Hello there, The last time I checked, all indications were that the last elections in the Gambia were fair and transparent. This was confirmed by a cross section of observers, including the former British high commission. I am sure the next elections will be without any glitches and manipulation by the incumbent government. If our friend Ebou Colley/Landing Jatta seriously wants to effect change in the Gambia, I suggest he put his efforts toward the democratic process instead of calling for violence. Besides, like Tombong pointed out, he should have stayed in the Gambia and be in the midst of any potential conflict. Mafy ------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: Re: SOLDIERS OF THE GAMBIA ARMY To: [log in to unmask] From: TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 01:30:40 PDT These so called patriots or whatever they term themselves are day dreaming. Why didn't they over throw the Government when they were hear? Let them come and believe that we will just fold our hands and allow them to take over. Keep dreaming brothers. If you want to remove Jammeh, come and participate in the political process just like PDOIS and the others are doing otherwise keep your peace. Solomon Njai wrote: "I can't believe the double standards being practiced by some of us on this forum i.e. attacking ebou colley and kebba dampha for expressing their point of views, as ex-military personnel's. As I reiterated on a different posting, sympathetic Gambian's back home tends to understand the political quagmire, we [especially those of us residing abroad] are faced with. We can advocate DEMON/DIRIMOcracy, whatever Yahya would like to call it, but as long as Gambia's best brains resides abroad and those at home leaving in droves, Yahya will never ever leave office with the kind of electioneering....." Could you explain what you mean by the "double standard being practiced by.....?" Further more, what an arrogant, irresponsible and un-Gambian statement it is to say that "but as long as Gambia's best brains resides abroad and those at home leaving in droves..." What makes you think that Gambia's best brains resides abroad? Please clarify brother. PEACE TOMBONG ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- End of forwarded message ------- ___________________________________________________________________ Get smart - get your FREE email at http://email.looksmart.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------