DITTO joe.
>From: joe sambou <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: What Goes Up Must Come Down
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:07:24 GMT
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>Soffie, our problem is deeper than Yahya. The relationship between the
>ruler and the ruled in The Gambia is cemented by greed. Forget about how
>adversely the welfare of a nation is impacted. Most in that country are
>out
>for themselves and as dumb as Yahya and his cast of crocs are, they know
>enough to feed the appetites of these women and many, many more. This
>ravenous appetite transcends, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, or
>geographical location. It is the blood that keeps our problem alive. The
>cold treatment that most showed in all the atrocities committed by these
>thugs is borne out of the conviction that turning the other way in the
>midst
>of this mayhem may line their pockets some day. I was in Banjul around the
>time Dumo and crew were arrested. Most people I talked to pretended as if
>nothing out of the ordinary happened, and as long as it does not happen to
>them, they thanked God for his deliverance. Unless we look for the common
>good, our situation will never change, even after Jammeh. Your conclusion
>on the action of these women is right on the money. Keep-up the pressure.
>Jammeh will go, but a whole host people and attitudes will accompany him.
>
>Joe Sambou
>
>
>>From: Ceesay Soffie <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Subject: Re: What Goes Up Must Come Down
>>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 07:31:32 -0400
>>
>>I have been knee deep in paper work and will be 'til the FY officially
>>closes. But, I simply could not get on without commenting on the action
>>of
>>these women. What's up with them? Hypocrisy?, misplaced loyalties?
>>(definitely!!), hypocrisy?, self expediency?, misplaced priorities? -
>>where
>>were they when the butcher unleashed his gun toting, trigger happy killer
>>zombies on our kids? Where were they when Ebrima Barry's mother was
>>mourning the murder of HER son? Where were they when a young DAUGHTER of
>>Gambia was raped and nothing came of it? Where were they when the mothers
>>and wives of those held on trumped up charges of treason were calling for
>>help? Where were they when Radio One FM, it's proprietor and workers were
>>attacked with the clear intention to kill them? I can go on with the list
>>of criminal acts by this criminal government that these women could have
>>come out to protest.
>>
>>These women ought to be ashamed of themselves. What kind of development
>>will KMC see when our children have no hope, no prospects, no
>>opportunities,
>>no freedoms? Here is another tired but 'will make it come true' cliché -
>>what goes around comes around. The time that we have allowed the beasts
>>of
>>power to destroy Gambia has and should be instructive to all sober
>>Gambians
>>that never again will we allow these leeches to stick, much more burrow
>>deep
>>enough to wreak the kind of havoc we are witnessing.
>>
>>The struggle continues!! (thanks Ndey)
>>
>>Soffie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: joe sambou [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:15 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: What Goes Up Must Come Down
>>
>> Folks, there is chaos in the house that Jammeh built.
>>Culled from the
>> Observer Newspaper:
>>
>> Wednesday, September 27, 2000
>>
>> KMC'S CONTEH SUSPENDED
>>
>> "Early Monday afternoon, the chairman of the Kanifing
>>Municipal Council,
>> Abdoulai Conteh, was given a terse three-sentence letter
>>suspending him from
>> office indefinitely.
>>
>> The reason for his indefinite suspension was not publicly
>>announced but
>> sources said the decision was provoked by differences
>>between the KMC
>> chairman and the secretary of state for Local Government
>>over "certain
>> projects" in the municipality.
>>
>> As a result, the president was said to have instructed
>>the
>>department of
>> state for Local Government to write to Lt Col (Rtd)
>>Conteh,
>>ordering him to
>> proceed on immediate indefinite leave. Following the
>>spread
>>of the news of
>> Conteh's suspension, a group of women from the
>>municipality
>>and staff of the
>> KMC yesterday afternoon boarded eight mini-vans and
>>picketed
>>State House to
>> lobby the president to reinstate Abdoulai Conteh.
>>
>> Some of the protesters displayed banners reading, 'We
>>Need
>>Lai Conteh
>> Because of His Dedication to the Development of KMC', 'We
>>need Lai Conteh
>> for his foresight in trying to make KMC a model which
>>could
>>be compared to
>> any municipality in developing countries', 'We need Lai
>>Conteh for his
>> political maturity and love for his municipality', and so
>>on. At 3.30pm,
>> after three hours of camping outside State House, the
>>president dispatched
>> the commander of State Guard, Captain Lang Tombong Tamba,
>>assistant
>> secretary, Office of the President, Baba Jobe, and three
>>other security
>> personnel attached to the Close Protection Unit of the
>>Presidential Guard,
>> to meet the group.
>>
>> Narrating their grievances to Tamba and others, a
>>spokeswoman for the group,
>> said, "We are here today to express our utmost
>>dissatisfaction with the
>> handing of an indefinite suspension letter to Lai Conteh
>>yesterday. We came
>> to appeal to the president to rescind his decision, with
>>due
>>respect.
>>
>> We are all behind him and the APRC and shall remain so
>>forever. But we want
>> to explain to him that we have started a process with Lai
>>Conteh and if he
>> is removed from office especially with the coming local
>>government election,
>> those ends may not be met. Lai Conteh is very
>>hard-working
>>and we are not
>> here to blow his trumpet but to give His Excellency a
>>firsthand indication
>> of our mutual feeling about this matter. We are here
>>representing hundreds
>> of others who feel exactly the same but cannot make it
>>here
>>due to other
>> pressing engagements.
>>
>> We are not saying that Lai Conteh is indispensable, but
>>replacing him means
>> taking us back to square one." In response, Captain Tamba
>>urged the group to
>> remain calm and return home to re-direct their grievances
>>"through peaceful
>> channels. We know how you feel but please do take things
>>easy. You are right
>> to show your unhappiness but this you could have done
>>with
>>less commotion.
>>
>> Just go home and identify representatives who can have
>>audience with the
>> president on your behalf." Baba Jobe added, "We know you
>>are
>>all loyal to
>> the president and the APRC, so let us treat this as an
>>in-house matter if
>> the opposition are not to say there is infighting within
>>us.
>>Your face,
>> (referring to a woman with tears running down her cheeks)
>>is
>>familiar to me
>> and I am certain that you will die for President Jammeh
>>but
>>as the commander
>> has just told you, everything can be solved through
>>appropriate channels.
>>
>> Take things easy to avoid worsening the situation."
>>Following this
>> statement, the sombre crowd dispersed, with a number of
>>the
>>protesters
>> deigning to leave immediately. Others burst into tears as
>>they slowly
>> marched towards the Quadrangle. Both the municipal clerk
>>of
>>the KMC,
>> Mustapha Njie, and the PRO, Aminata Hydara, declined to
>>comment on the issue
>> when they were contacted yesterday morning at their
>>offices.
>>
>> Mr Njie referred our reporter to the department of state
>>for
>>Local
>> Government and PRO Hydara said she was not officially
>>notified about the
>> suspension of the chairman. The secretary of state for
>>local
>>government,
>> Momodou Nai Ceesay, and his permanent secretary both
>>declined to comment on
>> the issue, saying they were "very busy." Sources have
>>reported that
>> lobbyists, including SoS Yankuba Touray, Susan Waffa-Ogoo
>>and Dr Sarja Taal
>> met the president to plead for a reconsideration of Lai
>>Conteh's suspension.
>>
>> Meanwhile, former police chief and commissioner of
>>Western
>>Division, Famara
>> RI Jammeh, was tipped to replace Lai Conteh as KMC
>>chairman.
>>Up to press
>> time, no official reason was given for Conteh's
>>suspension
>>and his official
>> car, KMC 1, was seen parked in the KMC parking lot. Lai
>>Conteh has been the
>> KMC chairman since the change of government in 1994.
>>Alieu
>>Badara Ceesay,
>> Lamin Sagnia, Augustus Mendy contributed to this story."
>>
>> Is this not the same Lie Conteh that Jammeh recently
>>decorated for
>> outstanding service and all that claptrap. In the
>>company
>>of crocs everyone
>> is a potential meal. Well, Lie can now join the company
>>of
>>Dominic Mendy,
>> Henry Baldeh, Musa Mbenga and a host of early retirees.
>>Next!! On a more
>> serious note, I am still puzzled why many intelligent
>>brothers and sisters
>> associate with this rabid dog called Jammeh, only to be
>>infected, used,
>> abused, and then jettisoned when they are most
>>vulnerable.
>>You know the
>> remaining steaks for Jammeh's barbeque have already died
>>several times
>> within the day of this announcement, for they know their
>>number could be up
>> any minute. Lie and his predecessors did not see the
>>missile that hit them,
>> even though they saw it happen to the ones before them.
>>Yahya is now tied
>> with Caligula Caesar in the neurotic category. This guy
>>is
>>a star, the same
>> door that enforcers Tombong Tamba (The Hyena) and Baba
>>Skunk
>>Jobe exited,
>> whence came Pimps Yankuba, Susan, and Sarja. Talk about
>>the
>>parade of, for,
>> and by idiots. The band plays on... Stay tuned, more
>>roasts to come - ribs
>> anyone!
>>
>> Joe Sambou
>>
>>
>>
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