Gazza,
The Gambia does not belong to any single individual or group of individuals,
She belongs to all Gambians and is therefore in the interest of all Gambians
and friends of the Gambia to see that our development efforts are built on
the pillar of respect for human rights and justice for all, regardless of
our divergent political affiliations or points of view. What cannot be
condoned by any well-meaning Gambian are the frequent, flagrant violations
of the rights of individual citizens by the APRC regime and its henchmen.
We shall criticize until all state-sponsored terrorism and criminality
ceases in the Gambia.
What is the significance of development that cannot alleviate poverty? Why
is poverty increasing with every year of the APRC inspite of all the
regime's so-called development efforts?

The yoke of oppression must be shattered!

BMK

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>Subject: Olly Mboge - This government is moving in the right direction!
>Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:50:41 +0000
>
>Our foreign policy is yielding a lot of dividends in terms of the
>recognition given to the country and assistance pledged to us but based on
>the principle of mutual respect and the sovereignty of our nation. The past
>week alone have seen the presentation of the letters of credence of at
>least
>six ambassadors and high commissioners, two of them Poland and Ukraine
>being
>first timers. What is even more heartening is the fact that each have
>congratulated the President and people for the successful elections that
>have just ended as well as pledging to support our efforts in developing
>the
>country. I am surprised that nobody has so far reported what the new
>American Ambassador to The Gambia said when he presented his letters of
>credence two weeks ago. Then again, that is to be expected. You have people
>who surf the net only looking for negative things to report.
>
>From the coming to power of the AFPRC and now APRC, The Gambia is making
>great strides in terms of infrastructural development geared towards
>eradicating the poverty in our midst. Unlike the former PPP government that
>vandalized and cannibalized sea transport, this government is making all
>efforts to revitalize it. Read on.
>
>Have a good day, Gassa.
>
>Ukraine to rehabilitate the Banjul Shipyard says new ambassador
>
>The new Ukrainean Ambassador to The Gambia, Butyago Volodymyr Ivanovych has
>said that the Ukrainean government would help rehabilitate the Banjul
>Shipyard.
>
>Speaking to journalist yesterday shortly after presenting his letters of
>credence to President Jammeh, Ambassador Ivanovych said Ukraine would also
>build for The Gambia two ferries, two ships, one dry cargo ship and some
>tractors to be used in the agricultural sector. Yesterday, a delegation of
>Gambian specialists left for Ukraine to sign the agreement.
>
>Ambassador Ivanovych disclosed that the President of Ukraine, Leonid
>Kuchma,
>holds in high esteem development oriented relations that binds the two
>countries together, covering political, economic and cultural issues. “We
>are ready for bilateral relations and as the first Ukrainean ambassador
>here, I will do everything. possible to strengthen the relations”. He said
>Ukraine has great potentials and highly developed technology that produces
>goods that are in high demand in Africa and The Gambia could benefit
>immensely from that.
>
>The ambassador noted that many Gambians could receive their education in
>Ukrainean universities. “We have very good prospects of constructing the
>dry
>dock, the training of Gambian specialists in our universities and other
>fields of mutual benefit to both countries,”he said.
>
>Also speaking, the new Indian High Commissioner to The Gambia Mr Balakrisag
>Shetty who also presented his letters of credence yesterday, emphasised
>that
>he intended to strengthen bilateral economic, cultural and educational ties
>amongst others, in the years to come. It is my endeavour to put in place,
>good structural relations between the two countries. We should facilitate
>the exchange of scholars, businessmen and investment. We are very impressed
>with the good infrastructure here and we can see that The Gambia is a good
>base for investment in West Africa and I hope that Gambian and Indian
>businessmen would join hands for I have already visited the ports and I
>have
>seen the gateway project and I think we can do something solid.
>
>For his part, the new Russian Ambassador, Mr Alexandra Romanov, also on the
>queue to present his credentials, promised to strengthen relations in the
>fields of education, socio-economic and cultural exchanges as well as
>training of personnel. “We have many areas of collaboration in the interest
>of the two countries”. The three diplomats were accompanied to State House
>by the SoS for Foreign Affairs, Baboucarr Blaise Jagne.
>
>In other similar engagements the, the new Australian high commissioner,
>Robert Christopher Whitty, has disclosed, after presenting his letters of
>credence to his Excellency the President, that the Australian Government
>would assist The Gambia with the backlog of cases in the judiciary. “We
>have
>both agreed that we must have a judicial system that works if that system
>is
>to enjoy any credibility with the people. We have some people back home who
>have worked in that area and I have to be able encourage them to share
>their
>expertise with The Gambia”.
>
>The new South African High Commissioner, Mr. Oupa Tanbobeng William Mokou,
>said his concentration would be centered on three areas: agriculture,
>transportation and energy. “These are areas we will get our public
>enterprises to come in and see what can be done”. He noted that South
>Africa, being one of the biggest economies on the continent has a lot to
>offer The Gambia and that during his tenure, he will work very closely with
>The government to create the right conditions. High commissioner Mokou
>outlined his intension to make air travel between the two countries easier.
>“If you have to travel to South Africa, you first have to travel to Europe.
>Why that need? It is like we are reporting to our former colonialists,
>which
>is not a good way of doing things. We are looking to ways and means of
>opening routes between the two countries, which other African counties will
>surely benefit from. Our aim is to make businessmen and tourists travel
>easily between the two countries,” he said.
>
>Also speaking shortly after presenting his letters of credence to president
>Jammeh, the new Ambassador of Poland, Mr. Thomasz Neigodzisz, said he
>intended to promote mutual understanding between the two countries. “We
>understand more about The Gambia than Gambia understands Poland”. He said
>his first priority would be information and education. “We have discussed
>with the president, the proposal for cooperation between the universities
>of
>Poland and The Gambia and there is an area of investment in cement
>manufacturing. “Poland is well known for fishing and naval construction.
>After this ceremony, I hope to come back and concretize these proposals
>with
>the president,” he said.
>
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