If
any political party leader ever says again that PDOIS is an enemy of the
coalition, the PDOIS would reveal the amount it contributed to the coalition
campaign budget and compare that to the contribution of the party concerned.
These
were the words of Halifa Sallah, when he addressed the press, not in his
capacity as the spokesperson of the coalition but as the secretary general of
his People’s Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS)
party.
Speaking
at a press briefing held at the PDOIS bureau on Saturday, after the nomination
of the party’s KMC candidates which include Mr Sallah himself, the PDOIS
secretary general said: “PDOIS will no
longer compromise the truth; we have been patient with the truth. Deception is no
longer possible. I must say that I will not tell you the figures, what PDOIS
deposited for the deposit of the presidential candidate, what PDOIS contributed
to the campaign, the funds that PDOIS mobilised for the campaign. If any leader
ever said again PDOIS is an enemy of the coalition, we will reveal what those
figures are compared to what they have done.”
Mr
Sallah said when the party leaders continue to make remarks against his party,
he would rebuff that with his might and every command, and eventually those
giving unfounded information would be discredited.
“Anybody
who perpetrates this act of promoting fictions as facts will be exposed and
discredited,” he said.
He
continued: “The presidential candidate
of UDP won and we accepted it. If you want the presidency and you have it, what
more are you asking for? Although, we don’t see him [President Barrow] that
way, they [UDP militants] are the ones trying to make him president of a
party.
“You
have the president, what could be more than that in politics? So it means that the so-called small party
has given you the presidency, what more do you want? What are you complaining
about? You are not complaining about substance, you are only complaining about
processes. What is the importance of processes, when it has given you
substance?
“If
other parties are mighty, why did they accept to be part of the coalition, they
could have left and go on their own and show their might in politics.
“When
the [then] incumbent refused to step down and the coalition was just waiting
calmly for January 19, where were [the big] political parties? What did they do to liberate us at that
moment? Why were we not saved by our saviours at that moment because that is
when we needed them the most?”
