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Senegambia
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 Posted - 19 Oct 2011 : 12:21:43
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Being a party in the opposition is as important as being a party in the position of power. The opposition must not limit itself to being just an alternative government in waiting; it must carry out its duty as a carrier of people’s hopes, as an embodiment of their aspirations and as an institution that echos the voice of those who put their faith in them. Never before in the history of our nation does The Gambia need a more genuine and effective opposition to the ruling government than now. Never before have the people of Gambia been subjected to terror worse than that of a single person like the current dictator. Everyone knows that. The opposition knows it well. This is the time Gambian people are crying out the loudest in their silent worlds. A one man rule: the imposition of his image and the celebration of his aura of indispensability. But this piece must not be about the dictator. It is about an opposition that has also failed the nation big time.
Unfortunately, Gambia is a country where intellectual hypocrisy and prostitution is widespread. A country where ignorance of the people is the greatest asset of a government. Times like our time, call for great leaders to salvage their people and their nation. They might get arrested, they might be jailed, but they will be exposing a dictator to the bigger world out there and creating the moral ground for others to continue and extend their fight in its length, its breath, its height and its depth.
The failure of the opposition parties to come together and speak with one voice against dictatorship is a major problem. Your duty, your call right now as an opposition is to come together to join force, all of you, speak with one voice towards one goal: regime change in the Gambia. There are a thousand and one solid reasons why this dictatorial regime must go and why it must go now. Forget being stocked in the details of a future government. The basics are of the mayhems of now and they must be what define our common purpose.
The opposition leaders must take charge this time around; they must either live up to their responsibilities or leave us alone. They must go back to the table, unite and fight as one and in one voice. Unless that is done they will continue to fail us all. They will continue to fail the nation.
Senegambia
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Oct 2011 : 22:22:18
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Thanks Senegambia for these sober thoughts and comments! Hope there is wide publicity and efforts that it reaches ALL OPPOSITION PARTY & LEADERS 
Same line of thoughts, lost hope and lingering questions from The Point Editorial: The opposition talks
"Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The failure by opposition leaders in the country to agree on forming a united front, ahead of the forthcoming presidential election, is once again another clear indication of the lack of unity among them.
This failure, which has left most of their supporters confused, should be an indication of what they should expect from the presidential election next month, and National Assembly elections early next year.
We have highlighted on these pages, on several occasions, that the leadership of the UDP, NRP, NADD, GPDP, PDOIS, PPP and GMC must have realised that their division is not only an advantage to the APRC, but spells doom for any chances of them making it to State House.
When talks by opposition party leaders were announced last month, many members and supporters of the opposition were happy that they had finally found the formula to oust the APRC from power.
However, when the failure of the talks were announced this week, many supporters of the opposition virtually found themselves in disarray; were utterly confused as to which of the opposition factions they should support, now that they have failed to come together - whether what is left of NADD or UDP or NRP.
With just five weeks to go before the next presidential elections, there is still no sign that the opposition will ever come together to contest the election.
Yet, considering the mistrust and animosity that exists between and among the leadership of the opposition in this country, it would be quite hard to imagine them ironing out their differences and coming together to fight the elections, in whatever form.
There are, indeed, those who believe that even if they succeed in forming an alliance, it would still be too late for them to make an impact, or for them to regain the momentum that they lost after their talks failed.
Whatever the case, the APRC hierarchy is enjoying every bit of what is going on, and perhaps they may be praying that it intensifies to the point that the talks totally collapse.
Indeed, as things stand at present, even if some of the parties try to continue with the talks, the fact that the parties themselves have announced a failure in the talks, must have certainly dealt quite a deadly blow to any dream of presenting a united opposition candidate against President Jammeh in the forthcoming presidential election.
Definitely, as things stand now, it is hard to see how such a divided opposition can defeat the APRC.
“We dropped out of most of the shroud community because of the politics and backbiting and refusal to work as a team.”
Rebecca Jackson"The Point |
Edited by - kobo on 19 Oct 2011 22:24:44 |
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10 Nov 2011 : 16:44:31
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Any norms, policy, programme, posture, advocacy, strategy/tactic and/or anything on table from any opposition party and militants since Jammeh/APRC in power to 2011 and beyond not geared towards NATIONAL UNITY, IN SPIRIT OF PARTNERSHIP AND SOLIDARITY IS A FAILURE
INTERESTING QUOTE:
"A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it."
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