Culled from The Daily Observer We Should Not See America as Sanctuary of Democracy - Hon Halifa Sallah by Bakare Muritala & Momodou Bah The National Assembly member for Serrekunda Central, Hon Halifa Sallah has said Africa should not always see America as a "sanctuary of democracy". Speaking at the International Conference organised by the US-based Alliance for Democracy in Africa (ADA) at the Senegambia Beach Hotel Tuesday August 6 2002, Hon Sallah said knowledge should be the basis for Africa's democracy as "we cannot have democracy without a social behaviour". Democracy itself "is a process which provides for the enlargement of freedom but which is created out of the struggle of the people against injustices. "Furthermore, democracy is a question of governance and this should be morally guided. The human being is a social being that benefits from the love and care of mothers, and we cannot have democracy without a social behaviour which includes love and morality". Honourable Sallah adde that Africa's democracy should be conceptualised and based on the awareness that "the people own power as they are the tax-payers". "It must be institutionalised, and be made a way of life" for through this, he said, "it becomes the common goal". Beran S. Jeng _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~