Ginny,
No, this man does not know anything that you dont! He spent the best part of
his life "saluting" British imperialism and agents of the cabalist Kaduna
mafia. I totally agree with the rest of your write-up.
Omar Joof.
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>Subject: Re: UN Envoy Makes Excuses for Gambian Strongman
>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:25:12 -0500
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>Hello, excuse me for my pessimism, but this is one reason why we can't
>always expect the UN to come to our aid! Look at the kind of people they
>send to observe elections? The guy they sent as an "observer", was part of
>a dictatorial regime himself, if I'm reading the article correctly. So we
>expect this guy to say that Jammeh nad done anything wrong? "Democracy in
>the developed world is something that should be handled with care"? What
>is that about? "aHandled with care", like "maybe we shouldn't give the
>peole democracy becuase this is Africa and thigns are different here"! You
>know, I read that somewhere, and I can't remember who said it, but it was
>something to that affect, that democracy in Africa, was somehow different
>than democracies elsewhere. I'd like for someone to explain that to me!
>
>
> So are we saying that for some reason, Africans don't deserve to have
>functioning governments, institutions, and have the rule of law prevail,
>and actually have their human rights and dignity respected!? Oh, but who
>am I anyway, I'm supposedly a non-Gambian and don't know what I'm talking
>about. Maybe this guy from the UN knows something I don't. But this is
>just sad. If the UN gives legitimacy to this election, well, what can we
>say now?
>
>
>Anyway, I don't know what else to say that has not already been said.
>
>Ginny
>
>
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>Subject: Fwd: UN Envoy Makes Excuses for Gambian Strongman
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>>From the pages of The Gambia Journal.
>>
>>UN Envoy Makes Excuses for Gambian Strongman, Whitewashing Fraud- and
>>Threat-Filled Election By Inner City Press at the UN
>>Oct 9, 2006, 10:35
>>
>>Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press at the UN
>>UNITED NATIONS, October 7 -- In the Gambian election last month,
>>thousands of non-Gambians from Senegal were brought in to vote by
>>President Yahya Jammeh, it was admitted Friday by Kofi Annan's envoy to
>>the
>>election, former Nigerian General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
>>Gen. Abubakar acknowledged the criticism by Gambian
>>opposition groups and the Commonwealth observers of security personnel
>>voting while in uniform, but stated that this is permitted by the Gambian
>>Constitution. Jammeh recently said, "If I want to ban any newspaper, I
>>will."
>>
>>Asked by Inner City Press about Yahya Jammeh's changes to the
>>constitution, Gen. Abubakar said that people are entitled to their own
>>opinions. Democracy, he said, is in the development world a "sensitive
>>matter" that must be "done with caution." He state that the elections
>>had gone "very well... I was there on election day and from what I saw
>>it was peaceful."
>>
>>Interviewed by Inner City Press on the 35th floor of the UN
>>Headquarters on Friday, just after he briefed Kofi Annan, Gen. Abubakar
>>was
>>dismissive of reports of Jammeh's crackdown on the press, including his
>>reported involvement in the killing of the editor of The Point newspaper.
>>Jammeh's
>>denial in that case was that "I don't believe in killing people, I
>>believe in
>>locking you up for the rest of your life."
>>
>>Asked by Inner City Press about these and other Jammeh
>>quotes, Gen. Abubaker was dismissive. "Jammeh can say he'll rule for
>>the next thirty or forty years, but he could be voted out," Gen. Abubaker
>>said.
>>
>>Yahya Jammeh took power in 1998 in The Gambia, a country of
>>1.5 million people surrounded on three sides by Senegal. Industries
>>include peanut farming and some tourism. In an interview with Inner
>>City Press on September 21, 2006, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
>>Frazer said that the Jammeh regime is reaching out for help to China,
>>Iran and Venezuela. Friday Inner City Press asked UN Envoy Gen.
>>Abubaker about this. Gen. Abubaker responded by quoting Jammeh, if you
>>don't have to be my friend, you can't stop me from having other friends.
>>
>>Asked by Inner City Press what his recommendations are, and
>>what the UN will do, Gen. Abubaker first listed the need for better
>>training of journalists. Perhaps a stop to the killing of journalists
>>and editors would help. One wonders why Kofi Annan selected this
>>Nigerian general, who ruled after Sani Abacha, as the UN envoy to the
>>preordained re-election of Yahya Jammeh.
>>
>>After changing the constitution to allow himself to run for a third term,
>>and after
>>threatening districts that voted against him with losing development
>>aid, he won garnered 67% of votes, to Oussainou Darboe's 27%, with
>>voter turnout below 60%. This includes the votes of non-Gambians
>>brought in from Senegal's still-troubled Casamance region, an influx
>>that Gen. Abubaker put at "only" four thousand.
>>
>>When asked if there was outside influence on the Gambian
>>election, Gen. Abubaker said no, despite his statement about thousands
>>of non-Gambians voting. "It wouldn't have changed the result," Gen.
>>Abubaker said. Apparently, nothing would have.
>>
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