Momodou Olly-Mboge,

But for Mr. jaiteh's council, I would have followed you to the gutter.
However as it will not benefit anybody, I will forge on.

On this list I acknowledged that the security forces did not handle the
student demonstrations April 2000 properly. I also condemned the indemnity
bill that was subsequently passed to indemnify those found to be culpable. I
also said that President Jammeh or Isatou Njie Saidy bore ultimate
responsibility as Commander in Chief/Acting Commander in chief of our
security forces.

Now honest Gambians, do you people remember Femi Jeng? Do you remember how
he and dozens of others suffercated in a Banjul police cell in 1981? Did we
ever get to know how those people actually died? Was there a
postmortem/autposy to determine how they died? Don't their loved ones have a
right to know what actually happened to them? Were they not Gambians? How
many people were illegally incarcerated after the abortive coupe of 1981?
How many people were humiliated just for being opposed to the then PPP
regime? How many died as a result of being tortured at Mile 2 and the depot
hangers? Need I go on?

Let's stop the hypocrisy. As far as I am concerned, my contribution on this
list is only motivated by my wish for a better Gambia. If that was not my
conviction I will not be wasting some of my valuable time here. If you
people want to tell me that all our concerns are absolute and not relative,
then I need not try to engage some of you. in my honest opinion, good
governance, human rights, rule of law and all the other cliches are just
processes. None of them is an event by itself. If that is the case, then
who, amongst us has a monopoly of how this ought to be handled? Why do some
people assume that they and only they have an opinion of what is best for
The Gambia? What a mockery of our socalled democratic credentials if nobody
is allowed to express any desenting view on anything? I, for one, ABSOLUTELY
REFUSE!, Period.

There are many well meaning Gambians and nonGambians living abroad who turn
to places like the L for information. We therefore owe it to our people to
tell them the truth. How can anybody expect to tell me that it is wrong to
build schools, hospitals, roads, fish processing plants, bridges, procure
generators, expand the air and seaports and then turn around telling me how
much you love the Gambia and its people and expect me to believe it? Are
some of you for real? For God's sake hate Jammeh and the APRC, if you must,
but don't hate to the extent that you can no longer differentiate between
yahya as the president and Yahya as an individual, the APRC and the Gambia
government. On th eabove questions and issues, I await answers from any
honest Gambian, not the myopic bigots.

Have a good day, Gassa.

PS: Thanks Mr. Jaiteh for your council. Its much appreciated.
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>From: momodou olly-mboge <[log in to unmask]>
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: My Take, Suma Kadu.- please let us move on
>Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:57:14 -0500
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