Pa Ali and Ebrima, thanks for the feed-back. Pa Ali, I must tell you that I
did not think about the Pre-1994 era. I was mainly focusing on the moneys
Yaya and his cohorts looted from the Gambian poor. But you brought up a good
point. We should look into recovering all the ill-gotten gains (pre and
post-1994). But allow me to reiterate that the emphasis here would be
different. Rather than looking at people as guilty first and shifting the
burden on them to prove their innocence; rather than seizing property
willy-nilly out of jealousy, we will zoom in on specific corruption cases we
can prove in court. For example, the Taiwan millions, the Nigerian Crude
Oil, the bribes from CSE, Yaya's plane, Baabaa Jobe's crimes, Tarik Musa's
and Amadou Samba's 'sweat-heart' deals etc. We will build up solid cases
against the vermin and then seize their properties in order to benefit the
rightful owners (the Gambian poor).

When we pass the legislation to form the office of the special prosecutor,
we can give him/her mandate to look into pre-1994 matters as well. Having
said that, I hope the prosecutor will have the good sense to use his/her
discretion and prioritize. It is better to go after a US $20 million Swiss
account opened by Yaya and his cohorts than to go after the 'crumbs' the PPP
people have been accused of stealing. The moneys Yaya stole from us, will go
a long way to alleviate poverty in our country.

Ebrima, I am glad that you are willing to resume your series. We should not
be discouraged by the way we read the situation on the ground in certain
instances. I must confess that things get a bit demoralizing at times, but
we have to persevere. Contrary to what you think, I believe that your
contributions have immense impact on the ground. Some of the impact is
immeasurable. We have to keep hammering. The good message will not be
stifled. The way I approach these things is, I will do my part and hope and
pray that the intended audience also does its part. Since we cannot force
anyone to swallow our ideas, let us just put out a persuasive argument and
hope for the best. The truth will eventually prevail.

Again, I thank you and Pa Ali for your tremendous contributions.
KB



>From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Moving Forward ---- Asset Recoveries
>Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 01:12:21 -0000
>
>KB Dampha:
>
>Brilliant start! This is very healthy indeed, and I am looking forward to
>reading more of your series. This one was very good. By the way, I'll
>always
>send you feedbacks if and when necessary. With regard to my series
>entitled,
>"My Messages to all Gambians", I can always resume them, if I was/am
>convinced that they would not (again) fall on deaf ears, especially in
>terms
>of the opposition parties, most of whom my postings were targetted/directed
>at. I believe I stopped at message number 24.
>
>To tell you the truth, when I started writing my series, I had meant
>business, as they say here in B'ham, and would have definitely continued
>them, but when I observed very closely the attitude of the opposition in
>particular, it became clear to me that my messages have fallen on deaf
>ears.
>The realities on the ground, if you know what I mean, have, frankly
>speaking, discouraged me (at the time).
>
>But I am sure your series would NOW motivate me to re-commence my messages
>to all Gambians. In actual fact, I even started writing/working on a
>pamphlet, "The Case for a Tactical Alliance", but decided to shelve/suspend
>it until the picture from Banjul was clearer.
>
>Yus and Hamadi: I enjoyed reading your last postings.
>
>Regards,
>Ebrima
>
>
>
>>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]>
>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>><[log in to unmask]>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Moving Forward ---- Asset Recoveries
>>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:21:53 -0400
>>
>>In the same spirit I counseled here the other day that Subscribers versed
>>in
>>certain areas should try and draw out working papers for the Opposition as
>>we move to October 2001, I will attempt to get the ball rolling by setting
>>out what I hope will be the first post in a series of posts addressing HOW
>>the Opposition is going to better the lot of Gambians when it is elected
>>after the 2001 elections.
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