Gambia-L:

The e-mail below came from one of my sources in the Gambian Government. I am
sending it as received - unedited.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Of Ambassador Haley and Majority Leader Tamsir Jallow
>Date:
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>Ebrima,
>I am resending the message as requested. It may be of interest to note that
>the 1998 National Household Poverty Survey Report(NHPS) and the
>Participatory Poverty Assessment National Summary Report 1999-2000(PPA)
>have been officially launched by the SoS Finance last week Thursday.  As
>one would imagine, the incidence of poverty in The Gambia has incresed
>signicantly over the past ten years. I will attempt in the coming days to
>have a synthesis of the reports for the L. The NHPS using the expenditure
>and consumption methodology was financed by UNDP and ILO, while the PPA
>using the participatory approach which permits the subjects to assess their
>own misery (to put it bluntly)was financed by the Canadian Government
>through the International Development Research Center (IDRC). I will try to
>get a set of the Reports so that those of you with the computer skills can
>post the Reports in their entirety on both the L and other Gambia-related
>web-sites for serious debate. Excuse me for rambling on. I intend to, as I
>said before, to provide you with a synthesis of the reports, particularly
>the PPA.
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>Ebrima,
>We join all Gambians in wishing Ambassador Haley and his graceful wife
>happy birth day. His birthday message to Gambians, on the whole, has been
>positively received by reasonable Gambians. However, I must agree with KB
>when he said that there are the unreasonable, uneducated, uncouth followers
>of Jammeh who are reading in Haley's statement a tacit endorsement of the
>unilateral and illegal actions of the IGP in denying the UDP permit to
>lawfully assemble and campaign to propogate their party's platform.
>Although the IEC has belatedly assumed its responsibility in issuing permit
>for political campaigns, there are some elements in the July 22nd Movement
>who are attempting to use Haley's statement to force the IGP to resume its
>denial of permits to the UDP,an attempt which will only succeed in pitting
>the IGP against the IEC and the rest of the country. We only hope that the
>Amassador's advise will be heeded by all parties concerned to avoid further
>bloodshed. We have accepted his statement faithfully and we hope that the
>APRC will also do likewise particularly as it regards their thugs and to
>understand that thuggery has no place in the political process. I would
>like to propose that Ambassador Haley's Statement be forwarded to those
>Deep South Congressmen (mainly from Mississippi, I believe)who visited The
>gambia recently, so that they can better appreciate the current political
>environment. I am of the view that these Congressmen are not as informed as
>they should be of the precarious, delicate and sensitive nature of the
>current political condition. On Majority Leader Tamsir Jallow, he is deep
>trouble for revealing the liar in Yahya when he thanked the Chinese
>parliamentarians for the tractors donated by Taiwan to the Gambian people
>(Yahya caught with his pants down). This is further evidence that Tamsir is
>on a collison course with Yahya. We reported his reluctance to vote against
>the establishment of the Parliamentary Committee to investigate the Crude
>Oil Deal. We also reported sometime back, his refusal to attend some of the
>APRC rallies, on how his mother's funeral was boycotted by Yahya Jammeh and
>his entire cabinet, except Edward. His tractor revelation was a deliberate
>act to embarrass Jammeh for constantly misrepresenting the truth. He cannot
>understand why Yahya would lie to the Gambian people on something as simple
>and straight foward as the tractor gift. The Taiwanese are extremely
>crossed with Yahya, who found it difficult to credit them with their gift
>to the Gambian people. Tamsir change of heart about a regime, which failed
>to deliver on its promises, is becoming more evident with each passing day.
>My contact at Kanilai has indicated that Yahya will "remove" Tamsir Jallow
>from his position when he returns from the US. As you are aware, Yahya is
>currently in Libya enroute to the General Assembly in New York where I hope
>Gambians will turn up en mass to demonstrate against the Jammeh regime. We
>appreciate the efforts of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in
>The Gambia, Karamba, Ousman Bojang  and call on ALL Gambians and friends of
>the Gambia to get out on that day to register your opposition to this
>illegal regime that is holding the Gambia hostage. Ebrima, good to have you
>back. With your PC at home, things would be easier for you as well. I am
>aware of the problems you used to encounter in the past in having our
>messages posted. Your efforts are very much appreciated. We all look
>forward to collaborating with you on the noble mission of unseating the
>Butcher of Kanilai.
>

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