This is a great encouragement for all Gambians! May God bless the new chief Mori ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:16 PM Subject: Sami Election Results are in! > Moro Jawla has decisively won the chieftaincy election of Sami . He defeated > the Aprc candidate who for more than two years illegally occupied the > position for which the people of Sami never elected him to. Like 21 other > chiefs, Yahya Jammeh imposed him on the people and it was only after > litigation initiated by Lawyer Darboe and a supreme court order that our > people have exercised their constitutional right to choose their > representatives. Even as they were hamstrung by an I.E.C who seems > preoccupied with making up draconian and undemocratic rules for this > particular contest, the people of Sami nonetheless sent a clear message to > this thug of a president and his cronies. The commissioner at Georgetown has > spent countless nites with a bunch of July 22 youth groups attempting to try > last ditch intimidation efforts in villages throughout the district. They > delivered explicit threats to folks they thought they could scare into > submission. It didn't work. This was all done in the dead of nit typical of > these vile and insidious bunch. First they try to disenfranchise the Gambain > people and after that fails they attempt to bully them. The good people of > Sami who I proudly call my own stood up to them and handed Yahya and his > goons their tails. Something tells me it is an important lesson for the rest > of the nation and the people would once and for all rid themselves of this > regime and all that it representatives. I urge list members and all Gambians > to join me in extending a heart felt congratulation to Seyfo Morro Jawla, the > elected chief of Sami. I pray that God give him the strength and integrity to > discharge his duties to all the people of his district and usher in fresh > breath justice and equal protection under the law. > > Karamba > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------