Brother Sanusi, The self contradiction of the regime are too many to be all documentable by one person. The case of Bakary Njie is just one among many of Yahya Jammeh's relationship with individuals who were condemned as corrupt by his instruments for legitimacy that he set up against officials of the previous regime. Now that Jammeh has submerged himself into corruption of a nature and scale unprecedented in the Gambia, he might have concluded that his most reliable allies will be those who have been publicly judged by him to be corrupt. 'Join my alliance or i will seize all your assets', Jammeh says to them. Even whereas Mr Bakary Njie was 'found guilty' by one of the phoney commissions of Inquiry set up by the APRC, he is far, far more decent and cleaner than the rogue who appointed him. After all, Isn't the APRC presided over by an Alliance of Puppets, Rogues and Corrupt (APRC) individuals? Of course, it is. If Bakary Njie is truly guilty of corruption as reported by Jammeh's commission, then it would absolutely be easy for him to fit into the APRC cabinet. Otherwise, sooner rather than later, Mr Njie's assets will be confiscicated again and if this should recur, his chance of having them back will be nil. It is also my view that whatever his shortcomings, Mr Njie should be credited with creating and presiding over the most successful parastatal that the the Gambia had ever seen. In fact, thanks to his leadership that we are where we are in the telecommunication sector, this is inspite of the excessive thefts from the accounts of Gamtel by the current regime. Had NAWEC formerly GUC, GPTC, Co-operative, GPMB, etc yielded the same or near results as Gamtel, maybe the need would not have arisen for the most easily corruptible person in Africa to emerge posing himself as a saviour leader of our nation. S'il vous plait, I don't want Gassa or anyone else to remind me that it is the APRC that brought about the nearly outdated GSM system in the country. Where was transparency and accountability when that deal was made? killed and buried by Jammeh. I will only be impressed by the APRC in the sphere of telecommunication when the land telephone exchange is extended to every hamlet, village, and town in our small country. Maybe most in the countryside are too much preoccupied with prayers for the government to be able to pay them for their groundnut produce inorder to get on with survival and to be able to educate their children to be bothered about mobile phones or any other Gamtel impact. Gassa, although i believe that there is more justification in opposing the regime than supporting it because of its record in power, i nonetheless always look forward to getting your perspectives on national issues about which i mostly disagree with but respect. As far as your support for the APRC is concerned, you stand on different sides of the political spectrum from individuals such as KB, Ams or even myself but we are not enemies and should never be so. Ams, please therefore conduct your discussions with a more semblance of maturity rather than peddling allegations of drunkeness at Gassa. There is a difference between rivalry and enmity and the failure of Africans to recognise such a difference is part of the reasons for the so many wars on our continent. We should never be afraid to let our feelings known to one another, it is a sure way for us to better understand one another and accept each others viewpoint. Unfortunately for President Jammeh any person who genuinely opposes him is fit to be taken six feet deep irrespective of his hypocritical calls for the opposition to work with him. We should all share a common objective for a Gambia in which all political views with the exception of anarchism are tolerated and where the rule of law is upheld and promoted. Had the rule of law truly ruled in the Gambia, do you believe that Dumo and his co-defendants would still have been in jail without any iota of evidence proving their guilt produced against them so far by the State. What a shame on the leaders of the 22nd July revolution! Who was Maitre Wadda kidding when he said that the Rule of Law prevails in the Gambia? If not Jammeh, maybe Yerro Mama who has now turn to the G-L Archives as a means of getting information from the forum. Yerro Mama or Essa Sey, good luck in your new assignment but be assured that threats cannot deter us from speaking our minds. The future of the APRC My statistical take on the ever-waning APRC support base is: 1-Between July 22nd 1994 and 10 November the AFPRC enjoyed circa 75% support among potential voters. 2-In the 1996 unfair presidential contest, the APRC secured only 56% of the vote. 3-In 2001, the APRC vote declined to 53% inspite of the significant number of cassamance voters for the party. In so far as the survival plight of the avarage Gambian worsen from the uncessant fluctuation in the value of the Dalasi coupled with lack of concrete government financial and economic policies to arrest this undermining trend, the support base of the regime will continue to be eroded beyond salvation. Then the poor farmers and urban dwellers who are the majority within our population will be convinced beyond any doubt that Jammeh has failed them. The person who feels the pain need not be told of its extent as goes the saying: "He who feels it knows it".When the time comes, no one would even need to remind them of Jammeh's inability to fulfil even their most humbled expectation, which is curtailing poverty. In spite of the state-sponsored acts of illegalities being committed against Gambians, i am convinced that Gambia has not reached the state for mass agitations in the streets or uncontitutional acts of last resort to provide the solutions to the problems or abuses of power in our country. Most often than not, in times of upheavel it is the innocent that pay the price as the conflict in S/Leone has shown. Jammeh's departure from the political scene will be as smooth as his arrival, not even a fly will be killed nor will he leave aboard his private plane or any ship on the port of Banjul. At least, this is what i am dreaming to happen. The only source of comfort about the unfortunate situation of the country is the perpetrators of the crimes are known to all us and one day they will be arraigned before the law to answer to their crimes. Gambians are typically very patient people but it is assuring to know that the majority of us hate injustice and arbitrariness in the exercise of power. Patience should never be equated with weakness or fear. Only the strong can be patient, the weak always succumb. It is therefore incumbent on the so-called diasporans and all genuine opposition parties to campaign for the enfranchisement of Gambians living abroad. Their vote is essential to offset the number of cassamance voters that Jammeh will increasingly resort to especially as Gambians discover that he chose green for the color of his party's flag because he is like a green snake in the green grass. If left to the APRC or the IEC, people from cassamance are preferable to vote than Gambians abroad. The yoke of oppression must be shattered! BMK _________________________________________________________________ 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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~