Hamjatta,Mboge,Jaw(Coach),
Tahnks for the information...your early response
really helped us because we used the news items on our
local news programme. I look forward to reading your
comprehensive story on the meeting.
Thanks,
E Sillah.
--- Hamjatta Kanteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Sillah,
> I join Mboge in informing you that the briefing
> session did go ahead and was
> a success beyond belief. As Mboge rightly pointed
> out, the chair of the mov't
> and key convener of the briefing session, Mr. James
> Bahoum, will be online
> later to give a more formal, detailed and up to date
> report on the briefing
> session.
> The briefing session's success lay not only in the
> huge turnout from both the
> Gambian Diaspora and concerned friends in the UK,
> but the consensus that
> emerged that: Left unattended, the Gambia is a
> disaster waiting to happen.
> Hence, it was TACIT agreement - mutatis mutandis -
> that a united front from
> the political opposition complemented by pressures
> from friends of the Gambia
> in different capacities could help a lot in turning
> things around. Of
> particular importance, is the central theme of OJ's
> message which called for
> a more rigorous, sustained and aggressive campaign
> to contain and diminish
> the lethal-ness of the dictatorship.
> Another speaker that Mboge forgot to mention was ex
> president Jawara, who
> repeated other speakers call for a more concerted
> pressure on the Jammeh
> regime, especially on the election agenda which
> could turn out to be a make
> or break for the Gambia.
> Please expect a more formal and detailed report from
> Mr. Bahoum.
> All the best,
> Hamjatta - Kanteh
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