<< Greetings Gambia-l,
I could not resist sending this article to the list particularly after
reading in
FOROYAA how tobacco companies are advertising on the state television
(GRTS).
Have a good weekend.
Momodou Camara
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The Tobacco companies have long been banned from advertising on television
here in the States. They are not even allowed to advertise on billboards on
the roads anymore. Guess where they can now take their advertising campaign
and their experiments to get more and more people ( especially young people)
hooked on the poison of nicotine? So called Third World countries with
Gullible, corrrupt leadership, where all that matters is the bottom line. l
am afraid Africa makes the best target right now. Certainly no one to even
look after the everyday wellfare of the people, much less advocate for such a
thing as protecting our people from the greed of the Tobacco companies.Our
leaders, like our President, are the first in line to abuse the people's
human rights, so what better welcome sign than that do the tobacco
companies need to come in and do their thing? No, leaders such as Jammeh are
too busy fooling themselves by trying to drum up false international support
by arranging behind the scenes/closed door with a handful of what the
Americans call "henpecked cronies" meetings here in the U.S. If his was a
legitimate government that came about because they created an atmosphere free
of coercion and underhandedness prior to the elections, and which in turn
allowed the Gambian people to vote freely, as well as opposition parties
their right to adequate time to prepare to participate fully in the process,
and if his agenda was not a reign of terror on the Gambian people, rife
with kidnappings and unchecked lawlessness, essentailly sanctioned banditry,
then we would have seen him in the news at the Whitehouse, welcomed, as all
respected foreign leaders are welcomed. Then also, he would not have had
to hide from the Gambians in this country on a visit here, such as he is
doing now. What a shame, and how sad indeed for our country and our people.
Jabou Joh
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