Ebrima,
Do not let nonentities such as this woman from the state house intimidate
you or discourage you from reporting the news as your sources provide them
to you. Do not even go back and forth with her and try to prove a negative
i.e. Yaya did not contemplate taking a leave. To be honest, that is neither
here not there. We will ensure that Yaya take a permanent leave soon. This
time there will be no rumors or counter rumors. Look who is counseling
people about 'sourcing' a story. They are nothing but a bunch of liars any
way. So why would you want to ask them about what is really going on. If
nothing else, your story and subsequent comments on that story by other
people might have made them rethink the whole leave situation and change
their minds. Why did it take this woman that long to respond to your story.
Was she out of the loop or was Yaya still in the contemplation process? We
want to let that woman know that we do not need her lecture on the good uses
of the internet. They are the ones who come here to peddle lies and defend
murderers not us. The only thing they can do about a story they believe to
be untrue, is to come out and give their own version. Let me also inform her
that we are very patient. Those of us who want to see Yaya drown will do so
in the not too distant future. She waited for a number of years to avenge
the downfall of her dad. We can wait longer if we have to because we are
fighting for a nobler cause. Friends, you have to understand the history of
these people in order to know where they are coming from when they support
Yaya so fervently. This woman should direct her anger to Dodou Taal and not
the Gambian people. All her actions are borne out of hatred for the Gambian
people. Take the million mom march for instance. As rightly observed by
many, instead of showing solidarity with the families that lost their
children on the April 10 & 11 massacre, she is calling upon people to
celebrate the life of a murderer. These people are still living in the past.
Gambians are made to pay for the sins of the PPP regime and we do not
deserve that. Everyone who for one reason or another was negatively impacted
by the Jawara regime, jumped on the Yaya bandwagon and started taking
revenge on the Gambian people. This is unfair because most of us did not
like the Jawara regime and secondly, these so called disgruntled elements
benefited from the Jawara regime more than most of us. Take that drug addict
brother of this woman for instance. During the PPP regime, he had numerous
scholarships to go and study abroad, traveled to a lot of places to attend
silly meetings and enjoyed other privileges including a D45,000 loan from
the government for drug rehabilitation treatment. Yet they have the nerve to
come out and put us all in the Jawara camp and punish us for the sins of the
PPP regime. These people are sick. They all need a permanent leave.
Again Ebrima, just ignore this woman and any other liar who wants to refute
your stories. We are all matured adults who can weigh the evidence. Don't
ask them to substantiate any story. Don't also let them dictate what you
write. It goes without saying that they cannot censure what goes on here on
the List.
KB

Ebrima, I just browsed thru your posting to Latjor, after writing the above
piece. I'll take some time and read it later.


>From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: The Complacency That Is Becoming The L
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 17:53:24 EDT
>
>The article below is culled from the Observer. The nervousness of Jammeh's
>people is once again showing. It seems that after defending Jammeh for
>years
>they have come to realize that the Presidency is greater than anyone. They
>are crying foul. When the Gambian people are crying to have justice done on
>the killings of the innocent kids, the crude oil saga, they choose to
>defend
>the President. Now that the table is turning, they have the gut to cry foul
>and claiming that the presidency should be respected no matter who is in
>there. What a hard lesson to finally admit? Good luck Mrs. Ceesay and your
>President because you are all going to need it. And once again to all those
>serving under this regime, you are all going to be held responsible for all
>these.
>Ousman Bojang.
>
>STATE HOUSE ON JAMMEH'S ALLEGED SICK LEAVE
>
>The director of press and public relations at State House, Fatoumatta
>Jahumpa
>Ceesay, has described as "utterly incorrect", "unconfirmed reports" made in
>a
>local newspaper yesterday that President Yahya Jammeh "is contemplating
>going
>on an 18-month sick leave in the near future.".
>
>Mrs Jahumpa-Ceesay said, "That misinformation was posted on the Gambian
>webpage, Gambia L. I myself read it on the internet but how can the net be
>a
>medium that can be used by anyone anyhow? The fact that something  appeared
>on the net does not render it authentic.  It was posted on the net by
>someone
>whom I have worked with at the Daily Observer who is none other than Ebrima
>Ceesay now resident in Birmingham, UK.
>
>Ebrima said his source is a permanent secretary at Quadrangle. How can
>somebody be better informed than us in this regard?  There isn't the
>slightest element of truth in it. The president is quite well and in a fit
>physical and mental state to execute his functions."
>
>She further queried, "It is rather unfortunate that while others use the
>internet for advancement, some Gambians are misusing it to bash one
>another.
>Again, I just repeat that those who want to see President Jammeh drowned
>would decompose at the bottom of the sea first."
>
>Mrs Jahumpa-Ceesay said the reporter who culled the story in the local
>paper
>yesterday, "has failed in his capacity as a responsible journalist for not
>clarifying the story with the relevant authorities before publication.
>
>A section of  the private press is getting into the undesirable habit of
>meddling into the president's life with little or no clue at all.
>
>I think it would have paid to consult my office on the issue. Otherwise,
>the
>government spokesman, SoS Sarjo Jallow, could have been contacted. In as
>much
>as we want our papers to sell, we must equally exercise sincerity and
>professionalism. All told, this is a cooked-up story and it is worth
>remembering that the Office of the President should be awarded the respect
>it
>duly deserves regardless of who occupies it," Mrs Jahumpa-Ceesay said.
>
>Mrs Jahumpa-Ceesay said President Jammeh prefers going on leave during the
>planting season.
>
>Meanwhile, Yankuba Touray, the secretary of state for Youth and Sports,
>also
>denied the story, saying, "The president is in good health condition. The
>president is not going on sick leave. Even whereas the president was going
>on
>sick leave, constitutionally, the vice president or the speaker of the
>National Assembly should replace him and not Dr Sedat Jobe, the Foreign
>Affairs secretary as intimated in the newspaper report."
>
>Mr Touray said journalists should endeavour to report objectively and avoid
>sensationalising their stories.
>
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