APRC Accused Of Dishing Out Money The APRC campaign team that has left Sanjal constituency last week has been accused of dishing out money to villagers in the area particularly those said to be close to the opposition NRP. Our sources indicated that the president gave up to D20,000 to the village of Dibba kunda; adding that similar promises were made in other villages in an attempt to get them switch allegiance and vote for APRC in the October 18 polls. Speaking in Dibba kunda and Ngayen Sanjal, the NRP leader, Hamat Bah, said that the APRC campaign team was dishing out money when the government could not even buy farmers’ nuts. He warned them of Jammeh’s utterances that the people of the area are like chickens that one can easily get by throwing grains to. He noted that, should they allow themselves to be bought in this way, they would live to regret it. The NRP leader who accused Jammeh of betraying the people, noted that he (Jammeh) once vowed that let Allah betray him if he had bad intentions for the country. And thus, he said, “God has now betrayed him by ending his rule and come October, he would leave this country. According to the NRP leader, who is confident of an 80 percent victory, the people want him to lead and salvage the country. He went further to urge the people to vote massively in order to end their enslavement, untold misery and hardship brought about by the Jammeh regime. Sheikh Ceesay who said that seven years of suffering is enough, argued that their former chief, Matarr Gaye’s sacking was unjustified. He accused the present chief of meddling in the daily lives of the people of Sanjal and hence advised that they must never allow anybody to divide them. He also told the people to take all the monies given to them and in return “never ever” vote for the APRC. He noted that the tide that swept Nino in Bissau, Abdou Joof in Senegal and Robert Gaye in Ivory Coast would undoubtedly not spare Yahya Jammeh. Borry Bah who spoke strongly in the rally blamed the APRC for the country’s huge debts, and the disintegration of society, tradition and culture. He warned that if Jammeh should continue to lead the country in the next five years, he (Jammeh) would end up selling the entire country. _________________________________________________________________ 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------