Burama, well OJ had an opportunity to compete against Darboe in the 2006 presidential election but he chickened out, didn't he?? Clearly that was a lost opportunity as OJ was the favourite for most people within NADD at the time. I wonder whether he can tell us which law in The Gambia states that a presidential candidate of a political party would have to be a party leader since his argument is premised on the point that Darboe is not qualify to run for president as a result of the upper age limit in the constitution. Thanks Daffeh On Thursday, 25 September 2014, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > It appears to me OJ viewed Osuainou as his competition rather than a > pattern for the bigger problem. > > We've to go back to what I wrote about NADD and uniting the parties in > general. > > Burama > > On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Burama Jammeh <[log in to unmask] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',[log in to unmask]);>> wrote: > >> Kejau >> >> Am all good for these leaders to challenge each other on everything >> public. >> >> However that's not the case here. There is a law in books that state >> someone can't be a candidate if /'s/he reaches certain age. >> >> Why should OJ tell Ousainou that time is up? As he decide to quit, I hope >> we will hear what Ousainou will do. >> >> Whether hypocrisy or anything we want to it. >> >> Be careful pointing fingers - well not the time but we have a lot to >> point at PPP administration which OJ is a member and all will be about >> Gambia and not their person. >> >> Again am not holding brief for Ousainou/UDP. >> >> Burama >> >> On Thursday, September 25, 2014, kejau <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Burama. >>> >>> I think we should be careful when we point our fingers at others a the >>> thumb points at us. >>> Darboe and others are not pursuing legal means to change the law as far >>> as know but employing only boycotts and pleadings. >>> I see no hypocrisy since he is quitting too and it's a democracy and >>> people should be able criticize each other without being label hypocrite or >>> resorting to insults. >>> Until we learn to be accept criticisms, we will continue changing one >>> tyrant for another. >>> Kejau >>> >>> Sent from Samsung Mobile >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Burama Jammeh >>> Date:25/09/2014 2:43 PM (GMT+01:00) >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: PPP's Omar Jallow Calls UDP's Darboe to Join Him and Quit >>> Due to Age Limit >>> >>> This is no critisim of Ousainou/UDP. He's asking him what's in the >>> law. Let him leave that to Ousainou and his lawyers. >>> >>> It may even make some sense if OJ call on others to find ways to >>> challenge this in democratic provisions of the law. >>> >>> Him leaving is a personal/legal matter. It has nothing to do with >>> Ousainou. Since they are different individuals and parties I see no reason >>> how OJ can justifiable make that call. >>> >>> In another area he may come in. For instance if Ousainou defy the >>> ban/age limit. And there is a national diwnside, here too he may preferably >>> behind close door counsel for Ousainou to quit for the common good. >>> >>> For disclosure I am not standing for Ousainou/UDP. >>> >>> Am trying to point the hypocrisy that consumed our politics for long. >>> >>> Burama >>> >>> On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting observation, Burama. >>> I however think it is healthy to debate and be critical of each other in >>> a democracy and not be accused of ulterior motives. OJ can criticize Darboe >>> and UDP or anyone or any party for that matter and that party militants too >>> can criticize him or his party in a mature way and that is what happened >>> here. We have to learn to accept criticism in good faith without insults, >>> as only then can expect democracy to live in our country. >>> >>> Kejau >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:53:57 -0400 >>> From: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Re: PPP's Omar Jallow Calls UDP's Darboe to Join Him and Quit >>> Due to Age Limit >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> Isn't funny! >>> >>> If he knows age limitation hit and ready to quit .....let him do so. >>> >>> I see no reason he can connect that to any other individual's. >>> >>> I can only hope those other individuals will make the same >>> realization/determination on their own and decide appropriately. >>> >>> At times is very doubtful why are we ( or some) are in this supposed >>> struggle. Is it against one and another? At least at party levels it >>> sometimes appears so. >>> >>> Burama >>> >>> On Thursday, September 25, 2014, Kejau Touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> PPP's Omar Jallow Calls UDP's Darboe to Join Him and Quit Due to Age >>> Limit >>> <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/homepage/news/ppp-s-omar-jallow-calls-udp-s-darboe-to-join-him-and-quit-due-to-age-limit> >>> Share <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php> >>> >>> The leader of The Gambia's opposition party PPP, the party that was >>> illegally overthrown by the incumbent's military junta, OJ has joined >>> others in urging the long serving leader of the United Democratic Party >>> to join him in quitting politics to make way for younger and qualified >>> party members to take the leadership mantle, due to the constitutional age >>> limits placed in Section 62(b*) *which states that (the president) >>> should …*attained the minimum age of thirty years but not more than >>> sixty-five years.* >>> >>> OJ, who was the parliamentary member for Serekunda East for the 30 years >>> PPP regime, was recently seen to be acting as the leader of the PPP even >>> though PPP has never filed a presidential candidate since 1994. >>> >>> He was speaking in an interview with Gambia’s Today Newspaper and has >>> been commended by many as being brave to come up with pronouncements like >>> this, as the UDP militants do not often take lightly to criticisms of their >>> leader. Others however condemned his actions as divisive and unnecessary. >>> This editorial, however believes that Gambian politics and politicians >>> should be think skinned and take and give criticisms in good faith. This is >>> healthy and necessary in a democracy. >>> Read More >>> <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/homepage/news/ppp-s-omar-jallow-calls-udp-s-darboe-to-join-him-and-quit-due-to-age-limit>Comment >>> (0) >>> <http://gambiadaily.co.uk/homepage/news/ppp-s-omar-jallow-calls-udp-s-darboe-to-join-him-and-quit-due-to-age-limit#section-kmt>Hits: >>> 0 >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:42:47 -0400 >>> From: [log in to unmask] >>> Subject: Ghana's Gyan denies sacrifice rumour >>> To: [log in to unmask] >>> >>> Ghana's Gyan denies sacrifice rumour >>> >>> Last updated 5 hours ago >>> [image: Asamoah Gyan] >>> Gyan scored for Ghana during their 2-2 draw with Germany at this >>> summer's World Cup >>> Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan says claims that he killed his friend and >>> Ghanaian rapper Castro as part of a ritual sacrifice are "wild and absurd". >>> Afrobeats artist Castro, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, went >>> missing, along with friend Janet Bandu, in July. >>> They disappeared while using jet skis on holiday with former Sunderland >>> striker Gyan's family in the Ghanaian coastal town of Ada. >>> Allegations in Ghana's media suggested the disappearance was suspicious. >>> Castro and Bandu were last seen heading towards the ocean on a jet ski >>> and were presumed drowned. >>> [image: Castro] >>> No bodies were recovered and rumours continued to circulate this month >>> when Gyan's brother, Baffour Gyan, was alleged to have been part of a gang >>> which attacked a journalist who had asked the player about the rumours. The >>> assault charges on Baffour Gyan have now been dropped. >>> The speculation prompted 28-year-old Gyan, who joined United Arab >>> Emirates side Al-Ain in 2011, to hold a press conference. >>> His lawyer Kissi Agyabeng said the family had been "dismayed" and had >>> remained silent until now as they did not want to interfere with police >>> investigations. >>> The statement read: "What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and >>> is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours >>> directed especially at Asamoah Gyan - ranging from the absurd - of the >>> imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered >>> Castro or had him kidnapped - and ending with the ludicrous - that he >>> sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career. >>> [image: Asamoah Gyan] >>> Asamoah Gyan shared the statement via his Twitter account >>> "We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have >>> been peddled in the media. >>> "We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we >>> do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened >>> in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with >>> police investigations and recently the leveling of assault charges against >>> Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo, sealed our mouths further. >>> "Now, we can come out openly because the police have stated their >>> position and the assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo >>> have been dropped and they have been discharged. We will revisit this >>> matter. >>> "In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that >>> the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous >>> allegations and rumours against us. >>> "Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever >>> to back their statements. 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