Yes, It is still the GPU i Know,keep on the good work down there. For Freedom saiks >===== Original Message From The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Ladies and Gentlemen > >Allow me as the public relations secretary of the >Gambia Press Union(GPU) to thank you all for your >words of concern with regards to thie meida commission >bill. As far as we at the Gambia Press Union are >concern, the content of this bill is unconstitutional >and we are not going to cooperate with the government >on its implimentation. GPU as the umbrella >organisation for all the media houses and >practitioners in this country is suppose to be a >member of this commission/tribunal to try the >journalists. But we have already decided that we will >not take up our seat on the commission. All our >members have also agreed to defy the terms of the >bill. The government of the Gambia has two >options:either to allow journalists to carry on with >their duties as enshrined in the constitution or close >down all the private media houses in the country and >send us to mile11. Our position that this is an >unconstitutional attempt is non-necogiatible and >unchangeable. I will have time to send you the content >of the bill by God willing tomorrow. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Everything you'll ever need on one web page >from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts >http://uk.my.yahoo.com > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >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] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~