hELLO BRO FYE,
Time is really runing out for thje bucher and his sheep,he has limited time
to pack his things and leave.


>From: Fye Samateh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
>Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:06:58 +0200
>
>Habib & Momodou.
>
>
>Yala deserves to be ousted he was one of the useless African leaders in our
>region.
>Always there for his interest not the people he represent.Yaya should learn
>his lessons
>from this coz time is running out for him too.
>
>
>Niamo.
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Habib Ghanim
>   To: [log in to unmask]
>   Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:48 PM
>   Subject: Re: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
>
>
>   Kumba Yala's red hat did not save him this time. I am glad it was a
>bloodless coup. who knows he might seek refuge in The Gambia
>
>
>
>   >From: Momodou Camara
>   >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>   >To: [log in to unmask]
>   >Subject: FWD:Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
>   >Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:02:29 -0500
>   >
>   >Army Ousts President Who Kept Delaying Elections
>   >
>   >UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
>   >NEWS
>   >September 14, 2003
>   >Posted to the web September 15, 2003
>   >Bissau
>   >
>   >President Kumba Yala of Guinea-Bissau was desposed by the army in a
>   >bloodless coup on Sunday after delaying parliamentary elections in this
>   >small West African state for nearly a year and leaving civil servants
>and
>   >soldiers unpaid for several months.
>   >
>   >Although the former teacher was elected president with 72 percent of
>the
>   >vote in what was generally regarded as a free and fair poll in early
>2000,
>   >his one-time supporters became increasingly disenchanted with his
>erratic
>   >style of government.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala dissolved parliament in November last year after it passed a
>   >vote of no confidence against him. Then he delayed four times the
>election
>   >of a new legislature. The last straw may have come on Friday, when the
>   >National Electoral Commission announced that it would not be able to
>   >complete voter registration in time for the latest proposed election
>date
>   >of 12 October.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala, 49, was desposed in a pre-dawn coup by a military junta
>headed
>   >by the army chief of staff, General Verissimo Correia Seabra. The
>military
>   >chief pledged to form a broad-based government including all the main
>   >political parties in this former Portuguese colony of 1.3 million
>people.
>   >
>   >Correia Seabra, who played a leading role in two previous successful
>coups,
>   >said in a statement broadcast over local radio stations that civilian
>rule
>   >would be restored through the holding of fresh elections at an
>unspecified
>   >point in the future.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala and his prime minister, Mario Pires, were taken into
>military
>   >custody, apparently without resistance, and the mood in the capital
>Bissau
>   >remained calm and relaxed, despite the announcement of a dusk to dawn
>   >curfew.
>   >
>   >Correia Seabra said publicly in May that the army had no plans to
>intervene
>   >again in the politics of this former Portuguese colony, which won
>   >independence in 1974 after a long and bitter guerrilla war.
>   >
>   >However, the 52-year-old army chief is no stranger to coups. He backed
>the
>   >overthrow of Guinea-Bissau's first president Luis Cabral in November
>1980
>   >and was a leading figure in the 1998 mutiny that eventually led to the
>   >departure of Cabral's successor, Nino Vieira after a year-long civil
>war
>   >
>   >But this time, Correia Seabra, a veteran of the liberation struggle
>against
>   >Portugal, has stepped out of the shadows, to take power himself at the
>head
>   >of a Committee for the Restoration of Constitutional Order and
>Democracy.
>   >
>   >He appears to have taken power reluctantly. Diplomats in Bissau said
>   >Correia Seabra had warned Kumba Yala repeatedly in recent months that
>the
>   >army would be forced to intervene if the president failed to put his
>   >chaotic and near bankrupt government in order.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala, who like most of the army's top brass belongs to the
>country's
>   >dominant Balante tribe, managed to put down at least one previous coup
>   >attempt. But he was unable to stop this one after alienating most of
>his
>   >former allies.
>   >
>   >"I can't say this publicly, but it would be a good thing if Kumba Yala
>was
>   >overthrown", a senior opposition politician told IRIN privately last
>month.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala himself protested publicly about several alleged coup plots
>   >against him during his three years in office, but diplomats and
>opposition
>   >politicians said most of these were largely fictitious. They accused
>the
>   >embattled of head of state of inventing conspiracies to glean sympathy
>   >abroad while providing a pretext for clamping down on his enemies at
>home.
>   >
>   >But this time the coup was for real. Kumba Yala was arrested and taken
>to
>   >military headquarters at around three am local time and and five hours
>   >later, the coup was announced in a communiqué read out on the
>independent
>   >radio station, Radio Bombolom.
>   >
>   >This denounced the "incapacity" of Kumba Yala's government to resolve
>   >Guinea-Bissau's profound economic problems and find a way out of the
>   >country's political crisis. The communique said the army had tried
>   >repeatedly to alert the authorities to the danger the country was in
>and
>   >its "closeness to civil war".
>   >
>   >Pires, the prime minister, told a recent political meeting that Guinea-
>   >Bissau would be plunged into a fresh civil war if the opposition won
>next
>   >month's now suspended parliamentary elections.
>   >
>   >Troops were deployed on the streets of Bissau and private cars were
>banned
>   >from the streets, but otherwise civilians were allowed to move around
>   >freely. There were no reports of gunfire or civil disorder, although
>Radio
>   >France Internationale reported that Kumba Yala's residence had been
>looted
>   >by men in military uniform.
>   >
>   >Correia Seabra said in an interview with Portuguese State Television
>(RTP)
>   >that Kumba Yala had carried out arbitrary arrests and had fomented
>division
>   >in the country, while disregarding the constitution.
>   >
>   >He also accused the deposed head of state of preparing to rig the 12
>   >October parliamentary elections in favour of his Social Renovation
>Party
>   >(PRS).
>   >
>   >In a subsequent interview with Portuguese state radio (RDP), Correia
>Seabra
>   >said he would only remain head of state until the holding of fresh
>   >elections "when appropriate conditions have been created." He declined
>to
>   >give a firm date.
>   >
>   >Correia Seabra said the army was aware that any coup against Kumba
>Yala,
>   >who was elected with 72 percent of the vote, would trigger
>international
>   >condemnation, But he said military intervention had become inevitable.
>"We
>   >were clearly aware that the international community would have never
>agreed
>   >to a coup d'etat under any circumstance, but unfortunately we did not
>have
>   >another option, another alternative"; he told RDP.
>   >
>   >Portugal expressed regret at the coup and issued a statement urging
>"those
>   >behind it to return constitutional legality to the country
>immediately".
>   >
>   >A foreign ministry spokesman in Lisbon said the Community of
>Portuguese-
>   >Speaking Countries (CPLP), which includes Brazil, Angola, Mozambique,
>Cape
>   >Verde, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor, would meet on Monday to
>   >analyse the situation.
>   >
>   >Cape Verde with which Guinea Bissau has traditionally had close ties,
>   >offered to mediate. President Pedro Pires said his island state 450 km
>west
>   >of Senegal was "ready to help Guinea-Bissau adapt good and credible
>   >democratic institutions".
>   >
>   >Mozambique's President, Joaquim Chissano, who is currently President of
>the
>   >African Union (AU), unequivocally condemned the coup. He urged the new
>   >military leaders to hold immediate talks with the Economic Community of
>   >West African States (Ecowas) "to find the best solution to restore
>   >constitutional order".
>   >
>   >Nigeria, often seen as the dominant power in ECOWAS, came out strongly
>   >against the coup. The Nigerian government, which played a leading role
>in
>   >restoring Fradique de Menezes to power in Sao Tome, a week after he was
>   >ousted by a military coup in July, said that, together with ECOWAS, it
>   >was "determined to resist the unconstitutional change of government".
>   >
>   >But despite the international chorus of disapproval directed against
>the
>   >coup-makers, there is unlikely to be much sympathy for Kumba Yala at
>home.
>   >
>   >The ousted president has been widely identified as the main culprit for
>   >Guinea-Bissau's political and economic malaise, antagonising the
>country's
>   >political class, engaging in clumsy stand-offs with the media, the
>   >judiciary and foreign donors.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala, who was known for his trademark red woolen bobble hat,
>began
>   >his political carreer as an ideologue of the African Party for the
>   >Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), the guerrilla
>   >movement which fought Portuguese colonial rule and came to power at
>   >independence.
>   >
>   >However, he subsequently quit the PAIGC and stood as the main
>opposition
>   >presidential candidate against Nino Vieira in Guinea-Bissau's first
>   >multiparty elections in 1994. He was defeated by Vieira on that
>occasion,
>   >but won an overwhelming majority at the next poll in 2000.
>   >
>   >Despite promising to act as a unifier and healer, Kumba Yala was
>frequently
>   >accused of openly favouring his own Balante people, the largest ethnic
>   >group in the country.
>   >
>   >But the charge-sheet went well beyond that. He was widely accused of
>   >wrecking Guinea-Bissau's fragile social system, presiding over the
>collapse
>   >of state education and provoking an endless series of public sector
>strikes
>   >by unpaid civil servants.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala was unable to retain the loyalty of ministers for long.
>There
>   >were constant cabinet reshuffles and Pires was his fourth prime
>minister in
>   >less than three years.
>   >
>   >Unexpected ministerial sackings became the norm. Last week Kumba Yala
>fired
>   >his latest information minister after he had been in office for less
>than
>   >two months. Radio stations and newspapers suffered constant harassment
>   >under his rule.
>   >
>   >Such constant changes exasperated donors and the World Bank and
>   >International Monetary Fund (IMF) found it difficult to build up
>lasting
>   >relationships with key ministries.
>   >
>   >Kumba Yala's dismissal of the head of the supreme court and two other
>   >judges on the panel in September 2001 also provoked strong criticism
>   >abroad. The three judges have yet to be replaced.
>   >
>   >Even the United Nations signalled its concern about developments in
>Guinea-
>   >Bissau.
>   >
>   >The postponement of legislative elections, originally scheduled for
>   >February, then April and then July, provoked a series of warnings from
>New
>   >York. A report issued by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on June 9
>   >observed: "the overall situation in Guinea-Bissau has not improved. In
>   >fact, it has worsened. Amidst political and institutional instability,
>   >electoral uncertainty has continued to generate tensions".
>   >
>   >David Stephen, the UN chief representative in Guinea-Bissau, told IRIN
>last
>   >month that the holding of free and fair elections on 12 October would
>be
>   >crucial to breaking the country's isolation and restoring Kumba Yala's
>   >credibility.
>   >
>   >But as the National Electoral Commission made clear on Friday, he could
>not
>   >even deliver that.
>   >
>   >
>   >
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