Musa Thanks! Is a model! Surely it could be approach/re-cast in several other ways as it suits our people so long our focus remain on the 'Real Problems'. For instances I personally don't care much where's the national organization and/or are running it. However what I can't compromise is what the purpose of such national face. For me the true cause if our struggle is simply the reclamation of our Republic. And is only through democracy the sovereigns can exercise that ownership. That's why those 2 has to work hand in hand. I do understood the arguments for trying to propel a friendly person to office and hence work with him/her. In theory is good. In practice it hadn't work anywhere. Usually those close enough go along to suppress those not so close - end result is another dictatorship under a different person/group. A good example is Yahya and those who carry guns to his ascension. Many other examples in our region and old Europe. Government by its nature us FORCE! Unless there is an equal counter force ( informed and vibrant civil society) they will abuse some or all. In short what we set out for ourselves is more important to me than the organizational development to the extent that set can do the task at hand Thank again! Burama On Saturday, September 13, 2014, Musa Jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I do like a great deal of some of the central theme of this proposal, > deserves to be looked at and fleshed out. > > Thank you > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> > *To: *"and, The" <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> > *Sent: *Saturday, September 13, 2014 11:14:02 AM > *Subject: *[G_L] A Proposal > > Compatriots > > 1) Stay in your party. Propagate the cause of your party. Ally with any > party you can agree with. Contest elections individually/collectively as > you wish. CAUTION - lets alliance a central strategy of our cause. Our > problem is a Gambian problem and not a party organizational problem. We > would need the party leaders and the weight of their party to deliver their > people on stage when/where needed while they can still maintain their > desire to be the next ruling party - no conflict there and purely > democratic. > > 2) Let's work with the home political leaders/activists to create a > group/organization (A National Face - give it a name) that works on > ensuring we're a republic we were supposed be and > functionally democratically govern. We can discuss what that means and the > kind of works needed. The group/organization should be predominately home > base, certainly home base led either with the politicians themselves or > their trusted/influential/charismatic agents. That's important because > because this is a job of projecting a vision, ideas and rally many skeptic > to a cause that elude our land for 50 years and counting. Also important is > to have the organization functionally separated from parties to minimize > conflicts of interest but more importantly to reduce the clutter of dirt > our party politics. > > 3) Develop 'A National Republican/Democracy' agenda. Numbers 2 & 3 could > be interchangeable in pecking order or be done simultaneously. This agenda > may end with elections but will definitely not start with it and most > definitely not trying to collapse the parties into one. The basics of such > program will be to push governments excesses back, ensure laws are enforce > accordingly, bad laws are repeal and good democratic laws promulgated and > enforce and court orders are enforce, etc. Any progress in these areas will > begin to create an enabling environment for rule of law, abilities if > citizens to freely express/associate that are conducive for better > elections and democracy as a whole. > > 4) Campaign to sell these programs to Gambians and international community > alike. Raise the requisite funds and other resources. Build the necessary > 'Political Leverage' > > 5) Engage government on this reform/overhaul agenda. Use the political > leverage as the bargaining chip. Here the parties and their followers can > be very handy at some stage to demonstrate showing public opinion > > 6) Education/enlightenment, organization and mobilization of citizens both > inside and outside Gambia. Here the idea is to grow an inform and vibrant > civil society that will be the ultimate safeguard of our gains and > democracy as a whole. Government of any kind and anywhere is dictatorship > if citizens are not feared or they're not watching > > 7) Revisit our programs and repeat them over and over ...... This is a > continuous task.... > > 8)......... > > 9) .......... > > 10) Somewhere along the way we will be able to organize and conduct a > truly free and fair elections that all and any can participate as wish > (candidate or voter). Regardless of the number of candidates the free > citizens will be able to express who they prefer more. > > This is the most practical, viable and most enduring option. In this we > can all participate materially and the outcome is a gain for the whole and > not some group. The eventual administrations after these efforts are most > likely to continue the reforms knowing the know-how exist how the people > can bring them down. > > "This is leaving the cart behind the horse". The currents efforts are > largely "placing the cart ahead of the horse". They are not as good at pushing > as they are in pulling. > > Regard > > Burama > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[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] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤