Bro Saikss, APRC is THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. Bye Sis Hon FJC saikss wrote: > Sister, > > What was the Tep or the Bloodp.?dont take such so seriouly,the Gambia is too > small. > > For Freedom > Saiks > > >===== Original Message From The Gambia and related-issues mailing list > <[log in to unmask]> ===== > >In a message dated 8/4/02 8:41:40 PM Central Daylight Time, > >[log in to unmask] writes: > > > > > >> As a matter of fact the majority of the Gambia-l members are now APRC > >> supporters. > > > >Tombong. > > > >Please post a list of the majority of G-L members that are now members of the > >APRC. > >This is utter nonsense, and yes, those who join do so out for survivial > >reasons because even the civil servants who are not members get preyed upon. > >It is a matter of coercion for the helpless, but for those who know the truth > >and still choose to join this murderous regime, they do so to feed their own > >greed. > >You and the others keep talking about these sturctural improvements and the > >hospitals and schools. Well, these are good, but they are part of what a > >government does with the people's money. It is just that in Africa our > >leaders tend to sprend the dough on themselves so that if they direct it > >where it belongs sometimes, they then present this as major accomplishments. > > > >In the case of Yaya Jammeh, the hospitals and the schools are empty, and even > >his wife flies to Washington for a routine pediatric visit for her child, so > >what is the point? > >Surely she should be able to partake of the wonderful improvements in our > >medical care to stay home these visits. > >These empty structures you and others constantly point at goes to prove the > >poor planning skills of the APRC government because some of the resources to > >erect these structures should have gone to improving the existing schools and > >hospitals and equiping them, with perhaps additions of a few new ones. > > > >However, for the APRC regime, the emphasis is on visual effects, i.e, as many > >new structures as possible so they can be pointed at for the gullible to be > >impressed. > >Structural improvements are not the only issue in the development of a > >country. Even as you and other s continue to try to sell this garbage about > >the APRC, there are more and more decrees designed to by-pass our > >constitution, and journalists are being detained by the NIA for printing a > >story that the VP got married for heavens sake among other stupid reasons? > >Paranoia is the order of the day, and people who are confident in what the > >yare doing and who know that they are competent and are serving the people > >well do not display this kind of paranoia, nor do they employ devious > >tactics to divide the people. > >Here si a fact that everyone with a brain cannot miss. HUMAN RIGHTS > >VIOLATIONS ARE WORSENING BY THE DAY IN GAMBIA, WHILE WE HAVE MORE NEW > >STRUCTURES? WE WANT IMPROVEMENTS ON BOT HFRONTS, AND WE WANT THOSE WHO HAVE > >COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST THE PEOPLE TO BE TRIED AND WE WANT THE UNSOLVED > >MURDERS AND THE POLICE STATE TO STOP. > >WE WATN OUR CONSTUTUTIONAL RIGHTS NOT TO BE ABBROGATED AND DONE AWAY WITH BY > >THE APRC REGIME. THEN WE WILL AGREE THERE IS REAL AND TRUE PROGRESS > > > >We have the structures while people are starving in The Gambia, farmers who > >depend solely on their crops being unable to sell those crops for years now. > >Civil servants are being fired illegally daily, and even the Judiciary is > >under the grips of the APRC. The saddest part of it is that people like you > >who know the truth are still trying to sell this garbage to us. > >Perhaps we over-estimate the APRC and assume that when we complain about the > >human rights violations, they are intelligent enough to understand that we > >are trying to tell them that the improvements have to be in all areas, not > >just the structural improvements. That we want the murders solved and the > >human rights violations stopped.Tombong, how do you and the rest of the APRC > >gang explain the human rights violations that continue even today? Will you > >tell us that the Gambian people deserve that and that we are to substitute > >our freedoms for structures? > > > >PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND THAT THIS TACTIC OF STATING THAT MANY HAVE JOINED THE APRC > >BUT ARE SILENT ABOUT IT IS ANOTHER DEVIOUS TACTIC EMPLOYED BY THESE THUGS. > > > >Those of us who used to write amost daily about this regime but do less of > >that now realize that these are not people to reason with simply because they > >were not motivated by high ideals to serve their country, but were and are > >motivated by what they can do for themselves in the guise of serving their > >country. > > > >However, rest assured that this does not mean that we will ever compromise > >our principles and join those whom history will not laud as the best amongst > >us, but rather those amonsgst us who will always choose their own interest > >over the truth, and there is nothing honourable or even sensible in that, > >,and time will prove this. Rest assured that not writing about this regime > >daily translates to selling our souls and joining the devil or that we have > >given up exposing this regime for what they are. > > > >To the statement about silent members of the APRC, I say, if someone joins > >a political party and feels a need to hide that fact, then something is > >wrong, ,and if it was my party, I would not want such membership unless if I > >was desperate for members or simply engaged in a false campaign to sell the > >nonsense that people are joining the APRC by the drones. To anyone who joinss > >he APRC, I feel a deep sense of sadness not just because of the character > >trait it unfolds, but also because the yhave that day given up their self > >respect and their ability ot hold their head high in our society in the long > >run. > > > >Why? Because joining the APRC is not just exercising the constitutional right > >to join a party which would have been fine if the party was not one with the > >record of the APRC. Joining the APRC is signing on to be identified with the > >present regime who have the blood of Gambians on their hands and are > >flaunting this fact before us daily by refusing to investigate these criminal > >acts, ,and who also violate our rights daily and have turned our country into > >a police state. Who have incarcerated Gambians without any charges they can > >prove and who refuse to let these people have their rights under our > >constitution., and who engage in silencing anyone who dares to complain about > >these illegal acts they are engaged in. Who have tured our country into a > >place where even members of the judiciary cannot make rulings in a case > >according to the law without being harassed or terminated from their > >positions. Man, I would say anarchy has come to be the rule of the day in The > > Gambia, and yet, Tombong Saidy and company come daily to tell us we shoudl > >be dancing the jig because the government of Yaya Jammeh has built some > >structures while they continue to also built an ever worsening police state? > > > >THIS ALLEGATION OF PEOPLE JOINING THE APRC IS JUST ANOTHER TACTIC OF DIVIDE > >AND CONQUER. TOMBONG AND HIS LIKES WHO MAKE THESE STATEMENTS HAVE AN AGENDA > >TO PLANT DISTRUST AND CHAOS EVEN AS THEY APPEAR TO BE PEACE MAKERS AND JUST > >ANOTHER WELL MEANING MEMBER OF THE LISTS. > > > >Tombong, produce your list of APRC members or cease and desist from your > >devious tactics. > > > >Jabou Joh > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >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] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~