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&nbsp;Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 54/2004, 8-11 July, 2004
&nbsp;
EDITORIAL
July 22nd is just approaching
As July 22nd draws near the Gamtel has reviewed its tariffs regarding the
land to mobile calls. Many people have started to cut down on such
telephone and owners of telecentres are beginning to be victims. Many
people from the Kombos and beyond have been relying on the generosity of
certain mobile phone owners to call their people. Today quarrels are
rampant between telecentre owners and their clients who cannot understand
the rise in tariffs. Suffice it to say; the NAWEC tariffs for water and
electricity have also been increased. Those who used to pay D2.80 per
unit for consuming between 41 and 600 units of electricity are now to pay
D5.80 per unit. Those who used to pay D5 for consuming between 26 and 40
cubic metres of water are now to pay D8. The commercial usage of
electricity and water supply will also incur more cost which will be
transferred to the consumer. Despite the shortages of public utilities
and the increase in their cost the government is bent on commemorating
the coup detat in a grand style requiring millions of dalasis. Some
pensioners from GPTC have not received their gratuity for the past seven
months. The President should investigate to discover how much the
corporation owes Social Security. How can he justify a contribution of 3
million dalasis from social security, 2.5 million from Gamtel; D2.5
million from NAWEC or are we ill informed? Let the President know that
National assembly members are entitled to such information when they ask.
It will constitute the highest form of mismanagement of public resources
if public corporations raise tariffs only to spend millions on
extravagant display.  &nbsp;
The public should become alert to such issues and judge leaders by their
conduct and not by their promises. &nbsp;The Coalition Taking Shape
A press conference was convened by the Prospective Alliance of opposition
parties at the residence of the coalition sponsored newly elected
National Assembly Member for Jarra West, Kemeseng Jammeh on Friday 9th
July, 2004.  Representatives and supporters from all the political
parties constituting the Alliance were present with the press corps.
Other officials in attendance in alphabetical order were Mr. Lamin Waa
Juwara and Pa Manneh for NDAM, Hon. Hamat Bah, Dullo Bah and Mama Mbanyik
Njie for NRP, Mr. Faye Suso for PDOIS, Mr. M.L Touray for PPP, Mr.
Ousainou Darboe for UDP and the newly elected National Assembly
Member.&nbsp;  Delivering the statement on behalf of all the parties, Mr.
Halifa Sallah the coordinator of the coalition first welcomed all those
who were present. He said that his role as coordinator is not the
position of being the leader of Alliance; that he is simply handling a
responsibility given to him by the leadership of the Alliance; that there
is no individual leader but a leadership.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr. Sallah said that the Alliance is
in a process of development and that the Jarra West by-election must be
interpreted in its proper perspective; that their aim was to get the
people living in Jarra West Constituency to teach President Jammeh one
fundamental lesson, namely, that the sovereignty of the Republic resides
in the people; that this country belongs to the people. Mr. Sallah said
that they from the Alliance noticed that every time President Jammeh
appears before the people he gives them the impression that whether they
vote for him or not he will be president, thus implying that whether or
not they wanted to vote for a National Assembly Member he or she must be
his choice. Hence they the Alliance wanted to make the message clear that
President Jammeh has no right to impose anyone on the people; that it is
the will and consent of the people that National Assembly members are
elected into office. Mr. Halifa Sallah said that th! ey are very happy
that the people of Jarra West realised that message very early before
even the election.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  Mr. Sallah, a National Assembly
Member, informed the gathering that during the run-up to the Jarra West
by-election the National Assembly itself became dysfunctional; that for
two days meetings could not take place and had to be postponed because of
lack of quorum, since the majority of the APRC members were all in Jarra
campaigning for APRC candidate; that Secretaries of State, Divisional
Commissioner, Chiefs, Alkalolu and men and women of importance had to
leave all that they were doing and stayed in Jarra West. He then that the
purpose was to convince the people to vote for the APRC. Mr. Sallah said
that the very presence of these officials convinced the people of Jarra
West to recognise that they are very important; that they the people were
to decide the fate of that seat; that it was this realization and spirit
that made the people to confidently cast their vote. He said that
Kemeseng Jammeh is now the elected ! National Assembly Member for Jarra
West (Applause); that, that was the decision of the people which cannot
be revoked by anybody on this earth; that from this lesson they would
want the Gambian people to understand that the highest office in this
land, the presidency, relies on the power of the people of The Gambia.
Mr. Halifa Sallah said that President Jammeh has a duty, contrary to what
he has been doing, to serve the people irrespective of political
affiliation; that he took an oath to serve the Gambian people without
fear or favour, affection or ill will. He said that the president is
given national resources and that he has a duty to deliver or provide
public services not on the basis of party affiliation, that to acquire
public service is a right of every citizen.  The president has a duty to
provide public service from public resources; that this is the
fundamental lesson&nbsp; that they want to communicate to President
Jammeh. Secondly, Mr. Sallah continued to say that through the election
which went peacefully, the coalition had realised that security forces,
the IEC and the other institutions can only perform their roles if they
as an Alliance or Coalition become one strong alternative to the
government. He commended the Alliance for the maturity they have
demonstrated which reflected on the conduct of the election in a manner
that is reasonably free and fair. Mr. Sallah said that they have realised
that unless they becomes an alternative force, the intention of the APRC
government is not to leave the IEC to be an independent and impartial
commission because of previous actions. He said that the removal of the
former chairperson and the IEC’s current financial situation are
indications of how the government would want to treat the institution;
that they intend to build up the coalition so that such an important
institution will be strengthened to carry out its constitutional mandate
with the fairness and impartiality that is expected of an oversight
institution.  Concluding, Mr. Sallah said that people may wonder why the
coalition came into being and why a UDP candidate was adopted to contest
under coalition sponsorship and ticket; that they want the public to
realise that the coalition is in a process of formation; that the reason
for its coming into being is simple; that a government can win elections
by virtue of its strength or the weakness of the opposition. He said that
the 50% majority which has been established as a condition of winning the
first round of voting in an election is designed for a party in office to
win by virtue of its strength; that if that 50% majority requirement is
revoked, it shows that the regime in office no longer has confidence in
winning election by virtue of its strength or popularity but wants to
rely on the weakness and division of the opposition parties; that as
mature people the opposition parties have refused to allow the regime to
win e! lections by virtue of their own default through their weakness and
division.  The coordinator said that this is precisely the reason why the
opposition parties have seen the need to sit and discuss how to prevent
their weakness from putting someone in office who may not be the
undiluted choice of the people. This, he added, is what gave rise to
discussions to establish an Alliance. They realised that they can have a
tactical Alliance or a strategic Alliance. Mr. Sallah said that a
tactical alliance is for them to get together and just get rid off Jammeh
and whatever comes after that they would not care, but a strategic
alliance is one that has a fundamental objective to achieve and you will
come and form alliance not only to remove the present regime from office
but also to think of what to put in its place that will serve the vital
interests and aspirations of the people. They had frank discussions with
everybody speaking his/her mind and they came to the conclusion that it
will be irresponsible to simply form a tactic! al alliance to remove a
government&nbsp; in office without thinking of what will come after that.
This is the reason why it had taken them a bit longer before coming to
the public to say that the alliance had been established. Mr. Sallah said
that in reality the coalition had been established and that what they are
doing is creating the fundamental basis for that alliance to serve the
strategic objective set for it. He pointed out that they are all
convinced that President Jammeh is trying as much as possible to be a
ruler rather than a leader/servant; that he is trying as much as possible
to perpetuate himself in office by any means; that they have realised
that he has gone as far as to mystify himself to the point of showing
that public services derived from public taxes are actually provided by
him; that he on the basis of might can allocate those resources according
to his whims and caprices. He said that the Alliance/Coalition felt!
 that this is a very dangerous trend that is leading the country to
 absolute monarchy; that irrespective of personal views about him, the
 method of government and style of leadership is monarchical and not
 republican. Mr. Sallah said that in their bid to remove the Jammeh
 regime from office they have decided that they will establish strong
 policies that will ensure putting an end to self-perpetuating rule and
 empowering the Gambian people; that this can be achieved by having an
 electoral programme which they are already working on; that ultimately
 the person they are going to elect as the Alliance’s President will be
 running a provisional government to rectify the ills that are already in
 our political system and to deal with some of the economic mismanagement
 that are embedded in the method of running the administration of the
 country.
He said that while this was going on, Jarra West by-election came; that
all the parties were entitled to put up a candidate and many prospective
candidates applied through their respective political parties. He said
that the principle is to refuse to allow the APRC government to win
elections not on the basis of its strength but by virtue of the weakness
and division of the opposition parties; that they engaged in
communication and consultation until one candidate was ultimate selected
to contest for the Alliance in the election; that this was how and why
Kemeseng Jammeh was selected as coalition candidate and eventually
elected by the people as the NAM for Jarra West Constituency.  The
coordinator said that they are collaborating in order to unite and
empower the people to end self-perpetuating rule and help the country to
move forward.&nbsp;  He said that people should expect a code of conduct
from the coalition in the future; that this code of conduct will ensure
that on an alliance platform there will be no insults, no caricature of
anybody but that they will be speaking on the basis of what is on the
enlightened interest of the Gambian people. Mr. Sallah finally said that
the Gambia needs a responsible government, but that the real safeguard is
to have a responsible alternate government or responsible opposition
which can take-over should the government be found wanting; that the
Alliance now aspires to be an alternate government; that it aims to build
its integrity both nationally and internationally so that it can be a
voice of the people who want an alternative in this country. He said that
they want ultimately all the security forces and civil servants to see
that they are paid and maintained by the Gambian people and they do not
owe allegiance to a person but to a nation; that they want to build that
respectable, responsible relationship with the security forces of this
country so that they will concentrate on crime and other threats to
national security and the issue of politics will be left to those people
who intend to build the country because they are there as party in gov!
ernment or intend&nbsp; to build the country because they found that
group in government wanting in performing their responsibility and ready
to replace them. He said their intention is to build up a respectable
relationship with the IEC, security forces and civil servants to enable
them to be free and impartial in carrying out their responsibilities
without any intimidation or insecurity. He said that they are going to
educate their members to develop a high sense of maturity and to know
that they are the decision makers; that as makers of leaders they need to
be educated and mature so that they will not end up having leaders who
will not serve their interest; that the Alliance will be moving around
the country and build foundation so that the Gambian people will take
charge of their destiny and become the sovereign people they are; that
this is the message that he is asked to transmit to the press; that the
other coalition partners ar! e also around and can add comments or
rectify any mistakes made.
See next issue for the continuation of the press conference covering
answers and statements made by Ousainou Darboe, Hamat Bah, Lamin Waa
Juwara, M.L Touray, Kemeseng Jammeh and Halifa Sallah. &nbsp;M.A.Karafi’s
Gambia’s Interest
Mr. Momodou Lamin Sonko of the Boto Construction and Engineering Company
who is also the local counterpart representative of M. A. Karafi has told
this reporter that Karafi and sons intends to invest in the energy,
tourism and construction industries here in The Gambia. Mr. Sonko made
this disclosure following the contact by this reporter at international
office of M. A. Karafi and sons. The area officers Mr. Wande then
contacted Mr. Sonko to give details. Mr. Sonko indicated that Mr. M. A.
Karafi had already bought the Kairaba Beach Hotel in full. He is also
allocated a plot to construct a five star hotel with a conference centre.
Mr. Sonko further added that the Karafis intend to invest in the energy
sector. He revealed that discussions are at an advanced stage on
construction and engineering. He added that it is the construction and
engineering industries that cover most of the Karafis investments
worldwide. Mr. Sonko finally denied claims that Mr. Karafi had given a
jet to President Jammeh. He asserted that the jet referred to as having a
bedroom, sitting room and a bathroom, is the personal jet of Mr. Karafi.
The jet was sent here to collect President Jammeh and entourage for the
visit to the Karafis and other parts of the Middle East. After the
exercise the jet went back. On the proposed lifting and refining of oil
for sale, Mr. Sonko said these are intentions expressed by them but no
discussions have so far been conducted on any issue of oil in The
Gambia.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  &nbsp;KMC
Councillors Meet
The Fight For Decentralization
In the meeting of the 9th July 2004 KMC Councillors branded the following
moves of he state Department of State for Local Government and Lands, as
unconstitutional and an act meant to arrest the gains of the
decentralization process and good governance. The meeting, which was
chaired by the Lord Mayor, Abdoulie Conteh discussed:
1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The recent Local Government
(Amendment) Act 2004; and
2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The letter from the SOS of Local Government stipulating the salaries,
allowances of Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Councillors.
3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Finance and Audit Act During their discussions one Councillor after
another expressed disappointment over the attitude of the Local
Government technocrats, whom they say have arrested the spirit of the
constitution on decentralization; that the aim of the constitution is to
give power to the grassroots masses to enable them participate in
handling their own affairs in a more democratic way. The Councillors
further opined that this is why there had been a series of workshops and
seminars conducted before the very Local Government Act and the Finance
and Audit Act came into being; they noted that it is common knowledge
that the very stakeholders at the grassroots were involved at all stages.
The Councillors asserted that the constitution in the spirit of good
governance had called for their participation in order for their voice to
be heard and respected. To their utmost surprise the Councillors
indicated that the technocrats and the Secretary of State came up with
amendment on the Local Government Act even before it was tested. They
asked why the grassroots masses were not consulted before the amendment.
On the Finance and Audit Act the Councillors noted that this was
undemocratically finalized since after a series of grassroots
consultations in the form of seminars, it was recommended that a
validation workshop be conducted on the final report by the various
Councillors before an act is finalized. Finally on the issue of the
letter that emanated from the SoS for Local Government on the salaries
and allowances of Mayors, Deputy Mayors and Councillors, the Councillors
unanimously opined that since that validation workshop was not conducted,
the Act could not focus the realities of the grassroots in the Councils.
The meeting was also attended by 18 Councillors from the Brikama Area
Council led by their Deputy Chairman. They are said to be on a study
tour. &nbsp;Harassment On The Beach
Manuela’s Story
She went to Bijilo Beach (between the Bijilo Forest Park, ITC and the
Bijilo Beach Hotel) with her son Lukas on Friday morning, when around 14
hrs two young men sat close to her on the beach. They started to harass
her and moved closer and closer until she felt very nervous and decided
to leave the beach with her son. She packed her red backpack with two
towels, some books, sun lotion, cookies and a bottle of water. As she was
getting ready to leave, one of the bumsters got up and went up the path
alongside Bijilo Forest Park; the other one went along the beach towards
the Senegambia. As she was climbing up the path with her son, she noticed
a third man partly hiding behind a palm tree. She thought she was
relieving himself, so she avoided her look. After her and her son passed
the man behind the palm tree, she was suddenly grabbed from behind and a
cutlass was pressed against her neck. The man was shouting: “Money, !
money” and her son started screaming and crying. She tried to tell the
robber that she didn’t have any money while at the same time yelling for
help. The man snatched her backpack, threw away the cutlass, and grabbed
the sun umbrella her son was carrying; apparently he thought the boy
would try to hit him. The man then took off towards the beach and Manuela
and son ran towards the hotel in which they were staying. They came
crying and shaking, and they told me what happened. I took them to the
TDA Police and we reported the incident. The first question the police
asked, what was stolen? As the items did not have a great value and no
money, mobile or camera was stolen, the police seemed to be a bit
reluctant to do something. It took a while before the soldiers took
action and went to the scene of crime with Manuela. There they found the
cutlass and the lower half of the sun umbrella. Of course, nobody was
found in the area looking like the three men. It seems like if this whole
scheme was well planned to coincide with the time every adult Muslim man
in the country should be at Friday prayers. The beach was deserted and
the streets were empty, nobody could have come for help. Manuela believes
that the three men were together. The first two were harassing her, one
of them left to give a signal to the third one hiding behind the tree.
One of the men was wearing a light gray top of coarse material looking
like a sack, which he had pulled over his head, however, not hiding his
face. The other one had on black trousers and a checkered shirt. Manuela
could not say what the third man was wearing as he was hiding behind the
tree and she also did not want to stare at him, as she thought he was
relieving himself. He also grabbed her from behind and as she was in
frenzy she could not remember what he wore or what he looked like. She
only remembers him having an athletic buil! d.
&nbsp;
A Hospital In The Midst Of Garbage Mistakenly Called A Teaching Hospital
&nbsp;
Sanatorium Unit of the RVTH is actually a dumping ground for human
beings, which is located in the midst of refuse. This fact is not known
to many who pass by it unnoticed as they travel on the Banjul-Serrekunda
highway. It is a place where certain categories of patients with a deadly
lung disease, TB are admitted for treatment. The disease is an airborne
infection and can affect almost every part of the body, but the commonest
is the lung. A person suffering from pulmonary TB (TB of the lungs) needs
to be at a well-ventilated area with fresh and unpolluted air.  People
who travel on the highway should take it upon themselves to visit this
place at least once to see for themselves the deplorable condition in
which our unfortunate brothers and sisters are made to live in because of
the location of the place. This place is located between Banjul’s main
dumpsite and a cement factory. I wonder what the National Environment
Agency’s advice has been to the government regarding this situation. One
does not need to ponder much to know that the reason why that factory and
dumpsite are not located in an area inhabited by people is because of
their potential to pollute the environment, thereby exposing the people
to all kinds of diseases. Now, if a healthy person could be at a health
risk when exposed to such an environment, how about one who is already
suffering from a lung disease? To send someone with such a condition to
such an environment is actually to send him or her to his or her death. A
lot of people have and are loosing their lives because of the pollution
in this area. I have no doubt that the nation would be alarmed if they
could have correct statistics of the number of patients dying yearly as a
result of suffocation from the smoke coming from the dumpsite and the
factories.  All human beings with hearts should be concerned about the
condition of patients in this place. We should not forget the fact that
any one of us could find himself/herself in that place as a patient. How
would we feel in that case? I am calling on all the members of the
National Assembly who claim to be truly representing the people to please
visit this place and advise the government accordingly. My humble opinion
is that this place should be located somewhere very close to the ocean.
Maybe around the Tourism Development&nbsp; Area, free from any kind of
air pollution. Any leadership that could turn a blind eye to a situation
like the one that sanatorium is in does not deserve to hold any
celebration as a show of achievement of anything. To make any such thing
in the face of the realities of the sanatorium and the SOS Children’s
Village, which also suffers a similar fate, would be a mockery of the
people and oneself. A Nurse
&nbsp;
Focus on CEDAW M
The Initial, Second And Third Reports Of The Gambia
Article 1 – Definition of Discrimination:
Article 1 of the convention is of paramount importance as it gives the
definition of what constitutes “discrimination against women” It provides
thus: “for the purposes of the present convention, the term
“discrimination against women” shall mean any distinction, exclusion or
restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of
impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women,
irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality between men
and women, or human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political,
economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.” At the time of
ratification of the CEDAW convention the relevant provision relating to
protection from discrimination was section 25 of the 1970 Republican
Constitution. This section guaranteed protection from discrimination on
all basis except “sex”. Subsection (3) of section 25 clearly stated that;
“…. The expression “discrimination” means affording different treatment
to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective
descriptions by race, tribe, place of origin, political opinions, colour
or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to
disabilities or restriction to which persons of another such description
are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are
not accorded to persons of another such description.” It is indeed
evident from the above subsection that the 1970 constitution of the
Republic of The Gambia did not provide for any protection from
discrimination on the grounds of sex. Strictly, this meant that
parliament could pass laws that were discriminatory against women. The
corresponding section in our second Republican constitution seemed to
have taken care of this anomaly. For the first time in the constitutional
history of The Gambia the definition of the expression “discrimination”
was extended to include discrimination on the basis of sex.&nbsp;
Subsection (4) of section 33 of the 1997 Second Republic Constitution
provides thus: “(4) In this section, the expression “discrimination”
means affording different treatment to different persons attributable
wholly or mainly to their respective description by race, colour, gender,
language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth or other status…” Subsection (4), standing on its
own, is indeed an innovation. The essence of this subsection is on all
fours with Article 1 of the convention. This is a significant stride in
the advancement of women. However, the innovative provisions in
subsection (4) are made subject to subsection (5). The provision
affording protection from discrimination are excluded from laws which
make provision for adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of
property on death or other matters of personal law. &nbsp;
COALITION LEADERS ADDRESS BAKAU RALLYTS
The proposed opposition Coalition/Alliance showed their full support to
the UDP sponsored candidate for the old Bakau Cape point ward
councillorship by-election Ousman Rambo Jatta, in a mass rally attended
by thousands of UDP and Coalition supporters on Saturday.&nbsp;  The
coordinator of the coalition Halifa Sallah in addressing the gathering
indicated that leadership position is not a monarchic position, rather
that of a servant. He said that if a leader does not humble himself or
herself, one would equate himself or herself with god. “Such a person is
not fit to lead a sovereign people,” the Serekunda central National
Assembly representative asserted. He further indicated to the attentive
crowd that a new thing is being conceived in the Gambia (Coalition) and
that it’s purpose is to avoid the ruling APRC from leading the country
with a minority support, since the APRC government has amended the
constitution changing the fifty percent rule governing the election of a
president to a simple majority. The opposition parties have agreed to
come together to challenge the APRC with a single candidate he added. Pa
Manneh representing the National Democratic Action Movement (NDAM) said
that tribalism has no place in the Gambia. He applauded the youths of
Bakau for being firm and steadfast and indicated that every young person
needs an elder for blessing and guidance. Also addressing the huge
gathering Dulo Bah of the National Reconciliation party (NRP) affirmed
that the coalition has now forgotten about their individual parties and
are only looking at the interest of the Gambia. He went on to say even
the election of an Alkalo has been stripped off the people and given to
the secretary of state. He therefore urged the youths to stand up and
change the status quo in the country. The leader of the Peoples
Progressive Party (PPP) Omar Amadou Jallow, called on the people of Bakau
to vote for Rambo come July 15. He asked the APRC supporters in Bakau
whether they love president Jammeh more than themselves. “The President
said that he will turn Bakau into a ghetto, do you love him more than
yourselves” OJ put to them. He said that the APRC government has done
nothing for Bakau since 1994. Rapping up the rally the leader of the
United Democratic Party (UDP) Ousainou Darboe urged the youths of Bakau
to emulate Rambo arguing that it is high time now that the youths are
involved in the decision making process. He continued by saying that
president Jammeh’s references of himself as the representative of the
African youth, should have made him to talk and act like a mature person
instead of insulting and castigating others.  Speaking earlier on the
candidate Ousman Rambo Jatta reiterated his development plan for the
ward, as including the upgrading of his already established nursery
school to a primary school. He also indicated that his partners in Sweden
and Denmark would support the fund established to assist the education of
single parent children in Bakau. He called on all single parent children
in Bakau to come forward and register their names.  &nbsp;ALIEU GIKINEH
NEEDS TREATMENT
According to medical reports, “Alieu Gikineh is suffering from an Active
Problem-Mitrai Valve Diseae-2 to Rheumatic Fever. He was last reviewed at
the MPOD on 27th September 1999. He was stable and had no complaints to
make. He is presently on Frusemide Tabs. 40mg. Daily, Slow K 600mg daily
and Prophylactic Benzathine Inj. 2,4 mega unit monthly. Mr. Gikineh would
like to have his damaged valve replaced but according to medical reports,
facilities to do so are not locally available.” Alieu wants to go abroad
to get proper medical treatment. He is appealing for assistance to
facilitate such a trip. Any person willing to assist Mr. Gikineh can
contact FOROYAA on Tel: 4393177 or 4373138. &nbsp;
&nbsp;
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