Modou Nyang Should Give Us a Break

Mr Editor,

Please allow me space to respond to Modou Nyang’s rebuttal of UDP-UK rejoinder.

It appears that this guy is extremely rattled by the emergence of UDP-UK to the extent that he now confuses it with UDP proper. Contrary to what he stated in his last paragraph, it wasn’t the UDP that wrote the rejoinder or the figures, but UDP-UK. That is my first point.

My second point is that UDP-UK’s contention, to my understanding, is not so much about the figures but the idea that a party led alliance will not work simply because UDP’s votes were down in 2006. That is a preposterous idea that doesn’t take into account the factors responsible for the lowering of UDP votes, namely; low voter turn-out and lack of proper preparation. That is what UDP-UK rejoinder was all about. So let Modou Nyang not try to distort their position here. But there is another thing I would love to see Modou Nyang doing; instead of UDP this or UDP that, maybe he should tell us a little bit about NADD’s achievements in the 2006 presidential election, because as far as I know, they have achieved almost nothing. I cannot understand why this is the case if the voters were up against only the UDP as Halifa Sallah and his disciples would like us to believe. Why didn’t they vote for NADD then? You guys need to give us a break.

I also made it a duty upon myself to ascertain UDP-UK’s figures through IEC’s official website www.iec.gm but their figures match with the ones I saw on that website. So if there is any confusion here, that blame should lie on the doorstep of the IEC. Halifa too, is blameworthy as his figures did not match the figures shown in Modou Nyang’s scanned document. So who are we to believe here, Modou Nyang or Halifa Sallah?

Thanks

Fatou Gaye
Bakoteh, The Gambia.