Daffeh,
Is it useful debating with you since you provide no reasons but just insults? First of all, indeed UDP as a party should consider the wishes of the people instead of few big headed party supporters,like you said. Secondly what overtures and national interest that is above coalition. The parties are now acting as group of 5 or 6 and such remarks from you without any substance are bound to bring disrepute. After all, the only thing Sidia said was that Ousainou would have been chosen as the flag bearer, in his opinion, since he would have contested against Hamat and Gomez, and he was only answering concerns raised by the attendees and since you have not refute that, what is your problem? So let us agree to disagree and help fund the legal tussles that group faces, rather than be the dividing factor.
Kejau
> Kejau,
> It was not meant to be a coalition between Ousainu Darboe and
other
> opposition parties. So the potential of Darboe winning a convention
is
> irrelevant. Mr Darboe was not negotiating on his own behalf but
onbehalf
> of
> a soveriegn political party, the United Democratic Party and that
party
> has
> principles to observe and the truth to defend in the national
interest.
> While we are always willing and ready to make compromises and
overtures
> for
> the purpose of engendering achieving and fostering unity, we have
no
> interest whatsoever, in giving comfort to the kind of unreasonable
> intransigence,lies peddling, wishful idealism and the sheer hypocrisy
the
> likes of Sidia Jatta had been championing in thje recent past.
>
> The UDP have led the way in the search for unity and had made bold
> overtures to achieve the same but without success. The facts are
already
> clearly stated in our many press statements and those of other
> commentators. I do not intend to add anything further to the same.
>
> We know that PDOIS's Ayatollahs are too obssessed with Lawyer
Darboe's
> elite status, something they loathe so much (it most be a crime to
be
> considered an elite in the world of socialism) but I think it about
time
> they get a life.
>
> Kind Regards
> Daffeh
>
>
>
> On 7 November 2012 12:39, Kejau Touray
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>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Listening to the eloquent Sidia Jatta last weekend in Oslo at the
Meet
>> the
>> Diaspora meeting organized by ACID, it is convincing that we
should
>> support
>> the opposition group of 5 or 6 to taking the dictatorship to
court in
>> town
>> on issues relevant to constitutionality of the conduct of the
election,
>> the
>> IEC leadership tenure, among others. Beside the fact of the
brief
>> history
>> lesson on the failure of coalition formation, the veteran
politician
>> explained the PDOIS policy and history, among other things.
This
>> convinced
>> me to join PDOIS and support their efforts in getting Gambia back
to its
>> glory days. I am a capitalist and did not think PDOIS and
their
>> socialist
>> policy is the way forward for our country but my partner recently
asked
>> me
>> if I am president of The Gambia what policies WE will put forward
for
>> our
>> development and I was very surprised that Sidia Jatta proffered
the same
>> goal and policies, as I did. Also very important was Sidia
Jatta's
>> rebuttal
>> of PDOIS being a tribal party, mentioning that Halifa learnt
the
>> Mandinka
>> language in months and he Sidia being of both Fula and Mandinka
origin.
>> Sidia also confirmed my belief that Ousainou Darboe would have
won the
>> leadership contest at the last coalition conference had be
participated
>> to
>> the end.
>>
>> I am therefore convinced that there is still hope for democratic
process
>> by using the rule of law to correct ills, as he put it. They
need
>> resources
>> for the legal battles and we should all create funds to support
their
>> efforts as for the first time, we have all five or even 6
political
>> parties
>> coming together for a common cause. He urged all to send crowns,
cents
>> and
>> pence to our respective parties and not wait until the
elections.
>>
>> I hope Nyang and others have membership forms that can be
duplicated and
>> shared so that we can start garnering support for PDOIS!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kejau
>>
>>
>>
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