At least you've got the decency to address him as "president jammeh". Ngouri
chagga it may be, but it is meeting the aspirations of the people.

Have a good day, Gassa.

>From: "Katim S. Touray" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: matchete-wielding jammeh; hire & fire 60 ministers & counting
>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:49:12 -0700
>
>Hi folks,
>
>The posting below is why I've always been calling this Jammeh government
>"Ngouri
>chagga; kou joak jaarr chi."  From all indications, the list of hirings and
>firings
>is by no means complete, and will certainly continue to grow for as long as
>we have
>Jammeh at the helm.  What a way to run a nation ...
>
>And briefly, I suggest that recent reports of the lifting of Decree 89 be
>seen as no
>big deal.  The fact of the matter is that the Decree was itself criminal
>because it
>denied people their fundamental human rights.  By repealing the Decree,
>President
>Jammeh has again displayed his classic self:  deny people their rights, and
>give it
>back to them as if you're doing them a favor.  It is precisely this
>mentality that
>the nation, it's resources, and peoples' rights are play-things for
>President Jammeh
>that is so disgusting about this government.  Needless to say, the attitude
>is helped
>in no small way by the fact that President Jammeh has an endless pool of
>selfish, and
>greedy hypocrites to pick and choose from to serve him.  How sad ...
>
>I gotta go.  Have a great week, and best wishes.
>
>Katim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Movement for restoration of democracy in Gambia [NY] <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:45 PM
>Subject: matchete-wielding jammeh; hire & fire 60 ministers & counting
>
>
>This was culled from the Independent:
>
>About 60 ministers in seven years President Jammeh's hiring and firing
>syndrome
>Since the country's political status quo changed in July 1994, fifty nine
>ministers have been changed - either fired re-deployed to other ministries
>or
>died while in state service. The pattern of hiring and firing by President
>Jammeh had ensured that an average of one minister is fired every six
>months.
>Of the ministries whose name has since changed to departments following the
>transition to democracy in 1996, the Attorney General's Chambers has been
>the
>most embattled by the hiring and firing syndrome, with seven individuals
>
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