Today,it is well known fact that gambians are in for
very difficult times,a condition provoked by accident
of history and an error or judgment.Each and everyone
should therefore be seriously concerned about the
method of governance resulting directly from the type
of leadership that emerged from the July 22nd coup
d'etat.

The peculiar system of governance which is being
dictated by an irrational head cannot be judged by any
standard in terms of credibility, morality or
consistency.Even those officials responsible for
policy advice and administrative guidance have drifted
to the specialized art of factual distortion to the
extent of discrediting themselves in order to survive.

The most recent statement issued by secretary of state
for foreign affairs-Momodou lamin sedat Jobe is a
clear testimony of the lack of credibility of the APRC
government.
Any honest person would not allow his/her leader to
twist and turn you as if without him you will not
survive.This is what lead the country into this
unfortunate cynicism and treachery.

Mr. Jobe should learn his mistakes from Bolong
Sonko,Nyimasata Sanneh,Fafa Mbaye,Lary Ceesay,sarja
Taal and Cheyassin Secka to mention few.They have
attempted to betray gambians and satisfy Jammeh to
survive but God the "Almighty"said no.

Mr.Jobe claimed that he spoke to officials of US
Embassy in Banjul concerning the UN security council
travel ban imposed on Baba Jobe but this has been
proved beyond reasonable doubt to be not only wrong
but a big LIE.It is possible that Mr.Jobe was just
trying to please his master-Jammeh-Musa by coming up
with such a misleading statement.

Finally,it is clear and sad that as long as sedat Jobe
can get paid by Jammeh there is nothing criminal or
illegal by Gambians getting kill by agents of the
government and Baba Jobe trafficking guns.

Saihou


--- Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> British, Americans React to Foreign Secretary
>
>
>
>
> The Independent (Banjul)
>
> July 2, 2001
> Posted to the web July 2, 2001
>
> Alhagie Mbye
> Banjul, the Gambia
>
> Following a terse statement from The Gambia's
> Foreign Secretary which
> questioned the credibility of a UN Security Council
> travel ban on Baba Jobe,
> western diplomats have maintained that the decision
> to include him in the
> list of banned individuals was not a trilateral
> initiative as was alleged
> but a unanimous one.
>
> Denying any overt involvement of the United Kingdom
> to include Mr Jobe who
> is the Assistant Secretary at the Office of the
> President a statement from
> the British High Commission last Friday said the
> decision to slap an
> indefinite ban on Mr. Jobe was unanimously endorsed
> by the 15-member
> Security Council and reflects the view of the
> international community on
> those who were thought to have contributed to the
> illicit trade in blood
> diamonds from Liberia and Sierra Leone and arms
> trafficking across West
> Africa.
>
> The Gambian Foreign Secretary Momodou Lamin Sedat
> Jobe had in a letter to
> the Security Council stated among other things that
> he was informed that
> Baba Jobe's inclusion on Resolution 1343 came after
> France, United States
> and Britain prevailed upon the Security Council to
> include him on it. The
> British High Commission however, insisted that there
> was no back door
> influence from any of the three powers to have Mr.
> Jobe included in the ban.
>
> The British High Commission statement emphasized
> that the UK Government
> "will of course enforce the Resolution as it does
> all similar instruments
> and would expect fellow UN member states to do the
> same".
>
> When contacted the Deputy Chief of Mission of the
> United States Embassy in
> Banjul Brian Browne noted "I have read the text of
> the letter Secretary of
> State Jobe wrote to the president of the Security
> Council. Due to the fact
> that the issue of Baba Jobe's inclusion in the
> travel ban has been raised in
> such a manner, and that the letter begs a UN
> response, it would be
> inappropriate to comment on the many issues raised
> in the letter. The
> resolution was a UN action and now that the letter
> is before the UN, it is
> most proper to let that process take its course.
>
> "I also note the articles that have been written
> including the one in this
> very paper, reporting that the US has been blamed
> for Baba Jobe's inclusion
> in the travel ban. Your paper is entitled, as is
> every individual, to its
> opinions as to what was intended by the letter's
> references to the US.
> However, as a diplomat it would be inappropriate to
> speculate in a public
> forum as to what was or was not intended by these
> references. Thus, I will
> not engage in the idle speculation as to the
> writer's intent. One thing that
> I can tell you for certain is that, as of the date
> of that letter, Secretary
> of State Jobe had never met nor consulted with the
> Ambassador, myself, nor
> any member of our diplomatic staff on this issue.
>
> "Notwithstanding the news articles, it seems that
> attention has shifted away
> from the issue of utmost importance. The resolution
> represents the work and
> collective will of the United Nations and the
> international community to put
> an end to the fighting and violence in Sierra Leone.
> As such, the resolution
> not only has a noble purpose, it carries the weight
> of law. We should all be
> mindful of the hundreds of thousands of innocent
> people whose lives have
> been hijacked due to the unrest. To help bring
> peace, the rule of law and
> development to these battered people, my country
> will do its utmost to
> implement the resolution and to honour its spirit.
> Any individuals and any
> nations who aspire to be responsible members of the
> international community
> should seek to implement to the best of their
> ability this and all other
> resolutions pertaining to Sierra Leone."
>
> Attempts to get a reaction from the French Consul
> were unsuccessful.
>
>
>
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