Yero,

Give me a contact at the Belgium mission and I will try to get their
recommendation to the Gambia Government.

Beran

>From: YERO MAMA <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Gambian 'Foreign Policy' in a state of Flux
>Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:36:01 +0000
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>Gassa,
>     The source of the decision that sent Marc out stems from
>recommendations received from our own mission in Belgium(according to the
>stories we saw on the media and elsewhere within the cirlces of Banjul's
>administration).
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>Why not for the sake of objective judgement,that anyone who wishes to go
>deeper on what led to the current statusquo reach our brothers and sisters
>at Belgium and hear more,instead of BLINDLY defending or offending the
>parties concerned.I would suggest that an independent party on line finds
>out and then reports for us here the otherside of the coin.People like me
>maybe branded as bias ones if we were to say a word in defense of the
>regime! So let those enquiring be independent from any political or
>adminitrative strings whatsoever.
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>The second part of my argument is that;as far as the reaction of the EU is
>concerned,it all depends on the outcome of the forthcoming meeting that
>will
>comprise of the Africa group and other parties that are affected.The
>decision to send Marc out would be weighed and balanced at that meeting
>thus
>give us the EU'S standpoint.Contrary to any other decision at least this
>one
>has got all professional components together and an explanation has been
>forwarded to the public.
>Lets also remember that;its a case affecting Marc(as a profesional who's
>accused of being biased and not harbouring any respect for the authorities
>of his host country)that is being treated via the codes of conduct as
>stipulated in the regulations governing the (EU officials-host countries
>relations).Therefore branding the host gvt's move as childish etc would not
>help the situation either.
>Ofcourse no gvt whether African or not will say:"i do not need the EU!" No!
>because its a body and a force to reckon with.However,aid shouldn't be laid
>on one's shoulders with lashes from throngs.
>For those who accuse the Gambia of prostituting countries like Taiwan etc
>for political reasons my question is;WHERE IN POLITICS CAN WE FIND A
>PORTION
>THATS COMPLETELY FREE FROM INTEREST-RIDDEN APPROACHES?
>Did you read or hear about the latest on THE USA Gvt's readiness to present
>Diesel sub concepts to Taiwan?!
>Where will that be classified...? Under prostituting them or political
>interest? Is it easy to defend the two?
>Politically The Mainland China may feel offended isn't that a Geo-political
>problem?
>In this case i wouldn't blame the Americans neither would i blame
>Beijing.What matters here is interest and not pounding chests!
>The relativity in all political problems or challenges is always there, so
>intelligent moves may sometimes appear sour to others.If the aftermath of
>Marc's departure will be useful for the Gambia so be it,likewise if his
>stay
>was for our interest then i am confident that the parties concerned will
>resort to professional methods and technics!
>Remember that Marc had only four months to go,so the Gambia Gvt may not be
>that in a hurry to wait for only FOUR MONTHS!.The move i am sure was well
>calculated and lets see if Marc's slate as far as his career is concerned
>won't be affected at the end.Remember that there are rules set for all EU
>officials abroad especially those in countries like ours.The EU bureacracy
>shuns any EU official whose found to be discharging his or her duties with
>disrespect to the authorities of any host country! The body is very much
>sensitive to such behaviour.
>Until the outcome of the committee thats charged with the responsibility of
>looking into the above expulsion comes out with a statement on behalf of
>the
>EU, my position on the above is nothing else other than that of the
>Mandingo
>proverb "n'ganna baal dundi leh".Direct translation "my goats are kept at
>home"-meaning i reserve my opinion for a while.
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>Yeropulloh!
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>>Momodou Mboge,
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>>Let me first of all start with your last sentence in which you wrote: "God
>>safe us from your 'madness'." No Mr. Mboge God will not safe anybody from
>>what you consider my "madness". The Gambia belongs to all of us and we all
>>have a stake in it.
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>>You also wrote:
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>>"You commended MR GOMEZ on his rather ambiguous piece on  the need of
>>political tolerance in the Gambia yet all and sundry know that it is your
>>lot who cannot deal with criticism. Those of us who oppose the APRC and
>>the
>>Jammeh government are more than accommodating but we will not tolerate or
>>negotiate our basic human rights and freedoms."
>>
>>No Mboge, you've got it wrong. If this government does not want to be
>>criticised, it would not have opened a website for all and sundry to air
>>their views. This is a listening government.
>>
>>You again wrote:
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>>"Your bragging about that some of us in the opposition believe that we
>>depend on the largesse of the West for survival is absolute nonsensical
>>piffle.  Jammeh and his lot are not inpendent, his government is ready to
>>sleep with any monster who offer him some dough.  We know about his
>>prostitution of Gambian sovereignty to the Libyans, Taiwanese and all
>>those
>>sick Arab states hallucinating about muslim brotherhood."
>>
>>Again you are off the mark. This government wants to co-exist with all
>>other
>>governments regardless of ideology. What we will not accept is for any
>>nation to believe that because they offer us aid, they can dictate to us
>>how
>>we should run our lives. This has been denied us for more than three
>>hundred
>>years and we are saying enough is enough. Do not forget also that some of
>>these nations need us as much as we need them.
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>>You also wrote:
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>>"Our tourism industry was distroyed the insan and stupid policies of this
>>criminal regime."
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>>My friend we know what role tourism plays in our economy. Therefore we
>>will
>>not jeopardise all the efforts that we've put into it by way of promoting
>>it
>>and developing infrastructures to meet the requirements of the tourists.
>>In
>>fact was it not only a few weeks back that I posted, on the L, an article
>>indicating that The Gambia won the best stand at the recently held tourism
>>fair?
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>>Apart from promoting the sector, there is now a tourism development board
>>that acts as a one stop shop for those wishing to invest in tourism in The
>>Gambia. The classification of hotels and restaurants is  being done this
>>year in colaboration with the stakeholders in the industry to match
>>international standards. Eco-tourism is being vigourously promoted and one
>>of these eco-tourist sites won an international award a few weeks ago in
>>recognition of its facilities amongst other things. Kombo Beach hotel also
>>recieved a gold award from one of the biggest tour operators in the UK
>>just
>>last week.
>>
>>Have a good day, Gassa.
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