Samba

One point to make:

Lets not equate the Indemnity Act of 1982 and The
Indemnity Amendment Act of 2001, they are totally 2
different issues.

On the whole, I understand your point, but please note
that Chongan does not deserve this treatment.

Just a thought, no hard feelings

Have a wonderful day


Sanusi


--- Samba Linguere <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Kebba,
>
> Thanks for your observations. One thing that I must
> first indicate is that
> we must never just be driven by mere sentiments in
> our struggle to uproot
> the Jammeh dictatorship. If we are to create a new
> nation, inhabited by a
> united people, we must never be afraid of unearthing
> the evil deeds of the
> past and present. This is the only way that the hard
> truth will be known.
> This is the only way that the victims of injustice
> can forgive and forget.
> And this is the only way that The Gambian people can
> move ahead to create a
> society where the hearts and minds of citizens beat
> in unison.
>
> So, to start with, you are wrong to say that I am
> making any false
> accusations. I know Chongan personally when he was
> still a primary school
> pupil at Serrekunda School. I know his family well,
> living then close to the
> Latrikunda football field, just a stone throw from
> the then Bakadagi Bar and
> Restaurant, before they finally moved. I have
> nothing against Chongan. All
> that I am doing is to remind him of the days when
> real power was in his
> hands - how he misused it; how he abused his
> authority. Chongan will tell
> you that because of his arrogance he used to call
> himself DINDING MANSOO,
> meaning in Mandinka the Child King.
>
> Kebba, let's not make personalities the issue. Their
> actions and their
> implications are what we are interested in, not as
> ends, but as means to
> enable us avoid such expensive mistakes in future.
> We don't just want to
> replace Jammeh, full stop. We want to create a just
> society. And justice can
> only prevail where the truth is sought for, known
> and exposed. Without this,
> South Africa would have been a jungle by now where
> the victors and
> vanquished of the apartheid days will be at each
> other's throat.
>
> Secondly, I made reference to the aftermath of the
> 1981 coup not to indict
> Chongan, but to bring to the attention of the L the
> many atrocities that
> this small country of ours has gone through within
> this short period of its
> history. Do you know that the same actions of the
> AFPRC in indemnifying
> their criminal actions was also done by the PPP
> regime after the 1981 coup.
> The Indemnity Act was first introduced into the
> Criminal Code then; and
> trial by jury expunged from our statutes books.
> Kebba, we need to look at
> the past to know the days of Jawara. We will need to
> look at the Jammeh
> days, when he is gone, to know what happened.
>
> Of course, in 1981 Chongan must have been either in
> form 4 or form 5. Ebou
> Secka will tell you.
>
> Thirdly, I am 100% sure about the accusations I made
> against Samsudeen Sarr.
> I have had the privilege to deal with Sam while he
> was still an army
> officer. Anybody can get the video tapes of the
> press conferences convened
> by the Gambia National Army at the Army Headquarters
> in Marina Parade to
> verify the charge that I am making against Sam,
> especially when the
> Farafenni and Kartong attackers were captured. Get
> the tapes and get the
> facts.
>
> I am not dismissing what both Sam and Chongan are
> saying. What I am simply
> saying is that there are people who will not know
> the injustices and
> brutalities of society, and will assume that
> everything is alright until the
> day they become victims; then they will want a whole
> reconstitution of
> society at the instance. Such people, as far as I am
> concerned, are not
> genuine in their call for change. They are
> opportunists, pure and simple,
> who have lost their privileges.
>
> On a final note, Kebba, in spite of our opposition
> to Jammeh, we must never
> forget that truth and objectivity should be the
> cornerstone of our struggle.
> Without them, we will only uproot Jammeh only to
> replace him with another
> dictator.
>
> Good day and no hard feelings.
>
> Batch.
>
>
> >From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: WHAT HAPPEN TO US AT RIP.
> >Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:04:58 -0400
> >
> >Batch, you are also doing the same despicable thing
> both Ousainou Ngum and
> >Ebou Secka did. You are trying to paint people in a
> light that they do NOT
> >deserve. Do you realize the gravity of what you are
> doing? Do you know
> >Chongan? Did you know he was at Gambia High School
> in 1981 probably
> >preparing to take his O'Levels? What does this man
> have to do with people
> >that were tortured in the aftermath of the 1981?
> This man suffered untold
> >misery trying to defend the legitimate government
> of the day. All he gets
> >from you is vicious accusations you cannot back up.
> You should be careful
> >the kind of accusations you throw at people.
> Calling people murderers and
> >accessories to murder is a very serious allegation
> you should not take
> >lightly simply because you might think that you can
> get away with these
> >wild
> >accusations.
>
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