Hi Dr Ams, Congrts for joining us. The True And only People's Party.You are most welcome.And give them deaf ears PLEASE. Bye, Sis Hon FJC ( Once a classmate-LAUGH ). "Dr. Amadou S. Janneh" wrote: > Folks, > > I need to inform you that I have decided to join the APRC -- a party I had > been very critical of, if not hostile towards. It is now my conviction that > the party is dedicated to improving the lives of Gambians and that I can > contribute something towards achieving its goals. > > The main catalyst for my decision has been the tone set by President Jammeh in > his inaugural speech following the 2001 Presidential elections. I believe > elements outlined in his address created opportunities for a political and > social climate that is conducive to stability, tolerance, and reconciliation. > Reaching out to political foes and extending amnesty to exiles, as President > Jammeh did, were acts of political magnanimity and maturity that I found > attractive. > > Also taken into consideration is the regime's delivery of public goods. Of > particular significance to me in this context are the development of the Kombo > Coastal road network and the establishment of the University of the Gambia. > > No system or organization is perfect, but hopefully we can work towards that > objective through the collective will. > > Amadou SJ > > "Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon...must inevitably come to pass" (J. Meyers). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~