"Who else is seen dishing white envelopes left, right and centre other than
His Excellency? Where did Jammeh acquire the exorbitant sum spent on his
"benevolent" Hajj gesture to unsuspecting Gambians? Where did the money
given to schools to mollify angry students across the country come from?
Certainly "Allah's World Bank" will not have passed any funds through him
looking at the APRC government's terrible record of handling the country's
economy over the years. The politics of waste which he so passionately
condemned as one of the ugly hallmarks of the PPP era was being revived and
consolidated with stupefying thoroughness. As a leader he took the lead.
Others behind him are following in this mind-boggling programme of
plunder.These among other things should be food for thought for our
revolutionaries."

Ams, these are some of the many questions that Gambians should be demanding
answers from the criminal that is Jammeh.  If we do nothing, then we shall
continue to be bled to death.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou









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>A Derailed "Revolution"
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>HREF="http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Independent&passed_location=Banjul">The
>Independent</A> (Banjul)EDITORIAL
>April 7, 2003
>Posted to the web April 7, 2003 Banjul When Gambians should reflect on the
>very dark days of Yahya Jammeh's regime, they will find in "the revolution"
>an epoch seething with rage, plunder and recklessness. The rage of the
>disillusioned and the victimised as demonstrated by the events of April 10
>and 11 are indicative of the slow but steady growth of a backlash against
>further blindfolding and oppression of the common people. Never in the
>history of this country have ordinary people been so cruelly held to ransom
>by a gang of politicians who can employ any means necessary to stay on
>despite the deleterious effect their rule may have on the lives of the
>people. Utter disregard for the rule of law and of democracy have led to a
>situation of uncertainty. A torrent of arrests, sudden disappearances and a
>rising tide of sacked officials have left Gambians today more confused by
>the
>uncertain direction of a revolution which is supposedly guided by His
>Excellency The President in his "wisdom and magnanimity as the saviour of
>The
>Gambia". But many now are no longer fooled by the so-called justification
>that sackings and arrests are necessary against any saboteur of the
>revolution. Gambians are no longer taken in by the almost derisive official
>play-acting anytime an occasion arises when the government should shed
>light
>on an issue but elects to stay mum or feed the population with information
>that leaves its members evidently brainwashed. Gambians are no longer sure
>whether the revolution that they so readily fell head over heels for some
>eight years ago is with the requisite bite to carry on the mantra of
>democracy, accountability, probity and transparency. What happened to this
>post-coup anthem tells a lot about why morality and those basic decencies
>mean nothing to the ruling clique who are patrons of corruption,
>sycophancy,
>blind acceptance, God-acting. If the leadership could claim decency, why is
>it not responding to the latest scam about the diverted oil.Gambians are no
>longer oblivious to the chronic lack of delivery of politicians they so
>fully
>trusted to change the scarred face of history from one of poverty,
>depravation and wanton abuse to one of progress, economic buoyancy and a
>healthy and all-inclusive political vibrancy. We Gambians are just about
>convinced that we are today ten times unhappier, ten times uncertain and as
>many times dejected by the prospects of developments supposedly before us.
>Gambians have grown tired of tricks calculated to win their hearts when
>elections are not far away. We are all appalled by the unrelenting economic
>shrinkage. We are appalled by the outrageous price increases and fuel
>shortages. We are appalled by the dalasi's freefall. Gambians most of all
>are
>aware that their politicians past and present are of the same make - born
>of
>the desire to wine and dine in their quiet citadels of power and preside
>over
>a general landscape of misery and heart-rending sights of gloom and doom
>that
>is the fate of the overtaxed lot. Wining and dining at whose expense? The
>people.With the Dalasi on a steep free-fall and the cost of living at an
>all-time high, where is the APRC's positive impact? If development is not
>only measured in terms of infrastructures, the APRC should just own up to
>its
>poor performance when we talk in terms of providing job-chances for the
>ordinary man in the street. Dismally instead of living by its promise of
>engaging more Gambians, the situation has been the complete opposite when
>the
>generality of the people are increasingly hard done by.If the Jawara era
>could be blamed at all it is for setting the pace that today's politicians
>have acquired mastery and notoriety for just a few years after Jawarite
>ended. Who else is seen dishing white envelopes left, right and centre
>other
>than His Excellency? Where did Jammeh acquire the exorbitant sum spent on
>his
>"benevolent" Hajj gesture to unsuspecting Gambians? Where did the money
>given
>to schools to mollify angry students across the country come from?
>Certainly
>"Allah's World Bank" will not have passed any funds through him looking at
>the APRC government's terrible record of handling the country's economy
>over
>the years. The politics of waste which he so passionately condemned as one
>of
>the ugly hallmarks of the PPP era was being revived and consolidated with
>stupefying thoroughness. As a leader he took the lead. Others behind him
>are
>following in this mind-boggling programme of plunder.These among other
>things
>should be food for thought for our revolutionaries.
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>"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are
>evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
>Â - Albert Einstein
>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
>change
>the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
>- Margaret MeadÂ
>"When the government fears the people, you have liberty. When the people
>fear
>the government, you have tyranny."Â
>- Thomas Jefferson
>"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing"Â
>- Edmund Burke
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