CONGRATULATIONS-SEYFO MORO JAWLA!! >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Sami Election Results are in! >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 17:16:13 EST > >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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------