Gambia-L: Another e-mail from one of my sources in Banjul. Ebrima Ceesay ________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Mr. Speaker, Sir >Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:56:28 GMT > >Ebrima, >During two sessions of the National Assembly, a member of the august >Assembly posed a parliamentary question to the Hon. Vice President, as >leader of Government business in the house. The question is very simple: >how much does it cost governmnet to >build yet another army barracks and >the source of the funds? > >The answer should normally be straight forward, and which comes in >written >form, prepared by the Department concerned. And in this >instance, the >Department of Defence which, of course, is under the >purview of Yahya. > >Now the VP did what she had to do in this instance; that is to >consult >with the SoS Defence and posed the following question to >Yahya Jammeh: >"Sir, the National Assembly members would like to know >the cost and source >of finance of the new barracks under >construction. So, if I could have the >answers, I could provide them >at the next session". Yahya's reply: "It is >none of their business". >Of course, the Vice President, Isatou Njie-Saidy, could not tell the >National Assembly that the President says that it is none of their >business. So the poor lady still has the National Assembly's Q&A file >on >her desk unanswered and come the 26 June Session of the National >Assembly, >she will continue to evade the questions once again. These >are the >indignities that Yahya is subjecting the National Assembly, >the >Constitution and, indeed, the entire Gambian nation to. > >By the way, it is during this Session that the establishment or >non-establishment of the Parliamentary Committee on the Crude Oil will be >tabled. Karamba Touray is not as optimistic as I am that it will pass. A >lot of soul searching on the part of the majority in the Assembly has been >going on. I believe that a significant number of them would rather do the >right thing, and be judged favourably by history than to try to protect a >"sinking" president. This is just a hunch, no evidence whatsoever. Although >I have spoken to a few who told me that they have not made up there minds, >as of yet. > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------