Gambia-L: As usual, the e-mail below came from a source in the Gambia. Again, I am sending it as received - unedited. Also, take note that it was sent to me on Saturday. Ebrima ___________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: We are getting there, Ebrima >Date: Sat, 05 Aug > >Ebrima, >The need for follow-up on the messages being sent to you has been amply >demonstrated by the supplimentary information sent to the L through you by >a concerned individual who has been following the discussion on the L. The >IMF and World bank sites must be regularly visited to learn more about what >our Government is doing. the Letter of Intent sent to the IMF in November, >1999 is further testimony to the falsehoods the Jammeh regime and his >Secretary of State for Finance and the Governor of the Central Bank have >been feeding both the IMF and the Gambian people. The IMF was promised by >Yahya and NFamara that BIVAC will be abolished by July. We are in August >and nothing has happened. As I predicted, they will drag their feet until >November when the contract with BIVAC runs out before they terminate. >Otherwise, they are liable to be sued by BIVAC for brigde of contract to >add to their current list of scandals involving the Jammeh regime. A huge >sum of under-the-table money has already been delivered to Yahya and >Nfamara Jatta. They would rather play cat and mouse with the IMF than to >keep their promise of abilishing this unfortunate "scheme" which has caused >havoc to the economy. APRC is a Government of liars and the donors know >this. >The Letter of Intent has clearly shown that the economy has been in a tail >spin since Jammeh took over power illegally in 1994. I cannot get into the >many issues raised in the letter and I would therefore urge members to >study it carefully and start asking relevant questions. The opposition >parties should also study the letter and compare it with what the Secretary >of State for Finance's statements in the National Assembly. They will see >them as the liars they are. >In paragraph 11 of the letter, what caught my eye is the admission by this >Government that.."below-the-line"(BTL) accounts have proliferated over the >years. Over the years means since 1994. The BTL accounts is where all their >illegal, extra-budgetary activities of this irresponsible government take >place. Yahya's travels, Yahya's unaccounted spending for non-governmental >activities,fueling his plane to take his wife to the US to deliver a baby( >by the way, baby Sambou is named Mariam, they returned to Banjul today and >received by "that woman" instead of the Butcher) and so many dubious >spending in the name of the Gambian people. The BTL does not take account >of the other funds stashed away in New York and other foreign Banks in the >name of developing the Gambia. Yahya controls these funds. I wish to plead >with members of the L to study the letter carefully and expose the >Government for what it is: illegal, unprofessional, incompetent and >corrupt. I will certainly be interpreting some of these revelations in the >coming weeks and months including the issue I have raised so many times >before about the misuse of revenue generated by the parastatals; now you >see how much of the SSHFC's, GAMTEL's, GCAA's, NAWEC's monies have been >sqandered by Jammeh and his cohorts in six years. A complete overhaul of >both this illegal Government and the economy is our only salvation as a >Nation. >WE ARE GETTING THERE, EBRIMA. LET US CONTINUE TO BE VIGILANT BY DOING A >LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH OF OUR OWN AS MORI KEBBA JAMMEH HAS JUST DONE. WE >MUST FOLLOW UP. I wish to request Saul Khan to make all this information >available at the next ADNA meeting. We must back our claims with FACTS >which are in abundant supply these days. >My next message will be on the reasons behind the Cabinet reshuffle which >is partly due to the fine job of the Gambia-L on the Dumo Sahor case. So >please let us stay focussed and resist the temptatation of being distracted >by side issues. Those of us on the ground will continue to bring you the >truth. I hope that the opposition is also doing their own home work. > ________________________________________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------