Gambia-L: I am sending the e-mail below unedited. It came from a source in the Gambia Ebrima __________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The Problem With This Government is...A supplimentary rejoinder >Date: Thu, > >Ebrima, >The POINT editorial needs a supplimentary rejoinder. The editorial has >outline the foundamental problem of accountability of the Jammeh regime but >fail to name names. Those who are charged with the responsibility of >running the Departments of State, their Permanent Secretaries and the head >of the Civil Service are the experts expected to meet the press and the >general public to explain and respond to questions posed by the media. But >what do we get, a former airline ticket discounter trying to expalin the >policies of the Jammeh regime. What do you expect from such a woman who >does not have the faintest idea of how a Government operates. She has never >been a Civil Servant; never has the necessary experience expected of a >person in her position; never has any form of training in the media (an >accusation leveled against Fatoumatta Jahumpa by none other than Yahya >Jammeh during his first press conference after illegally taking over power >in 1994); never sat in a University class room much more obtain a degree or >a diploma of any sort except, perhaps in ticketing from Gatwick airport. >Only a sychophant can assume the role taken up by this lady without the >prerequisites of the post. A professional without the qualification will >never accept such a post. >The other person who is in the thick of things is Saja who with ALL his PhD >cannot respond to queries, questions on policies and programmes of the >Government. The closest he came to being in a policy-related function was >as Permanent Secretary, Education where he stayed for less than a year. He >is also zilch, particularly when it comes to gambian politics. he does not >have a constinuency, neither does he have a political base of his own to be >able to calvanise his supporters to the APRC cause. Saja is not even known >by the political operatives in Banjul much more in Sika,Nuimi. So why are >these people paraded before the press and/or the people to explain why the >groundnut crop has not been bought for two consecutive seasons. Neither >Saja Taal nor Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay can explain what is actually going >on in agriculture nor can they tell you how to fix the problem. They do not >have the slightest clue. they are put up front because the Cabinet >Minsiters, National security Council members are equally incompetent and/or >unsure of the consequences of saying the wrong thing which will cause >Yahya's ax to fall. For now, I am afraid, the press would have to put up >with these empty-headed sychophants until a proper and respectable >government is installed with competent, experienced and professional >gambian men and women of the highest moral standing in their respective >communities who the young ones can look up to. It will come, inshaallah, it >will come. > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface ----------------------------------------------------------------------------