Gambia-L: The e-mail below came from one of my sources in the Gambian Government. I am sending it as received - unedited. Ebrima Ceesay _____________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Of Ambassador Haley and Majority Leader Tamsir Jallow >Date: > >Ebrima, >I am resending the message as requested. It may be of interest to note that >the 1998 National Household Poverty Survey Report(NHPS) and the >Participatory Poverty Assessment National Summary Report 1999-2000(PPA) >have been officially launched by the SoS Finance last week Thursday. As >one would imagine, the incidence of poverty in The Gambia has incresed >signicantly over the past ten years. I will attempt in the coming days to >have a synthesis of the reports for the L. The NHPS using the expenditure >and consumption methodology was financed by UNDP and ILO, while the PPA >using the participatory approach which permits the subjects to assess their >own misery (to put it bluntly)was financed by the Canadian Government >through the International Development Research Center (IDRC). I will try to >get a set of the Reports so that those of you with the computer skills can >post the Reports in their entirety on both the L and other Gambia-related >web-sites for serious debate. Excuse me for rambling on. I intend to, as I >said before, to provide you with a synthesis of the reports, particularly >the PPA. >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Ebrima, >We join all Gambians in wishing Ambassador Haley and his graceful wife >happy birth day. His birthday message to Gambians, on the whole, has been >positively received by reasonable Gambians. However, I must agree with KB >when he said that there are the unreasonable, uneducated, uncouth followers >of Jammeh who are reading in Haley's statement a tacit endorsement of the >unilateral and illegal actions of the IGP in denying the UDP permit to >lawfully assemble and campaign to propogate their party's platform. >Although the IEC has belatedly assumed its responsibility in issuing permit >for political campaigns, there are some elements in the July 22nd Movement >who are attempting to use Haley's statement to force the IGP to resume its >denial of permits to the UDP,an attempt which will only succeed in pitting >the IGP against the IEC and the rest of the country. We only hope that the >Amassador's advise will be heeded by all parties concerned to avoid further >bloodshed. We have accepted his statement faithfully and we hope that the >APRC will also do likewise particularly as it regards their thugs and to >understand that thuggery has no place in the political process. I would >like to propose that Ambassador Haley's Statement be forwarded to those >Deep South Congressmen (mainly from Mississippi, I believe)who visited The >gambia recently, so that they can better appreciate the current political >environment. I am of the view that these Congressmen are not as informed as >they should be of the precarious, delicate and sensitive nature of the >current political condition. On Majority Leader Tamsir Jallow, he is deep >trouble for revealing the liar in Yahya when he thanked the Chinese >parliamentarians for the tractors donated by Taiwan to the Gambian people >(Yahya caught with his pants down). This is further evidence that Tamsir is >on a collison course with Yahya. We reported his reluctance to vote against >the establishment of the Parliamentary Committee to investigate the Crude >Oil Deal. We also reported sometime back, his refusal to attend some of the >APRC rallies, on how his mother's funeral was boycotted by Yahya Jammeh and >his entire cabinet, except Edward. His tractor revelation was a deliberate >act to embarrass Jammeh for constantly misrepresenting the truth. He cannot >understand why Yahya would lie to the Gambian people on something as simple >and straight foward as the tractor gift. The Taiwanese are extremely >crossed with Yahya, who found it difficult to credit them with their gift >to the Gambian people. Tamsir change of heart about a regime, which failed >to deliver on its promises, is becoming more evident with each passing day. >My contact at Kanilai has indicated that Yahya will "remove" Tamsir Jallow >from his position when he returns from the US. As you are aware, Yahya is >currently in Libya enroute to the General Assembly in New York where I hope >Gambians will turn up en mass to demonstrate against the Jammeh regime. We >appreciate the efforts of the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy in >The Gambia, Karamba, Ousman Bojang and call on ALL Gambians and friends of >the Gambia to get out on that day to register your opposition to this >illegal regime that is holding the Gambia hostage. Ebrima, good to have you >back. With your PC at home, things would be easier for you as well. I am >aware of the problems you used to encounter in the past in having our >messages posted. Your efforts are very much appreciated. We all look >forward to collaborating with you on the noble mission of unseating the >Butcher of Kanilai. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. 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