The surprise thats scratching my head is;those who are still crying wolf,
even whereas the famous decree89(which was seen as the berlin wall
blocking the politicians of the old guard) has been repealed.
Analysis of the tactics of jammeh and his cohorts are still pouring with
very sticky substance.Why cry wolf now? Repeal Mr.president! repeal! this
was the famous song oozing from all those lips of yours within and without.
Yes now Mr.president has repealed it BUT we can still hear you say;these
are tactics to mix the opposition. Any matured-minded opponent will not be
mixed or pushed to a fight with another party for the sake of pure
propaganda. However,those feeding on Hamjatta's lemon-juice litterature can
only derive a confusing conclusion from the laptop-of-pillow-case-politics
he and them send to those peeping thru their windows in Banjul or
london,ready to inhail the carbonmonoxide produced by the jet of (my
impeccable sources).
There are two impeccable sources here:1/ those that are impeccable
sources of lies and 2/ the ones for the real truth.Philosophically TRUE OR
FALSE is relative so the truth as far as democracy is concerned lies on
concensus.
In some societies committing suicide is a punnishable crime,whilst in
others doctors do ask patients to sign their (death warrants-clinically)
which ofcourse is considered to be the choice of the patient him or herself
to die.
Therefore,the above explains where the trend is heading to ie:banning or
unbanning is not the ultimatum,the ultimatum is the choice of the people.
My conviction here is that the aftermath of decree89 will show us the
reality on the ground. That is to say whether Jawara,SM Dibba,OJ,etc are
the stars of the movie or the otherside... If Jammeh didn't repeal the
decree,even if the counting was done at the time square in New york! some
of you will cry wolf that the elections were rigged.Now that the decree is
repealed he is being accused of mixing the opposition. How can a man you
people adress with the most ridiculous adjectives in the Hamjatta Kanteh
dictionary turn around and mix your experts!intellectuals!smart cookies!(as
the americans would say)? How?
If a politician is so naive to be mixed with the one he is to form an
alliance with then is he or her fit to lead?
HAMJATTA this nom de guerre is being used by many brother.
Caution:responding to the substance is more important than germinating
more inferiority complex into your oxypot!
I will leave you with jungle surprise to mark your papers.
Lamin Ceesay
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>From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: OJ Speaks OUT
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:13:33 +0000
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>As Decree 89 is Annulled, Old Politicians Contemplate United Front
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>The Independent (Banjul)
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>July 27, 2001
>Posted to the web July 27, 2001
>
>Alhagie Mbye And Haddy Jatou Kebbeh
>Banjul, the Gambia
>
>Politicians who were banned by Decree 89 from all forms of political
>activity in the wake of the 1994 coup have swiftly reacted to the annulment
>of the decree, saying they are in the process of considering a common front
>against the ruling party.
>
>They however, cautioned that there is no cause to jubilate their return to
>the political scene. The process, which the politicians said began with the
>petition to President Jammeh, urging him to quash the decree would be made
>public as soon as is feasible, The Independent was informed.
>
>The politicians who were effectively silenced by the decree since the coup
>which brought an end to PPP rule noted that the president had no right to
>promulgate it in the first place.
>
>Reacting to the much-awaited political development, Omar Jallow alias O.J.
>former minister of Agriculture in the deposed PPP regime, who has been
>waging a legal battle in the Supreme Court for its annulment told The
>Independent that as far as the three main political parties were concerned
>there was no cause for jubilation. He said the decree has wasted seven
>years
>of Gambians' lives, who have otherwise contributed immensely to the
>political and economic evolution of the country. He said that the banned
>politicians saw no legal or moral justification for the promulgation of the
>decree. For him, the decree was promulgated to make the political field
>more
>advantageous for the president so that he could succeed himself as civilian
>president. "Any law that is selective and discriminatory is unacceptable
>nationally because of our constitution and internationally due to the
>conventions that we are a party to" he argued.
>
>Decree 89, O.J. emphasised was a "rough and jungle law" and therefore
>should
>not have been allowed to happen. He said the politicians affected by the
>ban
>had already started the process of consultation and cooperation, which
>began
>with the petition to the president on June 22, signed by the three
>political
>parties. He said the end of the decree was the result of local and
>international pressures on President Jammeh.
>
>"It was incumbent on all the opposition forces in the country to start
>consultations and dialogue that would create a common platform for them to
>constitutionally dislodge the tyrant from the throne", he said.
>
>Reacting to the 65-year age limit for pretenders to the presidency which
>disqualifies former President Jawara from contesting the presidency, O.J.
>said although he could not speak on the ex president's behalf, it was
>disturbing that the age limit for anyone wanting to contest for the
>presidency is in fact stated in the constitution. "One of the most
>dishonest
>acts of the AFPRC-APRC government was the rejection of the unanimous
>decision of Gambians through the National Consultative Committee that
>nobody
>under 40 years should be the president of the country" he averred .
>
>According to him there was nowhere in the report where it was requested by
>Gambians that anybody above 65 years should not be eligible to contest for
>the presidency and that as a result constitutes a serious violation of the
>rights of all citizens of that age and above. He cited as examples that
>Nelson Mandela, Abdoulaye Wade, and Ronald Regan were above 65 when they
>assumed power. "Therefore there was no rationale behind such unlawful act".
>
>O.J. acknowledged that "the period is too short for those affected by the
>decree to start campaigning for election but are nevertheless still
>fortunate that some of the structures of the PPP, NCP and GPP are still in
>place with the possibility and indication of a positive outcome.
>
>"The reaction of the people during the past few days is encouraging as a
>lot
>of people who left the three banned political parties to join the ruling
>APRC party are now ready to come back to their own parties." He emphasised
>that the repeal of Decree 89 is the "beginning of the end of the APRC
>party."
>
>Reacting to the view that the revival of banned political parties might
>affect the United Democratic Party, he said he could not speak on behalf of
>the other parties but noted that the revival of all the political parties
>would strengthen the UDP and other opposition parties and give Gambians a
>variety of options.
>
>O.J. appealed to the former PPP supporters and sympathisers to return to
>the
>party so that in collaboration with other political parties they could
>bring
>back "sanity into Gambian politics."
>
>The APRC, he claimed introduced the negative principles of terrorism,
>intimidation and harassment, which were alien to The Gambia's political
>configuration. "All hands", he said, "have to be on deck so that Gambians
>can have a system that guarantees every citizen the liberty, freedom, right
>and security that is expected in a civilized and humane country".
>
>He charged that it was stupid for any one to suggest that the repeal of
>Decree 89 was a gesture or philanthropy from the president, as the
>abrogated
>decree had no place in the constitution and international conventions and
>could only be compared to apartheid South Africa. He said the heads of the
>banned parties had never been summoned to any of the "Kangaroo commissions
>of inquiry",
>
>He believes that Decree 89 was a law used by "despotic regimes to stifle
>dissent" as the AFPRC-APRC junta was fully aware of the trust, confidence
>and popularity of the three banned parties.
>
>The Gambia Peoples Party (GPP) leader, Assan Musa Camara said the parties
>affected by the ban were working on certain matters and would brief the
>press in due course.
>
>Sheriff Mustapha Dibba, leader of the National Convention Party (NCP) in
>the
>same vein maintained that he would contact The Independent when he is ready
>with his work.
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