APRC militants clash with PDOIS in Sami A group of men believed to be APRC supporters on September 27 allegedly interrupted a PDOIS political rally in Sami Pachonki. The incident reportedly occurred around seven O'clock in the evening when a pick-up vehicle equipped with a public address system, hoisting a green flag, came to the village square where the PDOIS meeting was being held. The intruding vehicle, sources explained, then turned up the volume of the public address system with music from the famous Army band’s Afinjang album blasting through the air. Sources further alleged that one of the occupants of the vehicle identified as Kebba Fanta Comma, addressed the the people using the public address system. According to sources, the villagers ordered him to leave with his men in order to avoid trouble. One of them, sources further explained, realising that they were being filmed by a GRTS cameraman, rushed towards him in an attempt to grab his camera. “The villagers broke loose on him, beating him mercilessly,” sources explained. Sources said the village elders and PDOIS leadership intervened to prevent the incident from worsening. Halifa Sallah told the villagers to keep peace with their assailants by ignoring all their sinister plays. “If not, you will give publicity to those who don't deserved it.” He however promised to inform his party secretariat to forward the matter to the inspector general of police and the Independent Electoral Commission so that such incidents would not be repeated. The meeting however continued with Malick Ceesay, a youth, calling on all and sundry to desist from violence. Both Halifa Sallah and Sidia Jatta urged the electorates to attend meetings of all political parties in order to know which party offered the best for the Gambian people. _________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------