¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.htmlI do like a great deal of some of the central theme of this proposal, deserves to be looked at and fleshed out.Thank youFrom: "Burama Jammeh" <[log in to unmask]');" target="_blank">[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: [G_L] A ProposalCompatriots1) 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 opinion6) 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 watching7) 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.RegardBurama¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.htmlTo 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]');" target="_blank">[log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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