Gambia-L: The e-mail below came from a source in the Gambia. Again, I am sending it unedited. Take note that it was sent to me since Wednesday. Ebrima _______________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Saja Taal and Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay at it again >Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 > >Ebrima, >Saja Taal and Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay are at it again. First, Saja >informed us that the Local Government elections announced by the IEC will >not, after all, be possible for the scheduled November date because the >Assembly has not passed the necessary legislation. I ask Saja:whose fault >is it? The APRC which is supposedly the Majority in the Assembly saw fit to >drag its feet for almost five years which is deliberately designed to abort >the elections for local councils which they, the APRC, know they will >loose. Why are they afraid if, according to Saja, the APRC will win? >Gambians know better. APRC has lost credibility, trust and therefore the >will to govern under the Constitution. Gambians have come to accept the >fact that the APRC is afraid to face the electorate in the municipal, and >eventually the Presidential elections. Saja accuses the opposition of >"political gymnastics" but it is evident that it is the APRC and its few >supporters are the ones playing "political gymnastics". Please Saja, our >suggestion is for you to come out clean with the electorate. Where is your >conscience? I suppose you have none and that is why to continue to make >fool of your self. >As for Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay, Yahya was only echoing what she said a >few months back when she threatened opponents of the Butcher of Kanilai in >similar fashion by telling us that we will find our bodies at the bottom of >the sea. So, really what Yahya said was nothing new. The "six feet deep" >statement made the headlines because it is unbecoming of a Head of State to >threatened the governed with death. If Ousainou, Hamat or Sidia made >similar statements, they will find themselves facing sedition charges. >What double standards. Yahya cannot gain the respect of the Gambian people >with irresponsible statements of the sort he utters whenever he is locked >in a corner as he currently finds himself. It beats the hell out of me why >these two despicable characters continue to try to mislead the people. >Fatou Jahumpa is accusing the press of selective reporting of Yahya speech >to the 22nd July Movement at State House yet she finds fit to ignore >another statement made by Yahya when he unashamedly boasted of being >sufficiently rich not to worry about maintaining his family for the rest of >his life. Fatou why did you not chastise the press for not reporting that >aspect of his speech. Yahya stole our money and stand before us to tell us >that he is rich and the rest can go to hell. That is the kind of President >you have , you support and expect us to support him. We will never do so. >Yahya is a sick and corrupt man and unworthy of leading decent Gambia and >Gambians. By the way, ask Yahya what he did with the money from the sale of >the Atlantic Hotel. Hamat Bah asked the question and you conveniently >side-stepped it. Please madam Director tell the Gambian people where the >money for the Atlantic Hotel is rather than trying to explain away the >threats of the Butcher. We have said before and we will continue to say to >you, yahya and his cohorts that we will never cede the upper hand, which >you are trying to regain, without a fight. And I mean a real fight. > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------