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Dalton1
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 Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 01:56:48
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By Yero Jallow
Rejoinder : Mr. non grey hair critic got it all wrong
Mr. Darboe,
The grey hair critic is Mathew K Jallow, and i am glad you didn't wait for your name to be mentioned to react to the story. Having said this, allow me to rectify you in your piece that i Insulted one Pa Kalifa Sanyang's parents. This is totally unfounded, and i am sure you are mistaken me for Yorro Jallow, of the Independent. After you erase my name from your black book, now we come down to a dialogue that will not be uttered with biasness.
The second rectification in your arguement is mentioning "distrust" against Darboe, which is not seen anywhere in my piece, though you may be right that history have me in records for being an arch critic of this lawyer guy, who i belief have done a lot for Gambians, but his pulling out of NADD, and some of his public comments will follow him everywhere.
You spoke the truth that my candidate of choice would have been Halifa Sallah, but should Darboe be chosen to lead NADD, nothing stops me from giving him all the support i can, just like any other person.I also want you take rectification that NADD is still as vibrant as it was from the day that all signed the MOU. Infact, the latest survey of the polls shows NADD is leading by twenty percent, though this was just a tiny bit observation in the Sierrekunda area. There are a lot deflectors from both the APRC and UDP/NRP, all joining NADD. Infact, NADD members are working on a grand party marking the entry to the Gambian statehouse, come september 2006.
Now, back to my piece, you seem to have missed the signal i was sending to the oppositions. Lets agree that one person cannot do this job perfect. This is why we need unity among the opposition to get rid of tyranny. In doing this, one cannot impose him or herself on us, rather one would need to negotiate in good faith. This is one quality of a leader. In order to avoid future problems, the rules that will govern any unity must be well defined, and equality of member parties is a fundamental tool in winning the hearts of the masses. The term limit for the presidency as the MOU dictates is five years, and i am sure you are not telling me that Darboe want to be President for thirty years, then that will defeat the purpose of struggling to rescue Gambians. The problem in Africa, when presidents stay longer than a certain period, it gives birth to coups and counter coups, and you can see that's where the Gambia is now. Every one should be pushing so hard for unity, including you, if you are telling us that Darboe is your parent. The unity that people are calling for is to make sure that the opposition come together to get rid of Jammeh.
Now, coming down to my professor as you rightly put Halifa, he deserves all our love and moral support. From the consistency and efforts he demonstrated so far, the man is a bard. Halifa, being a bard doesn't in any way reduce any credit that Darboe achieved in his life. We should be proud of him, and enjoy this gift from God while he is alive with us.
By the way, since you don't know who i am , i would have love to share with you discussions that i had with Darboe which is all in tapes. By the fragile nature of the current opposition crisis, i bet to hold my horses, and see if they will unite before the nominations, to send only one candidate against Jammeh. This in all respect was my piece.
With regards to your mention of Freedom, count me among the pillars. I am a long time admirer of the Independent and its owners, and i wish and pray that they come back to operations soon. As we engage in a dialogue in this newspaper, you will find me to be humble and respecful. I will also advice you to go back and read the piece again, and see if that makes a difference after knowing with certainty now i never insulted your friend's parents.
Yours in the Struggle,
Yero Gainako Jallow (Dalton)
Below is Yankuba's piece, curled from Freedomnewspaper, please read !!
Mr Non Grey-hair critic, Yero Jallow (Dalton) got it all wrong!
Mr Non Grey-hair critic, Yero Jallow (Dalton) got it all wrong!
By Yankuba Darboe LLB (Hons)
What Mr Dalton Yero Jallow, the non grey hair man I suppose, is claiming in his reaction to both my article and Mathew K Jallow’s, is that which we have been hearing over and over again from the new NADD and its cult followers like him for a long time. They want us to believe that socialism and not democracy should choose the leadership of NADD. So that every one is equal in NADD and from then on, we can negotiate who leads the party, the comrade style of selecting a leader. Mr Dalton or whoever you called yourself, Gambia is a democratic state and not a socialist state. We choose our leaders not by negotiation but by the majority. This is where your socialist NADD became confusing to the United Democratic Party and NRP.
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Mr Non Grey-hair man Yero Jallow, why create NADD like a socialist party alliance if you want democratic parties to be part of it? And why made it in a democratic country, are you confused; it is the Gambia not Russia or Cuba. Tell me Mr Dalton, how democratic is it for Halifa, a man with no party in an alliance of political parties not individuals; end up being the leader of NADD. May be you don’t know but I will tell you, may be you are not familiar with the traits of socialism. In socialism leadership is not decided by majority votes, but by popularity or status of the individuals in the party. Now do you know who was the face of NADD? It was Halifa Sallah, the coordinator and the spokesperson. Now compare that to how Lennon and Staling came power in the soviet union of Russia. I will tell you this history if you want to disagree with me.
Now can I crave your indulgence to tell you and your so called professor, Halifa Sallah of how political alliances like NADD are formed in democratic states. I know about a lot; but I will make it simple for you Mr. Yero, the Gainako manager. I will give you an example of a closed by nation called Senegal. Do you know how they did it there? Well this is how they did it, Abdoulaye Wade the leader of the majority political party of their political alliance, SDP, led the coalition that evicted Abdou Diouf from power. I forgot the year this happened but, even though you are not grey haired yet, I think you were old enough to remember that, don’t you. However, if you don’t I can do some research for you about it.
This was what confused lawyer Darboe to claim that he was not trusted by your socialist NADD. This is true because if the Senegalese political alliance trusted the Socialist Democratic Party leader, Abdoulaye Wade, who lead the majority party of that coalition to lead their alliance, without drafting a very complicated memorandum of misunderstanding; how come a similar political alliance in the Gambia, a sister country, cannot trust the leader of their majority political party of the alliance to lead. Will you be available, Mr Dalton, to deny the fact that you yourself, Mr. non grey hair man, do not trust lawyer Darboe to lead NADD. If I may quote from your own writing; “In such an agenda, one is also expected to dwell on the term limit of the presidency, and honesty this will put a check to impunity, and arrogance by any future leader”. Tell me why do you need to say this; don’t you trust Lawyer Darboe not to immune himself from the rule of law, arrogant and stay in power beyond the presidential term limit, like Yahya Jammeh.
Mr. Non Grey-hair man, I think Mathew K Jallow, the Grey hair man, is telling the truth than you. Don’t tell me you are a journalist and followed your ethical code of practice, because you don’t have ethics neither do you follow them. You have just read Lamin Waa Juwara’s comments about Lawyer Darboe, however, you were able to snub that but find it hard to snub me and mathew’s comment’s. You do not think that Waa’s comments would cause any difficulty in bringing the dead NADD alive, but you have every right to accuse me and Mathew for trying to destroy any chances of bringing NADD together. Good ethical journalism shown by you Yero Jallow.
So what makes you think Halifa will obey the memorandum of NADD and Lawyer Darboe will not. And what makes you think that even if we put Halifa to lead NADD he would not change the presidential term limit stated in the NADD memorandum to suit his own desires. Mr. Non Grey Hair man what is your assurance that Halifa would not do this. Even though you are given him a blank check to change the constitution, not before he becomes Mr. President but after he becomes it. Mr. Dalton, you cannot wash our faces for us, what do you think we are.
Mr. Dalton don’t you people supporting NADD know that you are arguing on an empty ground and Gambians are no fools! You can carry on not trusting Lawyer Darboe to lead NADD, but you can’t convince us that NADD is not dead and that Halifa is its leader, be informed your afro man is leading a socialist NADD in a democratic country.
And be warned that freedom newspaper is not the independent newspaper, which you were once managing director of. You can control the input and out put of that paper but not this one! If you want to tell the truth, don’t beat the bush; just come straight to the point. You and Waa Juwara are crying; because you would love to see lawyer Darboe supporting Halifa to become Mr. President, but you hate to see, the other way around, that is you don’t want to see Halifa supporting Darboe to become president. One last thing, can you tell me what makes Halifa a saint and Ousainou Darboe a villain. Let me tell you, the UDP needs NRP and not NADD.
I have you on record for insulting Pa Kalifa Sanyang’s parents, but if you insult my parents, yours won’t be spared, so be warned. This is adult conversation.
By Yankuba Darboe LLB (hons)
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 04:53:39
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| IVE GIVEN UP READING AS ITS TOO LONG FOR ME. |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 05:01:53
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| I like ur face, who are you trying to swallow ? If u can swallow jammeh, how much does that cost ? |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Dalton1
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Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 07:17:50
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To the forum admins, please help to replace this editted piece to the above, since the other cannot be editted after three hours.
Thanks.
By Yero Jallow (Dalton)
Rejoinder: Mr. non grey hair critic got it all wrong
Mr. Darboe,
The grey hair critics are your likes and Mathew K Jallow, and I am glad you didn't wait for your name to be mentioned to react to the story. Having said this, allow me to rectify you in your piece that I insulted one Pa Kalifa Sanyang's parents. This is totally unfounded, and I am sure you are mistaken me for Yorro Jallow, of the Independent. After erasing my name from your black book, now we will come down to a dialogue that will not be uttered with biasness.
Mathew, one of the old hand Gambian writers should preserve the respect he earned for his great activism. People have a lot of admiration for his writings, but only when he acts rebellious against NADD, Halifa and STGDP in the most hostile way, without any knowledge of what these organizations are, or as he demonstrated in many of his pieces. A presidential aspirant, who is starting to make gravely mistakes, must not be left to spoil. It is incumbent that he recognizes the good services that such organizations rendered. His party leader, Hamat Bah contested under a NADD ticket, and the very people who sponsored him were members of STGDP. This alone is enough for respect. It is the same organization that toured Hamat, Ousainou Darboe, Kemeseng and others when they visited the U.S. People shouldn’t forget so easily, less we are called ungrateful people.
The second rectification in your argument is mentioning "distrust" against Darboe, which is not seen anywhere in my piece, though you may be right that history have me in records for being an arch critic of this lawyer guy, who I belief have done a lot for Gambians, but his pulling out of NADD, and some other public comments will follow him everywhere.
You spoke the truth that my candidate of choice would have been Hon. Halifa Sallah, but should Darboe be chosen to lead NADD, nothing stops me from giving him all the support I can, just like any other person. I also want you take rectification that NADD is still as vibrant as it was from the day that all parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding. In fact, the latest survey of the polls shows NADD is leading by twenty percent, though this was sampled from one geographical area- Sierrekunda area. There are a lot of deflectors from the APRC and UDP/NRP, all joining NADD. In fact, NADD members are working on a grand party marking the entry to the Gambian statehouse, come September 2006. The seasoned politicians on the ground, and the emerging youth movement called NADD militants, moving door to door sensitizing Gambians are done with the job already.
Now, back to my piece, you seem to have missed the signal I was sending to the oppositions. Let’s agree that one person cannot do this job perfectly. This is why we need unity among the oppositions to get rid of tyranny. In doing this, one cannot impose him or herself on us, rather one would need to negotiate in good faith. This is one quality of a leader. In order to avoid future problems, the rules that will govern any unity must be well defined, and equality of member parties is a fundamental tool in winning the hearts of the masses. The term limit for the presidency as the MOU dictates is five years, and I am sure you are not telling me that Darboe wants to be President for thirty years, then that will defeat the purpose of struggling to rescue Gambians. The problem in Africa, when presidents stay longer than a certain period, it gives birth to coups and counter coups, and you can see that's where the Gambia is now. Every one should be pushing so hard for unity, including you, if you are telling us that Darboe is your parent. The unity that people are calling for is to make sure that the oppositions come together to get rid of Jammeh. Please take wisdom that “Half a love is better than no bread”, it is better that we all go in as one, and get easy victory. Otherwise the future is so dark, that any of these politicians will regret any selfish action they undertook, and then it will be too late.
Now, coming down to my professor as you rightly put Halifa, he deserves all our love and moral support. From the consistency and efforts he demonstrated so far, the man is a bard. Halifa, being a bard doesn't in any way reduce or take any credit that Darboe achieved in his life. Many a times, people don’t recognize the services of such societal catalyst till they are gone, and then we start researching on the records they left behind. A critical look at Halifa, you will realize that he is a world icon, rated above the Mandellas, the Malcolms and the Lumumbas. Life is such that their kinds would come in every generation, and most of the times, by nature of their steadfastness to defend justice, and preach equality; they are edged and painted with different colors. It is saying in pular that says a cow doesn’t know the value of its tail until a kondorong (devil) cuts if off. At that juncture, when the flies, birds, ticks and other harmful things are feeding on its blood, it won’t have a weapon (the tail) to scare them away. We should be proud of him, and enjoy this gift from God while he is alive with us.
By the way, since you don't know who I am, I would have loved to share with you discussions that I had with Lawyer Darboe which is all in tapes. Due to the fragile nature of the current opposition crisis, I bet to hold my horses, and see if they will unite before the nominations, to send only one candidate against Jammeh. Those of you, who are taking NADD to Calvary to be crucified, need to slow down, and know that NADD supporters everywhere can reciprocate your hostile actions in a similar way, and we will all be losers. Even though, many observers show the letters exchanged between the two alliances as aggressive, but I hail this move. It shouldn’t stop there, but continue to yield unity. This in all respect was my piece.
With regards to your mention of Freedom, count me among the pillars. I will be treated by the paper’s editor like any other Gambian, even though my interaction with him is beyond just activism at Freedom newspaper, and yours seem like a mockery to the Independent newspaper, but this is no fun that it closed. It is my wish to be treated with no preference to any other Gambian. I am a long time admirer of the Independent and its owners, and I wish and pray that they come back to operations soon. This is an institution that truly represented the voices of the oppressed, and because of that editorial policy, they are now terrorized. As we engage in a dialogue in this newspaper, you will find me to be humble and respectful. I will also advice you to go back and read the piece again, and see if that makes a difference after knowing with certainty now I never insulted your friend's parents. By the way take note that our dialogue doesn’t mean any enormity, only differences in opinion. The ability for each of us to express our opinions on the matter is called freedom.
Yours in the Struggle,
Yero Jallow (Dalton)
Mr. Editor, thanks for the space.
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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jambo
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Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 14:01:56
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Lemontime  is Dalton1 okay, i read this posting, but i think i missed something |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 16:52:16
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Jamba,
add it there. We cannot see all sometimes, and looking forward to it.
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"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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serenata
Germany
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Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 17:56:38
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quote:
Originally posted by LEMON TIME
IVE GIVEN UP READING AS ITS TOO LONG FOR ME.
I agree. |
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
1295 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 18:36:10
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| Oh lol, hope people could shorten their posting by going straight to the important points.thanks |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 18:54:00
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| I think people should write as long as they wish to regardless of the lenght. Take time chill out, have a glass of Attaya and come back to finish reading. |
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Dalton1
3485 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 20:05:10
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| No wonder i missed son of haile for his long and educative postings. Short or long, i just take what i can take, and leave the rest. If we were running out of space, then that would have been a genuine advice to shorten postings, but ours is world, thanks to the providers. |
"There is no god but Allah (SWT); and Muhammad (SAW)is His last messenger." shahadah. Fear & Worship Allah (SWT) Alone! (:
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:47:38
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If this is a vote, I would appreciate getting to the points for the reader.. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:49:26
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| There many roads to Rome. |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
462 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:51:56
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and Rome wasn't built in a day |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:55:50
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| And so must we not insist all to write short postings. |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:57:58
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| Yes, the person who writes has the right to express and the reader has the right to bail out when s/he wants too.. especially if its the Titanic... |
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kondorong
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 00:58:52
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| or a thesis |
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