>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? >Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 12:25:07 -0400 > >Well Gassama, I can understand why Salieu himself will NOT post his >irrational rattling to G_L by himself. Instead, he had you to front >for him >by sending us this garbage from some mental midget that CANNOT >distinguish >between ‘where’ and ‘were’. Neither Salieu nor you can rewrite >history. > >For starters, Jawara was NOT on a self-imposed exile per se. The man >ran the >risk of being butchered by AFPRC/APRC thugs in broad daylight in >Gambia. To >this day, this is a valid fear of persecution. Is it not few days >ago that >Yankuba Touray was threatening Jawara to take him to the >‘Commissions’ >(kangaroo courts)? Is Yaya going to guarantee the President’s >safety? Would >November 22 thugs NOT be unleashed on him? This is NOT a >self-imposed exile. >I respectfully urge the Opposition (including PPP) NOT to let their >guard >down. Thugs that will massacre defenseless children as young as >three will >not hesitate to unleash brute force on the President. Any vermin >that wants >to ambush Jawara should pay like the vermin paid in Basse when they >ambushed >Ousainou Darboe. Enough is enough. Of course Gambia is NOT a free >country >where people can engage in politics willy-nilly. Intimidation and >thuggery >is the order of the day. Remember, Baabaa Jobe (the world renown >criminal) >is Yaya’s best friend. > >As for Salieu’s other ‘points’, reading them made me wonder whether >Salieu >is sending this message from the confines of Campama or not. Is >Salieu well? >In any case, this is the kind of incoherent garbage from Yaya and >his >cohorts that should encourage the PPP people to come out in full >force and >defend their great record (in light of Yaya’s despicable record). > >The Gambia Jawara will be returning to, is a Gambia that is poorer >today >than when Jawara left it. People are lucky to eat two square meals a >day. >Farmers wait for more than two months to see fifty dalasis. The >hardest >working people in our country CANNOT earn a decent living. >Meanwhile, High >School drop outs are using thuggery to engage in broad daylight >robbery of >our national coffers. Yaya now drives a more flamboyant vehicle that >Jawara >ever drove. Yaya now travels far more than Jawara used to. Yaya’s >wife now >spends far more than Jawara’s wife used to. And did the low-life >(Yaya) help >the country gain independence from the British? Did the low-life’s >government educate him like the Jawara government educated him? Has >the >low-life ever put in an honest day’s work? > >Jawara is returning to a country in turmoil. A country where >citizens are >‘deported’ for reporting Yaya’s criminal activities. A country where >security forces will slaughter defenseless children in broad >daylight and >get away with it. A country where elections officials announce bogus >elections results because Yaya is holding a gun to their heads. A >country >whose civil service is populated by under-achievers because Yaya has >dismembered the service. > >Jawara is coming back to a country where corruption is the order of >the day. >A country whose debt burden has sky-rocketed while Yaya’s Swiss Bank >account >is getting fatter by the day. Yes, Jawara will see some cosmetic >development. But development at what cost? Do we need development >with >unprecedented corruption and callousness? Would any of us (decent >people I >mean) trade the lives of our children with some goofy looking and >impassable >arch? > >Reading Salieu further convinced me that the mental midget was >probably >living in a cage during the Jawara days, was let loose right after >the >‘coup’ and later incarcerated again in Campama. Do I need to remind >the >moron that Jawara (a top government official) sent his children to >the same >school Yaya (nonentity from Kanilai) went to? What’s all this >nonsense about >the Jawara government bastardizing the public school system because >their >children went to private schools? Is Salieu all right? > >Here we go again about the class warfare we were talking about >yesterday. >AFPRC/APRC is populated by jealous, uncouth and lazy nonentities >that make >up all these silly stories to portray a Gambia where a few people >were >exploiting ‘poor’ folks like Yaya. Of course this is a big lie. The >moron >led a ‘privileged’ life. Went to the same schools the president’s >children >went to. Had he not dropped out from school and opted for the easy >way out >(joining the armed forces to steal power), he could have gone to the >same >universities as the president’s children. Gambia did NOT leave Yaya >out. The >Jawara regime did NOT leave Yaya and his likes out. The >opportunities were >out there for everyone to grab. Some of the most successful Gambians >today >are NOT from what you would call ‘privileged’ Gambian families. >Matter of >fact, I used to say that the late Momodou Musa Njie’s was the only >‘privileged family in the country; and we all know how modestly they >lived >and how all of his successful children worked hard for their >success. So, >let us treat this nonsense from these jealous and lazy bums with the >contempt it deserves. Decent Gambians should NOT tolerate this class >warfare >in our midst. > >Salieu’s nonsense about the doctors and the electricity also does >NOT >deserve much attention. Within seven years, their government has >borrowed >far more than the Jawara government in any comparable period in our >history. >If Jawara was there, he would have put that money into better use >than >opening Swiss bank accounts and sending his wives to America to do >their >nails. These morons could have electrified the whole country since >1995, >instead of opening Swiss bank accounts with more than $20 million in >those >accounts. More to the point, all our current Opposition leaders can >do a far >superior job than Yaya can ever dream of. Our current leaders will >NOT steal >from the people and slaughter our children. > >Gassama, if I find time, I will again show you how meaningless the >garbage >you sent us about Yaya's contributions is. In the past, we have used >your >own figures to show you how Gambians have grown poorer under Yaya's >watch. >If you have ever tried 'flushing' a cockroach in a modern latrine, >you will >understand to what extent I am prepared to go with you. >KB > > > >>From: Jungle Sunrise <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >><[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? >>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:47:37 +0000 >> >>Posted by Salieu Gaye on August 01, 2001 at 05:12:57: >> >>A BIG WELCOME TO Sir DK JAWARA. >> >>On last evening's BBC Focus on Africa programme former President >>Sir Dawda >>Jawara announced that I will be ending his self-imposed exile and >>return to >>the Gambia. I want to take this opportunity to welcome Sir Dawda >>home as an >>elder statesman whose wisdom and experience is needed by the >>Gambia. >>However, President Jawara should be warned that the Gambia which he >>fled >>seven years ago and the Gambia he will return to are quite >>different. >> >>He's was a Gambia were children carried their own chairs and table >>to >>school >>while top Government officials sent their children to Private >>school. >> >>He's was a Gambia where children worked for endless kilometers or >>even >>relocated to the urban areas to have access to schools while the >>luxurious >>government cars transported the children of the rich. >> >>He's was a Gambia were the generator of the national hospital was >>usually >>taken to State House while the hospital remained in darkest and >>operations >>were canceled. >> >>He's was a Gambia were the odds of seeing a doctor at our hospitals >>was >>almost the same as the odds of hitting the jackpot in the national >>lottery. >> >>He's was a Gambia were the status-quo meant that most intellectuals >>were in >>a slumber and no one except a very few dared question are challenge >>the >>Government. >> >>He's was a Gambia were information was a premium to the people, >>were bad >>roads were our pride, were youths had no hope of University >>Education, were >>Scholarships were meant for the rich, were endemic corruption was >>the order >>of the day and were farmers were perpetually exploited. >> >>Sir Dawda might be surprised to know that the Gambia has changed a >>lot >>while >>he was away. No matter what grievances he has got with this >>Government, he >>has got to be thankful that the country he is returning to has a >>brighter >>future now than on that sunny morning of July 22nd 1994. >> >>>From: Dampha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> >>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >>><[log in to unmask]> >>>To: [log in to unmask] >>>Subject: Jawara --- Come-back Kid? >>>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:41:50 -0400 >>> >>>News from the BBC that Jawara might go to Gambia in time for the >>>October >>>Election, is a welcomed one. Here is a chance for the man to >>>vindicate >>>himself. Power was unlawfully usurped from him by a bunch of >>>bandits seven >>>years ago. These low-lives should NOT prevent him from going back >>>to the >>>country he worked for for the better part of his productive life. >>>There >>>are >>>still many people in the country that love the ex-president. Those >>>people >>>should come together with the current Opposition and give the >>>elder >>>statesman a hero’s welcome. >>> >>>These bandits currently running our country have nothing over >>>Jawara. >>>According to the White Paper that was supposed to impose a ban on >>>Jawara’s >>>political activities, the only corruption this government is >>>accusing >>>Jawara >>>of, is the transfer of Jawara’s life savings from the then >>>Meridien Bank >>>after the president left the country. Nothing was said about crude >>>oil or >>>other corrupt activities these bandits were talking about in order >>>to >>>justify hijacking our country. >>> >>>The Opposition on the ground should set up a tight security >>>apparatus for >>>the former president. The international community should be >>>lobbied to >>>hold >>>Yaya responsible for the safety and welfare of Jawara if he >>>decides to >>>return to the country. If anything happens to him, Yaya should pay >>>with >>>his >>>own life. I am confident that nothing will happen to Jawara, just >>>like >>>nothing happened to other Decree 89 politicians. The cowards now >>>know that >>>they will be held accountable for their actions. It has began to >>>dawn on >>>them that this party is over. Pretty soon, they will be hoist in >>>courts to >>>account for their crimes. They know that. >>> >>>I respectfully counsel the current Opposition leaders to engage OJ >>>and >>>other >>>PPP members in the country and encourage them to convince Jawara >>>to come >>>back home and return to political life. The Opposition can work >>>with the >>>PPP >>>militants and the diplomats in the country to ensure Jawara’s >>>safety. Once >>>he is in the country, the Opposition should provide him with a >>>stellar >>>security detail and encourage him to tour the country and campaign >>>for the >>>presidential candidate the current Opposition is going to field in >>>the >>>coming election. Who best to defend the PPP record and discredit >>>these >>>APRC >>>bandits than Jawara himself? Jawara owe it to the Gambian people >>>to >>>explain >>>how well his government was doing before these bandits stepped in >>>to >>>render >>>the country backward and end up making the Gambian people poorer >>>than they >>>were seven years ago. Jawara should explain what he would have >>>done if he >>>was the president the last seven years with millions of dollars of >>>debt >>>and >>>aid money coming into the country. In short, Jawara should tackle >>>APRC if >>>they want to run on the PPP record, while the current Opposition >>>focus on >>>their plan for the country and Yaya’s mishandling of the country >>>the past >>>seven years. >>> >>>History will treat Jawara kindly if he returns to the country and >>>selflessly >>>helps to get rid of Yaya. But his return should be premised on an >>>adequate >>>security apparatus to be put in place by an Opposition Alliance. >>>The >>>current >>>Opposition should field a presidential candidate as soon as >>>possible and >>>ask >>>for the support of the Decree 89 politicians. One of the promises >>>the next >>>president might want to give the Decree 89 politicians is that the >>>age >>>limit >>>for presidential candidates will be eradicated. With the >>>imposition of >>>term >>>limits, we do NOT need this upper age limit. That is one >>>concession that >>>might be attractive to the Decree 89 politicians that Yaya CANNOT >>>give >>>them. >>>There are many more which I trust our leaders on the ground will >>>negotiate >>>on as soon as possible in their quest to form an Opposition >>>Alliance >>>between >>>Decree 89 politicians and the current Opposition. >>> >>>Finally, I hope the current Opposition sees Jawara’s impending >>>return as a >>>positive thing for the Opposition. Let the man come and defend his >>>record >>>and vindicate himself. The current Opposition should give him all >>>the >>>support he needs in order to help the next presidential candidate >>>defeat >>>Yaya. >>>KB >>> >>> >>>_________________________________________________________________ >>>Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >>>http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >>> >>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>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 FREE download of MSN Explorer at >>http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>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 FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. >----------------------------------------------------------------------------