Jungle,

I read your laughable reply to me...am really busy but
expect a reply from me on this issue. If you want to
defend your so-called souvereignity go and ask the
Libyan leadership what it means defying international
opinion. Till later.

E Sillah




 --- Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
You wrote:
Jungle
> 1. The Gambia has no problem with the EU but its
> representative in The
> country. For reasons best known to the government,
> they have come to the
> conclusion that his representation of the EU in our
> country is not in the
> best interest of the country.
>
> 2. As far as EU aid is concerned, this is aid from
> the EU and not aid from
> Marc Andre. It is also important to remember that he
> was not imposed on us
> but only a guest in our country. It is also said
> that "the manner in which
> it is given is worth more than the gift" (Pierre
> Corneille).
>
> 3. Our relationship with the EU is and should always
> be based on mutual
> respect for each other regardless of our size and
> economic might. Marc
> Andre, regardless of his importance, does not run
> this country neither does
> the EU. There is a legitimate government in place
> whose job it is to govern.
> The government therefore has the responsibility and
> duty to decide what is
> acceptable from any representative of any government
> and to decide what
> actions to take in the event that a foreign
> representative's actions are
> deemed not to be in our national interest. This
> reminds of the saying that
> "Tact is the art of recognising when to be big and
> not when to be little".
>
> 4. Our souvereignty is not for sale or mortgage. As
> much as we need
> Western/EU aid for development, without it we will
> survive. Let me also
> re-iterate what I have said before; I never said we
> do not need Western/EU
> aid. What I said is that Western/EU aid does not
> mean they can lord it over
> us. This, I said is unacceptable. Our relationship
> must be based on mutual
> respect.
>
> You also wrote:
>
> "I just cannot understand why some of you will
> always go at any lenght to
> defend what is even detremental to the very
> socio-economic programmes that
> you talk about here."
>
> To the above, can I ask "why can you also not give
> the government the
> benefit of the doubt since we all know very little
> or nothing about all that
> has transpired? Do you know what actually prompted
> the government to request
> for Marc to leave now rather than later considering
> the fact that there are
> ONLY FOUR MORE MONTHS for him to leave? Don't you
> have any faith in our
> cabinet to do the right thing? Do you think the
> government did not weight
> the possible repercussions their request for his
> replacement, barely four
> months to the end of his tenure, part of which he is
> spending on holidays?
>
> Have a good day, Gassa.
>
>
>
>
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