>From: Mr Makaveli <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: I AM NO LONGER THE DG OF GRTS >Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:50:06 -0600 > >Malanding S. Jaiteh WROTE : >"And that often, this seemly able civil servant who gets the boot would >come out saying "I was fired but I remain a loyal servant to the all- >powerful Jammeh". Whatever makes seemly educated and well-to-do adults >live this kind of life is my concern. I think there is more to it than the >eye can see. If we are to believe what we hear, something is seriously >wrong here. I do not know how someone who has gone through the struggle of >school, college and life in general could after being fired and accuse of >felony can come back say "I still support my boss". For logic has it that >until the brain is wrongly wired, if it looks like pain, acts like pain, >you don't have to go through it to know that it is pain. But then >sufferers of "Battered Woman Syndrom" often claim that their spouses are >the most caring and loving ever! The tragedy is that some people would >have to be "battered to death" to accept that their relationship is not >all-loving and all-caring. >I suggest we wish Mr Saidy and all those Gambians in the civil service >caught up in this all the best and pray that they find an easy way out of >it. " > >MJ, > Goody-goodies! To say that it gives me a serendipitous pleasure to see >that our "Dr" has finally came to our rescue is to put it mildly. I wasn't >going to dwell on this issue but I couldn't resist after I read your truth >sermon. Plus, I can't help it I'm a curious cat! Infact, I was thinking >something along the lines of Therapists, like a Neuro-, Psycho-, or better >yet Hypno-therapists to help some of us from our post-elections slumber. >Are hypnotized or is just the fact that the APRC have always confused >kindness with weakness? Most Gambians are being taken advantage of simply >because by virtue we are just too damned kindhearted. Call me coldhearted >but I'm not buying Tombong's pitch. I am an outfielder and I'm sticking to >my guns!"My APPOINTMENT is TERMINATED" my foot! He should have been FIRED >long time ago. Perhaps Almighty jammeh got sick and tired of having his >name mispelled Hammeh by his Director General. One mispell is one too >damned many for a DG,especially when it applies to the name of a president >and the humiliation it brings. But there's more to his TERMINATION and my >hunch is we may never know what really happens. Time will tell though. > >Folks, it's easy how we forgive and forget. Remember what Jammeh said some >time back when he FIRED those poor hardworking, innocent, competent civil >servants who symppathizes with opposition parties? I quote: " I Yahya >Jammeh, when I say you're FIRED(not TERMMINATED), you are FIRED, because no >one will ever hire you". Remember that folks? That means those he FIRED are >forced to seek jobs outside of The Gambia. Tombong is NOT forced into exile >and if anything he has a mobile phone business for last resort. Yet out of >more than 28 postings, more than 70 perccent of us who suffered so much >under Tombongs watch are remorseful about his untimely TERMINATION, and are >unwittingly advocating for a better APPOINTMENT for Tombong in the process. >Where was this remorseless geezer when some you painstakingly waited in >vain - forever- to get your questions answered. And to add more insult to >our intelligence, some have already thanked him for his contribution. >Contribution my foot! What contribution? This fellow hasn't answered your >questions, and even if he did you were lied to,--- HELLO! Wake up people! > >And I don't mean any disrespect directed at anyone but folks I just cannot >blindfoldedly accept some of the reactions here at all. This is pathetic. >Dumo et al are languishing at Mile II, and all they are yearning for is to >be granted their freedom so they can spend time with their families. And >here we busy sympathizing Tombong who has NOT even told you sympathizers >why his APPOINTMENT was TERMINATED nor what his next APPOINTMENT will be. >But he did infact was quick to remind us he is still APRC and Pro-Jammeh >in lieu having 'announced his OWN' TERMINATION. This mindboggling to say >the least. It seems every time Tombong wants create any public euphoria, >Gambia-L seemingly is his place of choice to spew his garbage( or can say >his contribution). Well, I refuse to be a garbage picker.Let him take his >own garbage somewhere else - say The Observer Newspaper. I've had enough of >this cry-baby. > >There are plenty of hardworking Gambians here in the US alone who have lost >their jobs after the 9/11 attacks and only their families and close friends >know what they're going through. Not to mention several other Gambians in >various parts of the world who may be going through the similar hardships. >They may not be dignitaries but they too are Gambians. So I say to hell >with Tombong's APPOINTMENT being TERMINATED. You people should be furious >if he doesn't have the guts to come back here and tell you all WHY his >APPOINTMENT was TERMINATED and WHY he is STILL a staunch APRC and Pro- >Jammeh advocate in lieu of being literally FIRED, and humiliated by his >good boss. How can he be so loyal. Didn't we warned him several occasions? >I remember vivid when I asked him what makes him so special to assume >Jammeh would not get rid of him, if infact we saw what happened to heavy- >weights like the Pape Cheyasins and the Sedats Jobes. He busted into >laughters and said, " I am still the DG of GRTS last I checked". I also >remember Mr Ngai Jobe telling him to doube-check. Ebrima Ceesay's sources >don't just imagin things. These people are "right in the heart of the >Gambia government". Now look who was dreaming all this time. Yuk! > >Dr Jaiteh, again thanks for your astute observations. Rest assured all the >conspiring allegations I levelled against you for tactical reasons are dis- >missed. And even if it's true that Tombong is your best pal, you have the >wisdom and courage to look beyond nepotism and set him straight once and >for all. MJ,like they say down here, you have taken it to the hoop when >every body is busy bouncing the ball around. I , myself, I'm a straight >shooter. Well said Doctor Malanging Jaiteh- My man!**wink-:) Ooops! my >barbecue is getting cold. Gotta go! Gotta go! See ya! > >Bye 4Now -:) >Mr Makaveli > > > > > > > > > > >Gambians Online " Designed With The Gambian People In Mind" > http://www.gambiansonline.com > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>//\\<>