government, and we will set up a technical committee >> that will draft the alliance agreements. Unfortunately, I supported this >> proposal, but some of the members of the other parties like Halifa Sallah >> of PDOIS and Hamat Bah of NRP didn’t support it,” he further explained. >> > >> > OJ added that because there was no consensus at the end of the day, he >> decided that his party will only campaign for the united candidate, without >> which, his party will not take part “because already from our experience, >> it will be a waste of resources, time and a waste of energy.” >> > >> > Now, he went on, “it is unfortunate that I am exonerated because I >> thought, by this time, the APRC Government should have been history, if we >> were united.” >> > >> > In OJ’s view, the APRC is today legitimized because of the inability of >> the opposition to put its house in order, and to put The Gambia first >> before anything else. >> > >> > “So I am using this opportunity to call on the leadership of the >> opposition parties in the country, once more, to go back to the drawing >> board and come together and form a strong platform for the parliamentary >> election because, if we are united, there are all possibilities that we >> will win at least 20 seats,” he stated. >> > >> > With 20 opposition seats in parliament, he added, it will stop the >> impunity, the amendment of laws and the passing and making of draconian >> laws in our parliament. >> > >> > “This will be a good beginning for the transformation of The Gambia >> into a genuine democratic system,” he concluded. >> > >> > Author: Lamin B. Darboe >> > Source: Picture: O J Jallow >> > -- >> > >> ***************************************************************************** >> > GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA. >> > LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH >> (NASIRU DEEN) TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY. >> > >> > > > > -- > * > > ***************************************************************************** > GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA. > LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH > (NASIRU DEEN) TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY. * > > -- * ***************************************************************************** GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA. LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. 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