Daffeh, I was in Gambia as well and probably a little ahead of you in terms of what was happening in the country... Were you even in high school then? I still think many Gambians were deceived by the junta... including those political leaders who took time off hoping to come back and win an election... At the very least Halifa and others were active talking, standing in the streets and were arrested and tried for political activity... so if anything they were among if not the ONLY citizens who were arrested for resisting the ban on political activity... I know.. I know... nothing about Halifa makes sense to you may be even his human face is NOT real to Daffeh.. That is understandable.. sometimes people just hate other people for no apparent reason!!! They just can't stand them... But back to the substance.. to fault one person or few group of people in Jammeh deceiving Gambians and lying to his teeth for power is just not very convincing... The fact remains Jammeh is a bad accident in our history and is going to take concerted efforts - one beyond partisan politics to get rid of and restore our country back to sanity... I just wonder how you will work with others if you were to become the leader of the UDP today? Is that important to you.. or is it your way or the high way! And what difference would that make then to others we are pointing fingers at? Demba On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:34 AM, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Halifa effectively spearheaded the yes campaign acting in concert with the > junta. He was not powerful, just that nobody was allowed to counter > his views in the open due to the ban in place at the time. Thus, the people > heard only what Halifa's team and the associates of the junta had to say, > and they were armed with nothing but deception, half truth and fear > mongering. > > Thanks > Daffeh > > On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Halifa was effectively spearheaded the yes campaign acting in concert >> with the junta. He was not powerful, just that nobody was allowed to >> counter their views in the open. Thus, the people heard only what Halifa's >> team and the associates of the junta had to say, and they had nothing but >> deception, half truth and fear mongering. >> >> Thanks >> Daffeh >> >> On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, UDP United Kingdom <[log in to unmask]> >> wrote: >> >> Demba, the 1970 was not amended. It was abrogated. >> >> Thanks >> Daffeh >> >> On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, Demba Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Spot on Lamin... This is why some of us have been calling for challenges >> to any provisions that were enacted even by parliament (Rubber stamp) to >> give immunity or political leverage to the junta. At the very least we will >> have in the records and when sanity is restored good citizens can bring up >> the matters again and the rulings can be reviewed and justice rendered >> where appropriate. We can all see that Jammeh wants to muddy the waters and >> blur the lines between the state, personal property and what not.. >> >> Even thought some of us have absolutely no confidence in the courts that >> is probably the safest bet for things be recorded and referenced later.. I >> brought this up with my interview with Sidia Jatta, Lawyer Darboe and many >> others. Some day we will have to have redress and walk back what is wrong >> in Gambia... >> >> And for my friend Daffeh, I never like to separate between the >> consultation with the people on amending the 1970 constitution and the >> sensitization campaign. It was one and the same hence further opportunities >> were not there to educate the people after everything was put together and >> some provisions like the term limit were removed and some inserted... >> >> I also wonder why Halifa needs to be single out as the one person to >> blame for the approval of the referendum. Do you really believe he is that >> powerful to single handedly sway everyone's opinion in the country? If >> truly that is your belief is that why you so obsessed with the person of >> Halifa? Just asking...??? >> >> Thanks >> >> Demba >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Lamin Darbo <[log in to unmask]>wrote: >> >> Property rights indeed Daffeh, but I was asking about the amendment to >> Schedule 2 in 2001 on a different point, and that was why I stated "Whilst >> we are on Schedule 2, what do you think about the indemnity clause inserted >> in the Schedule?". I was simply soliciting your thoughts on the amendment >> to the Schedule. >> >> Schedule 2 precluded any amendment of its provisions but that did not >> stop the government from amending it in 2001, a whole four years after the >> Constitution came into force. The larger point here is that we are dealing >> with raw political power and that these legal shenanigans would unravel >> post APRC. I think this was what Demba was insinuating in his earlier >> reaction to you. It is also the reason why the PPP should have asserted its >> rights in the Courts regardless of outcome as there has to be some kind of >> settlement in the future when the playing field is levelled for all >> residents of The Gambia to freely invoke their legal rights. >> >> >> >> LJDarbo >> On Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 16:23, UDP United Kingdom < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Ok. First of all, the April 10th and 11 incidents did not happen under >> the watch of the AFPRC junta but the APRC government. The legal distinction >> between the two is obvious and needless to explain. >> >> Secondly, the provisions I quoted are only relevant to the AFPRC junta. >> It does not afford the APRC government any right to unlawfully confiscate >> private property and they are explicitly prohibited from doing so unless >> otherwise justified by law and decreed by a court of law. >> >> Finally, the April 10th and 11 incident indemnity law is no >> >> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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]¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > -- *"Be the change you want to see in the World"* ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤