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Nguru
Gambia
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 Posted - 15 May 2006 : 14:33:05
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The by-elections has said it all that the opposition can never make it if they remain seperated. What do you think they shou;d do at the present moment?
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jambo
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Posted - 15 May 2006 : 15:00:57
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i would expect them to re-group and look inwards and see where they could have made a difference. I do believe that could have been a bit more harmonised. I say this because of a comment made by a professor who said at the last general election the opposition lost to Yaya because they did not do enought promotion, they run out of funds to mount a proper campaign. If it is fund raising that is needed perhaps that could help. In other countries the richest party winds, not always the best party.
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dbaldeh
USA
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Posted - 15 May 2006 : 18:36:56
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It is neither about the money nor lack of strategy brother. The results show the opposition is the winner together. They must level up with reality and drop their individualistic dreams. Otherwise we have another NCP and Sheriff Dibba in our hands. They will never be President and winners in our history.
Plain and simple, the opposition should put aside their egos and come back to the table. It is not about he or she, it is about GAMBIA... people.
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 15 May 2006 : 18:54:18
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In negotiating, we have to give and take. I find in all the postings that UDP/NRP should come back. It will be fair to say that NADD should also step forward. By putting the blame on the doors of UDP/NRP, we are actually making it harder for them to give up. In negotiating we at least need to make it look like a win win situation.
I am a strong supporter of PDOIS since its inception but we need to find out why they left and what concerns they have. This way we will be able to see how we can meet their needs at least half way without compromising the very principles that set up NADD. However being stiff-necked in negotiation does not help. Sticking too long to principles is also a sign of weakness.
These types of negotiations have led to wars unending i Africa like Angola, Rwanda, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan etc.
We have to be able to give up something. Unfortunately, we have a culture, which dictates that to be a winner, your other opponent had to die or be disgraced. It is the same thinking across the continent and hence end less wars. Eritrea will never be happy until Ethiopia is humiliated and also the reverse.
If NADD thinks they will want to prove UDP wrong and also the reverse, then we might just not waste our energy and close the sheets. The only winner will be APRC. Lets meet each other’s concerns half way and swallow our prides. I would want to see NADD meet with UDP/NRP to iron out any problems. STICKING TO A PRINCIPLE IN THE FACE OF ANNIHILATION IS NOTHING BUT MADNESS. THE PROOBLEMS INFACT IS NOT PRINCIPLES BUT HISTORICAL AND WHICH HAS NO PLACE IN OUR CURRENT POLITICAL LANDSCAPE. IT LOOKS LIKE NADD HAS PRINCIPLES THAT THEY ARE NOT READY TO GIVE UP AND SO IS THE UDP/NRP. THERE IS STRENGTH IN UNITY
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 01:41:20
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| UDP/NRP were all committed parties to NADD's MOU and now should be considered as NADD's breakaway faction. They commited themselves to the coalition and put their seals on the MOU. |
Edited by - kobo on 16 May 2006 01:42:36 |
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ylowe
USA
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 08:29:52
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| Kondorong, you are right again. compromise is not always a win win situation. |
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