Thanks for sharing Edi. It is sometimes refreshing to see people standing up to what is not right in Gambia.  I think the minority leader triggered this and even asked to meet the President.<div><br></div><div>Now, imagine if they have 10 - 14 strong voices in the house constantly challenging the status quo? There are several ways of challenging and forcing a dictatorial regime to succumb to changes... The presidential platform is not the only way to change the status quo in Gambia.  If the opposition had formed a tactical alliance and got at least five of their leadership in the house, we would have seen some difference in how the government is run in Gambia... They could have forged a better alliance with the press and other in active civil society groups to challenge the status quo particularly the media censorship...</div>
<div><br></div><div>But nope the same old formula expecting different results... two steps forward three steps backward will never see progress..</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you had a Merry Christmas and look forward to a blessed new year.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Demba</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Edi Jah <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:[log in to unmask]" target="_blank"><a href="/scripts/wa-ICORS.exe?LOGON=A3%3D1212D%26L%3DGAMBIA-L%26E%3Dquoted-printable%26P%3D6123840%26B%3D--0015174bdc8035050e04d1dc3a6f%26T%3Dtext%252Fhtml%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1%26pending%3D" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a></a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Kudos to Fabakary Tombong Jatta if he wasn&#39;t prompted to say this to portray some semblance of [non-existant] democratic values at our rubber-stamp national assembly:</p>

<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.africareview.com/News/Gambia-Majority-Leader-opposes-media-ban/-/979180/1651698/-/135gxtwz/-/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.africareview.com/News/Gambia-Majority-Leader-opposes-media-ban/-/979180/1651698/-/135gxtwz/-/index.html</a></p>


<p dir="ltr">Edi Jah</p>
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