Jungle and Yerro,
I must admit the two of you are really doing a good job. It is not easy in
this jungle here to put your point across well if you have a different
opinion. Not a lot of people are going to agree with you most of the time,
but one can always see the believe you have in what you are doing.
I hope you both had a very good day off and a nice Independence Day.
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From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: FWD:Jammeh calls for economic independence as Gambia clocks 37


> Culled from the Observer
>
>
> Jammeh calls for economic independence as Gambia clocks 37
>
> His Excellency the president, Yahya Jammeh, yesterday harped on the need
for
> both political and economic independence as the country marked 37 years of
> what he called "political independence".
>
> Giving his usual presidential address at the end of the day's ceremonious
> activities, characterised by the traditional march past of security
forces,
> school children as well as cultural groups, the president said, "It is 37
> years since the Gambia attained independence yet we have been importing
> matches, candles.... We import every thing." We are still a backward
> country... The important thing is that 37 years ago, we asked to be
> independent. Political independence is nothing,it is meaningless as long
as
> we do not have economic independence," the president decried, noting that
> some would wonder why we're celebrating political independence devoid of
> economic independence. Jammeh gave a similitude of water and tea in
> illustrating his view of how economic independence was indispensable to
> political independence.
>
> The 21st century is a century of survival of the fittest. We have to work.
> We have to acquire skills," the president emphasised. He said despite 37
> years of independence, the country's judiciary was dominated by
foreigners.
> "Are we independent?," Jammeh questioned, advising school children to
become
> judges, engineers, doctors, amongst others for a better Gambia. "You must
> concentrate on your education. For you to be educated, you must be
> disciplined. For you to be disciplined, you must respect your teachers,"
> Jammeh told students. He also cautioned parents not to abandon their
> responsibility by living the welfare of their children to only their
> mothers. The president further question how we could be independent when
> local enterprises and key sectors of the national economy were dominated
by
> foreigners. "How are we going to be independent? We need to change our
> attitude. If we look around, carpenters, tailors, drivers, are all
> foreigners. What are we Gambians waiting for?," the president asked again.
> Jammeh further questioned school children whether they wanted The Gambia
to
> continue importing everything from outside, the answer was a resounding
> 'no.'
>
> Senegal-Gambia bilateral relations With his Senegalese counterpart Maitre
> Abdoulie Wade and spouse listening, Jammeh said, "the Gambia can't be
> economically independent in the absence of Senegal. So the two countries,
> are all one, adding that "those who divided us will not want us to be
> united. Unless we are united and stop killing each other, we will never
> benefit from our resources.
>
> " "The world is threatened with intolerance. I don't think we can
perpetrate
> violence in the name of politics and religion. September 11th is a clear
> call to wake up. We will never accept terrorism and intolerance because
> intolerance breeds violence" Jammeh said, counselling school children to
be
> tolerant. "Students, you have to be tolerant. If you can't tolerate each
> other, you will grow up to be intolerant people... It is easier to destroy
> than to build," Jammeh said, giving the example of the Twin Towers in the
US
> which he said crumbled into ruins in a short time when it took years to
> build them.
>
>
>
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