Saiks,

I second this motion to let the Jammeh regime know that all the window 
dressing of reconcilliation and other gestures are just empty gestures if the 
rule of law is set aside and the constitution of the land trampled, and the 
illegal detention of Dumo Saho and subsequent failure  by the Jammeh 
government to bring this case to court and provide their evidence has not 
happened, and therefore serves as  one of the many proofs that this 
government is not sincere in their claims that all is well with the Gambia,  
and that they are a government that respects and abides by the laws of the 
land;  which is the cornerstone of any government that sees itself as a 
servant of the people as opposed to their subjugator. 

Why is it that the Jammeh government has not addressed the issue of the 
shooting of the school children, or the case of Dumo Saho, and other human 
rights violations? Why have these questions and demands fallen on deaf ears 
as they hurry and scurry to bring us more news of structures being built? 

Will the structures then protect our human rights in The Gambia and protect 
the rights of the people from being abused, or will we be a population of 
prisoners surrounded by all the shiny new structures that most of the people 
just see from afar and it's existence is meaningless to them as they struggle 
to put food on the table and stay alive? 

Will the structures provide food for the atarving framers who cannot sell 
their crops, or will the latest news concerning the great plans for education 
provide money for school fees for those kids whose parents can barely afford 
to put food on the table, so they can take advantage of these great plans 
that forget that the basic ingredient of any successful plan is a free 
populace that can at least be protected by their constitution to express 
themselves and to choose their leadership freely and to have the 
opportunities to afford the bare minimums in life?

Will these structures and great plans provide jobs for the youth who leave 
school with no hope pf finding a job or frthering their education so that the 
yend up frustrated in every way?

The International Community he is deviously trying to fool is well aware of 
that, but one also has to wonder if this  same international community is 
also not just concerned with what is more expedient for their own interest 
and is less demanding on their part, especially  when it comes to matters 
concerning Africa in general, although they expect Africa to fully play its' 
role when it comes to matters of interest to them.

These and other similar  unanswered questions, ranging from acts of human 
rights violation  to the ever increasing evidence of a police state in 
disguise, fueled by and supported with the cooperation of those driven by 
insatiable greed, and a cruelty towards their fellow man this unrivalled by 
anything in histoiry, renders any gestures done by the Jammeh government to 
convince anyone that this regime is  not just hell bent on doing anything it 
takes to stay in power as just strategically orchestrated photo 
opportunities.

To the Jammeh regime, it is time to do away with the rhetoric and the 
pretence of being a lawful caring government in the face of all the evidence 
that is contrary to this claim. Perhaps they are afraid that if the rule of 
law is allowed to prevail, they will not survive the scrutiny in the face of 
all that has happened to Gambians and Gambia since the advent of this devious 
administration.

The true test of their sincerity and their claims iso to let the Gambian 
constitution mean something rather than being re-written daily to meet the 
unpredictable, power hungry  and self serving whims of Yaya Jammeh at the 
expense of Gambia and Gambians.

Saiks, your statement  below has proven true throughout history, and the 
pleas that fall on deaf ears  always produce this same result even if it is a 
hundred years coming, and only fools believe that they can continue to 
silence a people by the use of force. in conjunction with deviousness.. 

 "Many political powers have been responsible for their own downfall, when 
they
believed that through detention, torture etc they can silence and control the
minds of their citizens, they do end up achieving the very opposite."



Jabou Joh

In a message dated 6/25/2002 10:48:24 AM Central Daylight Time, 
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> It was two years yesterday, since Dumo Saho was arrested, detained and late
> charged with planning to overthrow the government among other things.
> I have never been convince that there is any amount of truth in what is 
> been
> said and the fact that the State is still unable to make sure that the case 
> is
> being heard in court and justice be done, is enough evidence for me. The 
> fact
> that this State is responsible for holding citizens of the country in 
> custody
> and refused to take heed to both national and international opinion on the
> case dose not only unveil, the police state   character of the APRC
> government, that can hold both the judiciary and simple common sense in
> contempt, but also the hypocrisy we see in all of their politics. The ex
> president, whose government was over thrown, accused of economic 
> mismanagement
> and the political, cultural and economic marginalization of the Gambian 
> people
> and nation, is been given amnesty in the name of “reconcialtion”by the 
> APRC
> government. This is the same government using political power to hold in
> custody citizens of the country for 24 months and one day without any fair
> trail. Dumo was arrested for days without his family and legal adviser 
> being
> informed, without being brought before any court or charged, the State even
> denied having them under custody and did so only after many pressure work
> including legal actions.
> There will be no economic progress in the country without respect for the 
> rule
> of law; we can never do away with poverty without respect for the rule of 
> law.
> I am so certain of this that much of the economic declarations from the 
> state,
> the many dreams and visions of prosperous Gambia with the APRC government, 
> are
> stories that I don’t even allow to be entertain with, they don’t belong to 
> a
> state that behaves more or less like a police State.
> It will be in the interest of progress and humanity for the State to have
> respect for the rule of law. To release Dumo and the rest from detention 
> will
> be a sign of this, no law, no court of law could hold them under detention 
> for
> so long without trail, it is only political power that can do so. Many
> political powers have been responsible for their own downfall, when they
> believed that through detention, torture etc they can silence and control 
> the
> minds of their citizens, they do end up achieving the very opposite. To 
> free
> Dumo and the rest is also in the interest of the progress, FREE THEM NOW.
> 
> For Freedom
> Saiks
> 

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