No worries Burama. Not arguing but was just complementing your point.. and adding my own observation... So no argument really. Thanks Demba On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Demba > > Not sure about our argument! > > Either I did not make my points clear and/or you missed them completely > > Regards! > > Burama > > > On Mar 27, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > That is a good point Burama. The objective should be having a system and > an process that will yield a fair result. Democracies work but they are > messy... There is never a result that appeals to both sides... That is why > in any group or system we find ourselves we must advocate for fair > representation... > > As much as I support the political process and working with opposition > parties in Gambia, I see flaws in the structures and leadership of the > opposition.. Some of the very opposition we aspire to work with are one man > shows or few people shows. As much as we desire to work with the structures > already established, we cannot exclusively rely on that option.. > > If they are not willing or able to organize themselves we must strive > forward to organize around them... Having a name of a political party or > formal structure in place does not make them any more legitimate than the > rest of us.. > > I am always concern about the perception of them vs us... That's why we > need to strive to work together until we determine that we can no longer > get ahead with what we have... > > Keep them coming.. > > Demba > > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> We shouldn't have to deal with this question if we identify the problems >> and purposes of the struggle as should. >> >> We should all have an ample role without doubting others motive. Or >> looking for role and/or significance. There is a lot of work to be done. >> Should got it right we will be looking for people to come work rather than >> fuming about my exclusion or supposed exclusion. >> >> The fight should be about instituting a functioning democratic system. >> That is not against anyone. It includes all of us and creates a level >> playing field that all aspiring candidates can seek any office including >> presidency from free citizens. Our roles here complement one and another. >> No one will supplemented. >> >> We ran into problems to defining our roles (them and us) because the >> premise of our strategy is to propel someone into office who will then do >> the required work. That may or may not be true but hardly we can find any >> formula that we can all agree to. We all prefer someone to another. >> People tried to be academic with this but their is no get around it - your >> preference is likely not that of mine. >> >> It has made us suspicious of ones' motives both home and abroad - yet we >> continue to claim is the best option. In fact some seem to resign to the >> fact is the only viable political option. >> >> The political parties has a role but let's not work on their quest for >> the presidency. Let that be left to them and how they want to do that. For >> the struggle lets call every willing for the creation of level playing >> field - how is that not fair to anyone? >> >> This I see as way forward. Anything else will crumble at some point >> before attainment of desired goals. >> >> The beginning of the end of CORDEG is up in the air. How long - I don't >> know! >> >> Burama >> いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To >> unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web >> interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html >> >> To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >> http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact >> the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >> [log in to unmask]いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい >> > > > > -- > *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask]いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > > > いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To > unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web > interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the > List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask]いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい > -- *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい