Mr. Sidibeh: I will take an exception to your scenario. I was among those Gambians who opposed a military takeover of a legitimate government on July 22, 1994. I denounced the illegal government and asked for the dictator to resign during my meeting with Tombong Saidy at The Gambian embassy in Washington, DC. I sent letters of resignation to yahya jemus and his entire cabinet to resign immediately. I know numerous Gambian who were sad on the unfortunate day of July 22. It is logic that you stop generalizing about the support the dictator received. In fact, numerous Gambians were afraid to criticize the dictator for fear of reprisals. It is unfortunate that the dictator has continued to divide us on tribal lines. He has slowly replaced senior members of the armed forces with his ethnic tribe. This is wrong and unconstitutional. He has barred several politicians from political activities. He has looted our treasury. He has built a multi million dalasis mansion. in Kaninlai. He has moved the administrative capital to his native village. He is supplying electricity to the residence of his village 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year at the expense of The Gambian people. He has built an air strip in Kaninlai. He has dismissed innocent Gambian civil servants as if he his changing his underwear. He has approved the slaughter of innocent Gambian school children. I can go on and on with the dictator's lack of understanding and stupidity. Where is The Gambia heading to? What should we do as members of the opposition? Are we not tired of the events in The Gambia? Let us act now. Let us unite for a better and prosperous Gambia. The dictator has know intention to relinguish power. Let us not fool of ourselves. The dictator must go. Dictator yahya jemus, let my people go. Comrade, Muhammad Lamine Jassey-Conteh ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------