Karamba,
I could not believe that I red such an article from you. Since George
Town,I always had great respect for you because you were one of the
smartest folks from Methodist Primary.However you must have been very angry
when you wrote this article and I hope it does not totally represent your
views about Sheriff Dibba and all civil servants in the Gambia.Also from
your conclusion it seems to me that you are questioning the Intelligence of
most Gambians including Sir Dawda and everyone who served under the him.
karamba, to say that Mr. Dibba brings no additional value to the overall
political process of the Gambia is not only wrong but a delibrate disregard
for truth.It was Mr Dibba, Mr Sheriff Ceesay and Sir Dawda Jawara who led
the team to fight for our independence.During the PPP/UP elections, sheriff
was not only Jawara's right hand person but also one who played a major
role in the setting up fo the government of the first republic.He served
his country well as a carbinet minister, vice predsident and many more.He
is the leader and head of the only major opposition party in the Gambia
from 1975 to 1994.He has been jailed and tortured bye the Jawara regime,so
many of his supporters including his own brother were were arrested, jailed
and tortured by president Jawara and his folks.Some of his supporters were
even beaten to death, among them were a pregnant woman from Jokadou and one
Sambujang Kanteh from Salikenni.Following the 1981 failed coup d'etat so
many Gambians were murdered in thousands by the Senegalese troups at the
invitation of president Jawara.Hundreds of NCP supports including farmers
from all over the country were wrongfully arrested and detained at the mile
two prisons, George Town prisons and the Bakau barracks. All this was
happening in the Gambia and yet Gambians overwelmingly kept voting for Sir
Dawda and the PPP regime.I could remember your home town George Town was
one of PPP's strong holds.
I took part in the student demonstration when I was a student at the Gambia
High and I remembered what the military did to young kids.The only thing
that was different this time under  Jammeh was bullets but everything was
the same.Karamba I am interested to know how you would classify all the
above that happened under Jawara's watch? and also what you would call any
minister,paliamentarian or leader in the Jawara regime when those crimes
were committed.Let me remind you that among the ministers present when the
pregnant woman from Jokadou was being beaten were Saikou Sabally, Dr.
Manneh, Dr Saho, Sajor Touray and other PPP dignitaries.Atleast Mr Dibba
has no blood on his hands but everyone who served under Jawara or supports
the PPP from 1881 to 1994 has blood on their hands according to your own
analysis that "jumping into bed with a cruel regime makes you cruel".
Finally Mr. Touray do you believe in the fact that the Senegalese troups
would not have entered the Gambian territory and murder our own brothers
without the invitation of president Jawara and why did the Senegalese troup
made a sudden withrawal from the Gambia? and also what happened to the
confideration?.Please Karamba do yourself a favor,asked someone you trust
who knew Mr Dibba to tell you a little bit about the man because I know you
are a very smart guy and I have said that several times even in your
absence.The future Gambia would need people like you to make changes. I am
not by any means asking you to hold your views or trying to condem you.I
just want you to wait and see and do not rush to judgement yet.I can assure
you that Sheriff Dibba will die NCP and he would never comprise his believe
and principles for any position in the APRC government.Lets not forget our
history and our past leaders, they may not be perfect but let us never
underestimate their contribution to our polital stability and development.
Please Karamba do not be offended by my comments, you and I can agree to
disagree.I am doing this because this is what I understood about Mr. Dibba,
he is ready to work with any adminstration provided that they can workout
the modalities that would represent the interest of both parties and the
country.He had the same tete-a-tete with Jawara it did not work because
they could establish a common ground.I do not undwerstand who is telling
everyone that Sheriff was going to abandon NCP and join APRC,since Yahya
and Sheriff are both not telling what they have discussed why can't we wait
and in the mean time give them the benefit of the doubt.

Thank you very much for your nice observation and have a happy Ramdan.

Regards

Bulli Dibba
On 4 Dec 2001, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> Baloney! I have never heard this kind of absurd rationalization on this
list.
> If you ever wondered why our festering national problems keep getting
worse,
> look no further than the kind of prattle that Jassey -Conteh is
presenting as
> a serious document. It is one thing for sycophants who are to some extent
> invested in this murderous regime to be filling our mail boxes with
fleeting
> and nonsensical diatribes, but quite another to have a self described
critic
> of that same regime to summarily discard all of the vicious crimes of the
> Jammeh regime and attempt to feed us with a canard clumsily packaged as a
> courageous decision. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter what
> political route Mr Dibba or Mr Conteh choose because they bring no
additional
> intrinsic value to the overall political process. In a strange way the
> attitudes manifested by both tells me they are right at home with the
Jammeh
> crowd. What we are witnessing from these people is a rather base attempt
at
> mollification because jumping into bed with a creul regime that has
murdered
> innocent Gambians is not easy even for folks who may be morally bankrupt
but
> still profess to be religious adherents. Therein lies all the silly
attempts
> at describing the pending marriage with the devil as being be driven by
the
> quest for 'national development.' None of them gives a hoot about that
> country, and they will posture, scheme and obfuscate to secure a place in
> this wicked regime even if Yahya Jammeh lines up his innocent victims at
> Mccarthy Square and slaughters them. In that case we can count on Mr
Dibba to
> say he only went along with the massacre because raising any objection
would
> have meant even more death. If you think this scenario is far-fetched, Mr
> Dibba was quoted as telling the family of a prominent deceased supporter
of
> his in Nuimi during the past elections that he did not come to his
funeral
> prior to the lifting of the ban because he felt the government would
perceive
> a condolence visit as threatening national security! The man is an utter
> disgrace. No amount of rationalization can obscure that.
> Karamba
>
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