Gambia-L: The unedited e-mail below came from a source in the Gambia. Ebrima __________________________________________________________________ >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Taking the Constitutional fight to the doorsteps of Yahya and >Cheyassin >Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 > >Ebrima, >The fight will come to a head sooner rather than later. First, the >opposition will challenge the constitutionality of the dismissals of >Solomon >Tilewa Johnson and Mr. Saja Fatty as Chairman and member of the IEC >respectively. >The action by Cheyassin is wrong, unethical, immoral and illegal. They are >obviously running scared because of the open opposition to this regime. >They are also certain that they will be defeated at the polls, be it local >or national, because of their lack of legitimacy and moral authority in the >eyes of the ordinary Gambian. > >A second alternative which will be pursued concurrently is to take the >matter to the people and to the streets, if necessary. We cannot take this >lying down. > >On a related matter, there are senior civil servants seriously thinking of >downing tools. We cannot continue to keep the machinery of Government going >when Yahya and Cheyassin continue to disparage the character and careers of >civil servants. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------