Wow... You guys find dictators lurching around every corner. I doubt, you will find any politician who fit your definition of a democrat. --- Original Message --- From: "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: May 21, 2014 5:34 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: What makes a dictator? Kwame was very harsh on his opponents. In his mind opposing him is not a civic responsibility and right but unpatriotism. He also like to seek refuge under anti-colonial sentiment. Sure he's. Pan African leader but that's not exactly democracy. Burama On Wednesday, May 21, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Most dictators run an *autocratic* government, with no real checks and > rule *totalitarian* regimes, staying in power by controlling the mass > media, using the state police and spy agencies, restricting or removing the > rights of the citizens. Dictators often cultivate a *cults of > personalities, *using propaganda declaring them flawless, with school > children taught to sing their praises. > > So on a scale of 1 to 10, where will you put Yaya (I put him at 10), > Jawara, Nkrumah and even Sekou Toure? > > Kejau > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:10:34 +0200 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > To: [log in to unmask] > > Brilliant agenda from PDOIS, encompassing all and every democratic > principle known to man, amd infact with the most progressive economic, > gender and human rights policies, known to man. > Who said PDOIS 'nyom den pdois'? > Kejau > > > Sent from Samsung Mobile > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Kejau Touray > Date:20/05/2014 22:47 (GMT+01:00) > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: PDOIS unveils Agenda 2016 party manifesto > > africa » gambia > > Monday, May 19, 2014 > > Halifa Sallah secretary-general of PDOIS on Saturday briefed the press on > “Agenda 2016” which has been launched in The Gambia by the opposition > political party. Agenda 2016 “a provisional manifesto” of the People’s > Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, PDOIS, was formally > launched at a mass meeting held in Wuli Barrow-kunda village in the Upper > River Region, on Sunday 11 May 2014. PDOIS issued a summary of the contents > of Agenda 2016, as follows: > > A Third Republic Ushering in the Sovereignty of the People > > PDOIS Agenda 2016 Publication Launch was graced by thousands of residents > of Wuli Barrow Kunda , URR, and its environs on Sunday , 11TH May 2014 – > see photos. > > Strategic Objective of PDOIS Agenda 2016 > > The strategic objective of PDOIS AGENDA 2016 is to build a Third Republic > ushering in the era of the sovereignty of the people commencing in 2016. > PDOIS is of the view that the highest political expression of the right to > self determination and Independence is the founding of a sovereign Republic > on the basis of the consent of the people, which legitimises their equality > in citizenship and sovereignty. > > Hence, before 2016, PDOIS has the aim to conduct sensitisation sessions > nationwide to ensure that all Gambians are cognisant of the fact that > citizenship under a Republic guarantees the sovereignty of the person. > > The first goal is to put a definitive end to voter apathy by ensuring that > upon completion of the exercise each Gambian would recognise that the > voter’s cardis an attestation of one’s sovereignty and equality in > citizenship with all other Gambians, without which one is deprived of the > power and voice to say how the country is governed.One is thus transformed > into an alien in one’s own country. > > All Gambians should then feel a self-motivated urge to possess and > preserve one’s citizenship card as a manifestation of one’s national > Identity, and a voter’ card as a symbol of one’s sovereignty. > > The second goal is to put a definitive end to sectarian politics which > relieson the perpetuation of prejudices or loyalties based on faith, > gender, caste and ethno–linguistic origins and ensure that it is engrained > in the consciousness of every Gambian that a Sovereign Republic is a > community of sovereign citizens who enjoy equal rights and freedoms and are > entitled to equal benefit from public services irrespective of place of > birth, ethno-linguistic origin, religion, physical features, philosophy, > gender and other demographic characteristics, in whom the sovereignty of > the country resides, from whom the authority to manage the affairs of the > community must be drawn and for whose liberty and prosperity. > > A Case for Electoral Reform > > PDOIS recognises that since 1965 the Gambia had never had a democratic > transfer of power from one party or person to another. In the same vein the > coup d’etat and the politics of transition has given rise to a peculiar > political situation in the Gambia characterised by the inadequate > development of Republican and democratic instruments, institutions , values > and culture which are requisite to the building of a genuine multi party > system. > > This reality begs for appropriate strategies and tactics to bring about > democratic change which would usher in the ideal sovereign Republic could > put in place a genuine multi party system. > > PDOIS AGENDA 2016 proposes two practical tactics to address the political > situation. > > The first arose out of the initiative of the joint opposition prior to the > 2012 National Assembly Elections. To combat the abuse of incumbency through > the use of state resources and personnel for party political objectives 7 > opposition parties petitioned the IEC to convene a stakeholders’ meeting > for all to give commitment to uphold the election laws under the watchful > eyes of the press and electronic media. The failure of the IEC to meet this > minimum achievable step as a start for effecting electoral reform led to > the non participation of 6 opposition parties in the National Assembly > Elections. The end result was reduced confidence in the electoral system. > > In short, out of 48 constituencies with 796,929 registered voters, only > 304,000 voters in 23 constituencies were supposed to have taken part. > However, only 154,950 voters finally voted in the 23 constituencies. The > APRC which contested in 23 constituencies had 80,249 of the popular vote. > The Independent Candidates had 60,085 votes out of 18 constituencies. NRP > had 14, 606 votes. > > The Group of Six continued call for electoral reform was further > legitimised by the results. Hence, when Jesse Jackson visited The Gambia > after the execution and asked the opposition what role he could play, after > the release of some prisoners, seven opposition parties and some > Independent members of the National Assembly gave him a mediating role for > electoral reform. The Group of Six was transformed into Gambia Opposition > for Electoral Reform comprising all the seven opposition parties and some > Independent MPs. > > In the council elections, 45 seats out of 114 were contested. The > Independent Candidates won 10 of the seats. NRP won no seat. In the Mayoral > Elections in Banjul, out of 21,178 registered voters only 9,733 voted and > the Independent candidate won. > > In the KMC Mayoral Election, out of 187,757 voters only 36,755 voters > participated. The APRC had 25,773 votes. It is, therefore, clear that the > 2016 electoral cycle opens with a clean slate. Its outcome will depend on > how the hearts and minds of the people are to be shaped in these coming two > years. > > The First Tactic > > The first tactic is to work for electoral reform so that the second round > of voting is restored and upper age limits barring candidatureare > eradicated to enable interested parties to test their popularity and leave > the electorate to decide the fate of political leaders. > > The Second Tactic > > The results of the Mayoral election inBanjul confirms that even if there > is no electoral reform change would come if the people are resolved to > support one candidate . Hence PDOIS proposes if no reform takes place up to > the middle of 2015 opposition parties could meet to decide on how to select > one candidate to contest the Presidential elections in 2016. > > Electoral reform or not the political parties must be strong on the > ground. Hence PDOIS plan is to work and consolidate its forces on the > ground pending electoral reform or electoral Alliance. This is why Agenda > 2016 proceeds explain how PDOIS intends to address the challenges facing > the country. > > Economic Transformation > > PDOIS has the objective ofbuilding a self reliant economy aimed at > eradicating poverty and ensuring prosperity > > Public sector investment > > In 2014 the estimated expenditure is 10.2 billion dalasi. If all this come > from taxes poverty will increase. Hence PDOIS calls for the accumulation of > sovereign Nation wealth through mining minerals like Illmenite, Rutile and > Zircon which have been found in the coastal strip of Bato Kunku, Sanyang > and Kartong as well as explore the oil resources of the country. > > It will collect dividends from public enterprises which as far back as > 1998 had a turnover of 804 Million dalasi and paid 68 Million dalasi into > government covers. In 1999 the turnover increased to 940 Million and 82 > Million dalasi paid into government coffers. > > The Private sector will be the engine of mobilising capital and foreign > direct investment for productive private sector investment to complement > the aim of promoting poverty eradication and general welfare through > corporate responsibility. In recent years, approximately, 1.6 billion > dollars, amounting to more than 64000 Million dalasi, is exchanged annually > in the foreign exchange market in the Gambia while exports in 2012 earned > the country only 92.6 Million dollars or 3680 Million Dalasi. The > investment of the private sector in the productive base of the economy > falls far short of the volume of money that is currently in > circulation.PDOIS will ensure that private sector capital is linked to > private sector investment > > The cooperative sector will be the engine of accumulation of Cooperative > finances for grassroots development. In 2007 alone rice import to the > Gambia amounted to 557 million dalasi, tomato paste, 121 Million dalasi; > onions, 18 million dalasi; flour, 130 Million dalasi; vegetable oil, 457 > Million dalasi, fruits and vegetables, 57 Million dalasi; Milk and Milk > products, 149 million dalasi. If agriculture is linked to processing by > cottage or light scale industries financed by cooperative financial > institutions a sum of over 1489 Million dalasi would have been put in the > hands of Gambian producers in one year. > > The Social Security and housing Finance Corporation invested over 400 > Million dalasi to purchase and refurbish Ocean Bay Hotel. Such sums of > money should have been deposited in a Bank serving as shareholder since > only a sum of 200 Million dalasi is required to establish a bank. > > Establishment of cooperative marketing units in villages to which goods > could be given in kind for sale and from which goods could be bought to > enable producers to benefit from the economics of scale. > > The cooperative banking system would be linked to a cooperative marketing > system and the family farms organised as cooperatives for family members so > that they could be given farming inputs to produce on a large scale and be > given fair income due jointly determined prices for their produce. > > The informal sector will be the means for promoting a multiplier effect of > development down to all sectors which are not reached by the formal sector. > > All land will be properly delineated land into agricultural, industrial, > residential, commercial, recreational, conservational and infrastructural > use and all property rights determined to put a definitive end to > demolitions. > > Industrialisation > > We cannot just grow what we eat and eat what we grow and attained a self > reliant and sustainable economy. We must process what we grow, rear, fish, > mine and so on. PDOIS aims to register all the appropriate technology in > the country aimed at determining our processing potential and challenges > for the primary phase of industrialisation. It will facilitate joint public > / private; public / cooperative and other continental linkages to > facilitate the secondary phase aimed at light scale industries and the > tertiary phase of industrialisationaimed at large scale industries and > machine building. > > Infrastructural Development > > The North bank and the South Bank would have first class roads lin > > -- *"Be the change you want to see in the World"*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤