Gassama, you are just one pathetic and shameless loser. The beauty about G_L is that there is an archive here. LIARS do not say things today and tomorrow touch the moon and say that they never said it. I know you are adept at digging archives. You always dig my posts and yours you think can contradict me. Needless to say, you are always disappointed in your pursuits. Look at you in your post pretending ignorance of FACTS you were totally aware of two months ago. You wrote: “was there ever a press release from the government explaining whether he [the EU rep.] was expelled or not? I seem to recall that when he was allegedly expelled from the country, with barely a few months only left of his tenure, he was said to be on holidays back home. At the time I thought it was very odd expelling someone whose tenure had almost ended.” Emphasis mine. Vintage selective amnesia. I will remind you herein exactly what you ‘thought at the time’ of the EXPULSION and also ‘de-cloud’ your foggy brain about whether the man was expelled or not. [But you have to work with me and sober up before reading and reacting to this mail]. I will do so using your own words and those of your side-kick Essa (snob) Sey. When your illegal government DECIDED to expel the EU rep. I sent here a mail castigating them for their childish and illogical move. Others made comments regarding this matter on G_L. Gambian newspapers and media in general criticized the government for the erratic move. Guess who was defending this indefensible action, even more than Yaya was defending this silly move? You are right; it is you, Gassama. Remember who wrote this: “Dampha, the illusion that, without western aid we will not survive was shattered way back in 1994/95 when they did their worst. They imposed sanctions on us, paralysed our tourism industry and guess what; we survived it. The EU and the US are only returning part of what they stole from us in the first place; and like it or not, this government will not tolerate or accept any foreign government or individual to lord it over us. No, we will not accept it. Our sovereignty is not for sale or bargain.” Gassama, do you now remember how you were defending the irrational DECISION to expel the EU rep. Because the government felt that the man was disrespecting them? Remember how you argued with Ebrima Sillah (BBC). If you thought the decision to expel the man was odd, as you put it, you surely kept your thoughts to your self. Or are we experiencing a flip-flop? At the time, you thought it was a great idea to expel the man because Yaya says he is disrespecting the illegal APRC government. You are LYING when you now try to say that the man was not expelled and you thought at the time that the man’s expulsion was irrational (odd). The exact opposite is the truth. We, in the Opposition, were the ones saying that it was stupid to expel the man. You were staking the opposite position; i.e. it was justified to expel the man. I even remember that a mental midget like Essa (snob) Sey tried to rein you in by telling you that it was ridiculous to say that Gambia does NOT need the EU. He told you that: “Of course no gvt whether African or not will say: "i do not need the EU!" No! because its a body and a force to reckon with.” Essa (snob) Sey who is even more knowledgeable than you are in these matters never attempted to deny that your government expelled the EU rep. Now, we have you pretending that the man was not expelled and the press was reporting false statements when in fact the man was on vacation. You are just a shameless character. What prompts you to disgrace yourself like this? Are you well? Frankly, this is not a rhetorical question. You must be very sick to be engaged in such an acute form of sycophancy. Let me quote you Essa (snob) Sey: “Gassa, the source of the decision that sent Marc out stems from recommendations received from our own mission in Belgium (according to the stories we saw on the media and elsewhere within the circles of Banjul's administration). Contrary to any other decision at least this one has got all professional components together and an explanation has been forwarded to the public.” Do you remember reading this statement from Essa (snob) Sey (a top foreign service civil servant)? I thought back in Banjul you guys know everything and us in the Diaspora do not know what is going on on the ground? Were you not a member of the public that received an ‘explanation’ for the decision to expel the rep.? How could you miss the fact that the man was expelled and was not on vacation? Even after Essa (snob) Sey gave you information that was not readily available in the press in Banjul, you still want to plead ignorance. Goes to reaffirm my belief that when you come to G_L, you do NOT come with your sober cap on. I know I already proved my point to you that you are a LIAR and you are trying hard to spin the latest gaffe of this illegal government. But, for fun, I will give more Essa (snob) Sey excerpts on this matter. One thing we got to give the guy is that he is really comical. Here goes: “Lets also remember that; its a case affecting Marc (as a profesional who's accused of being biased and not harbouring any respect for the authorities of his host country) that is being treated via the codes of conduct as stipulated in the regulations governing the (EU officials-host countries relations). Therefore branding the host gvt's move as childish etc would not help the situation either. The EU bureacracy shuns any EU official whose found to be discharging his or her duties with disrespect to the authorities of any host country! The body is very much sensitive to such behaviour. Until the outcome of the committee thats charged with the responsibility of looking into the above expulsion comes out with a statement on behalf of the EU, my position on the above is nothing else other than that of the Mandingo proverb "n'ganna baal dundi leh".Direct translation "my goats are kept at home"-meaning i reserve my opinion for a while.” I miss Essa (snob) Sey’s irrational rattling. Gassama, the moral here is that in any serious government, someone would have lost his/her job for being a knucklehead. Everybody that signed on this DECISION to expel the EU rep. Should have been out of a job by now. Those are the civil servants that should be dismissed, and NOT people like you because you are not singing APRC praises. From day one we told you that it was a childish and an irrational decision. The proof is now here. You yourself are trying to distance yourself from a decision you enthusiastically endorsed (even more than mandarins like Essa (snob) Sey). We told you that it did NOT make any sense to expel someone who barely a year prior to his expulsion brought in more than $12 million to help our ailing groundnut industry. This man does more to help that industry than all the mental midgets running our country put together. The mental midgets, on the other hand, are STEALING from us. Here was another missed opportunity for you to be honest for once and tell the people that were responsible for this decision to expel the man that it was a bone-headed move. But no! You will remain in denial and come here to pretend, hoping that no one will notice. As I told you yesterday, G_L will NOT serve as a refuge for you. I hope Gambians learn from this fiasco that the morons running our country put in jeopardy the aid that is meant for the country. We do NOT need these infantile policies in our foreign relations. This again shows that our foreign policy is in a ‘state of flux’. These people were prepared to deprive Gambians of hundreds of millions of dalasis in aid simply because this is NOT the kind of aid money they can steal and put in private Swiss bank accounts. Gambians should be glad that the EU stood firm and refused to recall their diplomat and the EU is committed to helping the Gambian poor. This aid has NOTHING to do with this illegal government. Left to them alone, Gambians can starve. Always remember that these are the very people that sanction the slaughter of innocent and defenseless Gambians. 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