Karamba,
You have said it all. One cannot begin to understand this kind of ineptitude and insidious behaviour which is beginning to be manifested by Mr M Jawla. It will be really dishearthening if what reports are suggesting is true.
No wonder this form of behaviour justifies the ordinary persons' to droopiness towards politics and politicians.
Keep up the good work. I'm sure the people of Sami will not allow such disgusting behaviour to go on. Jawla should know that these people have already displayed a high level of political maturity and shall yanked the Chieftancy from him if need be.
Regards
Mboge
>From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Seyfo Morro Jawla >Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:24:08 EST > >Having resoundingly defeated the chosen APRC candidate Kebba Fanta Komma in >the Sami Chieftancy election, why is Morro Jawla going out of his way to seem >to want to ingratiate himself with the same gov't that has visited >incalculable tyranny on the very people who voted for him? Seventy percent of >the people of Sami voted for him and other opposition candidates in what was >euphemistically called a party neutral platform. For all intents and purposes >the people of that constituency did not want The Aprc and it's agenda. Morro >Jawla's legitimacy is wholly derived from the mandate handed to him by the >voters and it was their expressed wish that the none Aprc candidate be their >chief. It was all well and good if Mr Jawla continued to strike a >conciliatory tone by striving to work for all the people of Sami including >the faction aligned to the Aprc. No sane person can fault a politician for >extending an olive branch to opponents once a contest is over, after all >the entire constituency happens to be under his jurisdiction. However the >newspaper accounts of Morro Jawla's statements smack of shameless posturing >and an unacceptable bid to nullify the wishes of the voters of Sami. How can >an honest politician literally morph from a none partisan Seyfo to one >pledging allegiance to a murderous regime he was implicitly elected to stand >up to. His supporters endured the state sponsored underhanded tactics that >other gambians know all too well. For expediency or someother insidious >motivations, it seems Mr Jawla is eager to sell them down the drain in the >mistaken conviction that being seen to be close to this vile and corrupt >government is his only way to keep his job. I am personally pained that my >people who worked hard to ensure that their wishes are borne may have >invested their hope and aspiration in the wrong man. If Mr Jawla is indeed >enamored with the APRC, then he ought give up the chieftaincy and join the >Buba Baldeh crowd. We the people of Sami are not going to be used as >unwilling and unwitting facilitators. We are a proud people with consciences. >When we give our leaders a mandate, we expect them to live up to our >expressed wishes. Political chameleons do not have a home in our midst. >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. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------