Latir, Thanks for bringing this up. I would like to be part of this exercise. Please let me know what I can do. For a start though, I would suggest that: -you send a note around asking folks to send you in private/gambia-l names of all those fired and hired since Mr. Jammeh and his colleagues assumed control. -We categorize the list as follows: Name......Position......Date Hired.....Date fired....Remarks A. Politics: 1. Secretaries of State B. Civilian service 1. Permanent Secretary: 2. Directors 3. Assistant Directors C. Military: D. Judiciary: Folks should feel free to add other categories of subcategories. Malanding Jaiteh >From: Latir Gheran Downes-Thomas <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The Dance of Musical Chairs >Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 16:47:22 -0400 > >Greetings Gambia-L, > >July 22, 2000 will mark six years of APRC/AFPRC rule in our beloved Gambia. > During this period the gambian citizenry have been entertained to what I >believe has become The Dance of Musical Chairs. Appointment upon >dismissal, upon appointment upon dismissal. The pattern never ceases. The >drummer beats his drum and his appointees dance. With each beat drops a >bead of sweat from the foreheads of these dancers who know that when the >drumming stops they may no longer have a seat to sit. > >The daily news and speculation of dismissals, appointments and >reappointment has become so routine that I believe we have all come to take >these movements for granted. Setting aside the qualifications of these >people, how effective a government can we expect when the leadership is so >unstable? How secure could we possibly feel if those tasked to watch our >collective backs are too busy watching their own? > >I would like to celebrate these six years by compiling a list, perhaps by >position or by date, of all the appointments and dismissals in key >positions of government and security since that one morning in 1994 when >this new dance began. > >I think once completed, we may all, including the drummer, find ourselves >awe struck at what we see. > >Any help on this small initiative would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks > >Latir >[log in to unmask] > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------