Jatta,
I am not surprised that your friend was told what he was told by Jammeh. It is quite clear what has been going on and it is quite obvious that YDE was a private enterprise of Yaya Jammeh with Baba Jobe as the front man and that is why at Baba Jobe's trial when the testimony started to reveal this starting with evidence that the YDE not paying customs duty on their imports was an order from state house, they ambushed lawyer Ousman Sillah with the intention of killing him.
I suppose this legislation will be passed by their majority in Paliament so that the rest of the gang can share in the dis-enfranchisement of the Gambian small businessman.
The situation is quite critical and these guys are making plans to entrench themselves for a long time.
Jabou Joh
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From: Lamin Jatta <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:07:14 -0700
Subject: Re: JUSTICE SOS SEEKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT- Not for the faint hearted
Jabou your assertion that Jammeh is privatizing our country is a well
researched truth. I have a friend, a Gambian too, who wanted to import rice in
the Gambia. He knew some of Jammeh's relatives, who helped him talk to Jammeh
on the phone from here in the U.S.
He said he told Jammeh that he was interested in importing rice in the Gambia
during the phone conversation but Jammeh told him that he could not talk about
such thing on the phone that he should go to the Gambia to talk about the
modalities.
When he went to Gambia, Jammeh through an aid told him that he cannot import
rice in the Gambia that he (Jammeh) import rice and if he want to he can buy
from him.
Jammeh is a big time Mafia. It is sad that with all this behavior by the APRC
government Osainou Darbo cannot see reason to come back to NADD.
[log in to unmask] wrote: You know Dr Jaiteh, sometimes we Gambians have to pinch
ourselves to make sure we have not sunk into an endless dream.
If you really notice, Jammeh has been steadiily pushing the Gambian small
businessman out of business since they started importing commodities and under
pricing them, and buying and establishing businesses using other as covers. The
Baba Jobe and so-called Youth Develpoment enterprise saga being a prime
example.
It is all a very systematic plan to eventually take full control of as many if
not all business enterprise out of the hands of ordinary Gambians and into the
hands of the APRC Mafia. These guys are running our country as a private
enterprise where they have not only a government where they have full and total
control of all branches of government, but also where they control all major
business. All their actions have pointed to exactly that and they are now
honing in to refine it by asking for the icing on the cake.
Gambians better come out in full force to support NADD at election time in
order to save our country from becoming a Mafia private enterprise that will
enslave the general populace in every form. It is now or never.
Jabou Joh
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From: Malanding Jaiteh
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:52:30 -0400
Subject: JUSTICE SOS SEEKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT- Not for the faint hearted
If the Points article was frightening, this one is the real shock and awe.
You wonder who will investigate, prosecute any misconduct civil or criminal
that may be committed by H.E or any of his SOS during their business dealing.
Oh I forgot, they are not like us humans who could be corrupted in personal
business ventures.
Malanding
Courtesy of the Daily Observer @
http://www.observer.gm/enews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4181&Itemid=33&PHPSESSID=9268f3337f8bd7833d9b1924f5cfd3e8
JUSTICE SOS SEEKS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Written by Alhajie Jobe
Monday, 24 April 2006
Mr Sheikh Tijan Hydara, the Secretary of State for Justice and
Attorney-General, recently tabled before the National Assembly a bill to amend
Sections 68(4) (A) and 72(4) (A) of the 1997 Constitution dealing with the
removal of limitation of trade and other services from public office holders.
He told the National Assembly that the amendment seeks to remove the
restriction imposed on the holders of the Office of the President, Vice
President and Secretaries of State to engage in trade, business or other
undertakings while they remain in office.
According to him, Section 68(4) (a), as it is, provides that the President
shall not: “While he or she continues in office as President, hold any other
office of profit or emolument whether public or private, occupy any position
carrying the right to remuneration for the rendering of services, or directly
or indirectly carry on any trade, business or other undertaking. Provided that
the President may undertake and carry on any agricultural business including
farming, horticulture, livestock rearing and artisanal fishing.â€
The amendment sought from the National Assembly, he said, is to substitute for
that provision the following new provision. “The President shall not while he
or she continues in office as President, hold any other office of emolument,
whether public or private, or occupy any other position carrying the right to
remuneration for rendering of services.â€
In respect of Section 72(4) (a), he said the 1997 Constitution states: “The
Vice President and Secretaries of State shall not while they continue in
office, hold any other office of profit or emolument whether public or private,
occupy any other position carrying the right to remuneration for the rendering
of services, or directly or indirectly carry on any trade, business or other
undertaking. Provided that the Vice President and the Secretaries of State may
undertake and carry on any agricultural business including farming,
horticulture, livestock rearing and artisanal fishing.â€
SoS Hydara proposed that this provision should now read: “While they continue
in office, hold any other office of emolument, whether public or private, or
occupy any position carrying the right to remuneration for rendering of
services.â€
Despite this amendment proposal, SoS Hydara made it clear that the President,
Vice President or Secretaries of State are still subject to the provisions of
subsections 68 (4) (b) and (c) and subsections 72 (4) (a) and (b) respectively
which provide that: “The President, Vice President and Secretaries of State
shall not undertake any activity inconsistent with his or her official position
or expose himself or herself to any situation which carries with it the risk of
a conflict developing between his or her official concerns and his or her
private interests; and use his or her position as such or use information
entrusted to or received by him or her in an official position directly or
indirectly to enrich himself or herself or any other person.â€
But he emphasised that the Constitution actually did not totally forbid that
the holders of the Office of the President, Vice President or Secretaries of
State should not hold any other remunerative office; instead, he pointed out,
it only limited them to agricultural business including farming, horticulture,
livestock rearing and artisanal fishing.
Rationalising the amendment proposal, SoS Hydara said the amendment process is
a rare opportunity for sober reflection on the need to make public service
more attractive for public office seekers and holders and thereby have robust
participation in public and national life.
He said: “It is for the public good of The Gambia that quality aspirants into
public service, especially the Office of the President, Vice President and
Secretaries of State should not be scared away by limitations to what they can
legitimately do or not do if they are elected or appointed into such office.
Our senior citizens, experienced and successful businesspeople, career persons
and other professionals are being hindered by the existing limitation to give
their best to the development of the country.â€
Other merits of the proposed amendment, according to SoS Hydara, are that it
will enable public officers who can farm, raise poultry or livestock contribute
to the economy by facilitating productive employment for job seekers, besides
attracting more investors and investments into the country. It will also
prevent the waste of human skill, natural endowment and resources, he said,
adding that it will equally serve as a source of inspiration and lend credence
to dignity of labour if our most senior citizens are seen to be actively
engaged in any field of human endeavour.
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