Son,
Thank you very much for the insults.I will not blame.
Aunty FJC

Y C Jow wrote:

> Listen to our own "highly qualified" new MP Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay try to
> discourage debating in parliament.  And to think that some of us believe this
> whole "interest of the nation" BS.  These people only care about their
> interests.  In other words, a parliament completely dominated by their agenda
> and nothing less even though we know that there are very few other parties in
> the parliament.
>
> FJC is a joke and she should accordingly shut up.  This shameful woman knows
> nothing about parliamentary procedures yet she still spouts rubbish
>
> The Assembly is not a constitutional university
>
> The nominated National Assembly member, Honourable Mrs Fatoumatta Jahumpa
> Ceesay, has urged members of the august body to make the new House an
> institution with a difference, emphasising that such a forum should not be
> manipulated by anyone to make a name for themselves. “We are going to make
> this National Assembly, a National Assembly with a difference in
> professionalism, in calibre, status and integrity.... We will not allow this
> National Assembly to be used by any individual NAM to make a name,” she said,
> adding that the House was for one to make sure that he/she was there “for the
> interest, progress, and prosperity of the Gambian people,”.
>
> Therefore, we will not allow it to be used as a constitutional university to
> be debating on the constitution for hours. While the Gambian people in the
> remote villages somewhere are suffering and want a water pump or solar
> system, somebody is debating seven hours, talking about constitutionality in
> the National Assembly,” FJC said. She said they would also use the might of
> the majority in the interest of the Gambian people, especially the
> under-privileged women and children.
>
> Therefore, for anybody to think that you can come in and say I have come to
> this Assembly to make a name for the international community to know me or
> hear me, you are fooling yourself. We are going to make sure that it does not
> happen and we will do it with dignity, integrity and maturity because after
> all, we are all Gambians - brothers and sisters. We will make sure that we
> are one family and work in the interest of the Gambian people,” FJC said. She
> said people should however not see her as a gender activist in the house. “I
> am going to be here as a Gambian and support both male and female because we
> are partners in development,” she noted.
>
> She thanked President Jammeh for nominating her, describing it “a privilege,”
>  saying ... “this is not the chip of the block but the block itself because
> my father was a Mayor of Banjul. I was also the first female deputy mayor of
> Banjul. He was also in parliament and here again, I am also in the
> parliament. So I think it is a challenge and I will take the challenge,” she
> said. FJC expressed optimism that the new Assembly would be very interesting
> and with a difference “because we have three opposition leaders.”
>
>
>
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