Mr. Jeng: I just want to congratulate you for a wonderful piece. Maybe, it is also time that we bury our differences and find a common ground for unity. We can talk all day! We will get mad all day! But at the end of the day, we are still divided. A divided opposition is the basic culprit to The Gambia's problems. Why so many political parties? Naphiyo, ML Jassey-Conteh On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:25:43 -0500 Musa Jeng <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We are doing something about it! > Before continuing as I promised the political > punditry from a far, I have to put my two cents > to this important issue, the government dire > political need to be seen doing something about > our problems. > > Just when I am about to put some of these > thoughts on paper, the recent sacking of the > Secretaries only reaffirmed the points I am > about to make. The APRC government is driven by > this propensity, that unless they are seen > doing something about an issue, people may > finally figure out that they have failed the > nation. Case in point, problem with the > electricity, OK bring some generators and dance > round town would definitely send the message > that they are doing something about it, eight > years under their leadership, we are still > faced with the problem. Second point, the > Dalasi is slipping, the country is confronted > with rising prices, no problem, bring all the > Managing Directors and Permanent Secretaries > and castigate them for the whole country to > see, clearly sends the message that they are > doing something about it. Oh, tourism is one of > the vehicles to bring about the development we > are talking about, and bumsters were one of the > chronic problems indicated by one of the > experts. Hmm, it is going to be our main thrush > of our tourism policy. Bring in the security > forces would definitely send messages to the > tourist and the country that we are definitely > doing something about it. The recent utterance > from the Secretary of Economic affairs and > Finance, scapegoating of businessmen for the > inflation the country is confronted with is a > clear indication, using KB’s phrase is neither > here nor there. The defensive posturing by the > Secretary when you read this interview, is a > clear indication that our economic problem is > deeper than we even know, and the government > cannot even tell us what will happen next. > > A coup d’etat was orchestrated for a reason, > and to our development challenges, we had a > government doing something about it, what we > need is a serious and genuine people to start > the daunting task of fixing the problems for > the sake of our people. Maybe it is time for > Jammeh the leader, to send the real message to > the country and give us our country back, in > order to begin the daunting task of building a > better Gambia than a mere political ploy of > doing something about it. > > Thanks > > Musa Jeng > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~