I was going to elaborate on the hypocrisy of Sheriff Dibba, a remnant of the very Jawara regime he was critisizing and blaming for the coup, but on reading Ebrima Ceesay's synopsis of what transpired at the meeting, i think that Ebrima, Mr Chongan, Mr Bahoum, Manjang and others set the record straight on behalf of Gambians when they relayed what was really happening in our country and exposed Sheriff Dibba for the disgrace he is to our people and our country and his role as lier for the APRC regime. If Sheriff Dibba did not have a "falling out" with the Jawara regime which he was a part of, he would have been there right along with the rest of them in their 30 year illegal reign of corruption until it came to an untimely end. Likewise, if he was able to form an alliance with anyone, including it seems, the devil, which would allow him to come out as the top guy, he would have gone that route too.When all of this was not possible, he resorted to joining the APRC regime, anything to get a taste of power because afterall, that is the ultimate goal for most of these characters, and Africa and Africans continue to suffer. Instead, he has come to join this even more corrupt and murderous APRC regime as a last resort in a desperate and shameless quest for power; and which seems to be the only reason most of those who go into politics in Africa are motivated to do so. This quest for power as the only reason most of us get into the political arena is becoming the standard by which our people are used and abused by a few who have only personal glory and greed as their goal, leaving a trail of more suffering, human rights abuses and continued backwardness for the African continent. Sheriff Dibba is a mouthpiece of the APRC regime, and perhaps one of a few who are coherent enough so that they are sent to these venues to speak for the line up of crooked dummies masquerading as leaders that have hijacked our country. It bespeaks of the lack of intelligence in this crooked regime when they think that they can send Dibba or any other shameless emmissary into the World to try to paint a rosy picture of good governance in The Gambia when their reputation and the accompanying evidence of the tyranny they are heaping on our people and country has already become legend throughout the World. Perhaps they have become so accustomed to fooling some of the Gambian people and getting away with it, and silencing those who know better with a heavy hand, that they think they can play the same game out there in the international community with the same results. Too bad that the same Gambian constitution that Sheriff Dibba was presenting as the best in the sub-region is also the same constitution that the very same regime he was out to defend has rendered obsolete by their illegal actions and their disregard for for it.He was there in London as an emmissary sent to misrepresent the truth on both counts, and he tried his best ot fulfill his shameful mission. Thank you Ebrima Ceesay and all the rest of you who stood up to represent the real truth, and If the Royal Commonwealth Society and others are interested in justice, human rights and representing the truth, It is incumbent upon them to present not only the one-sided misrepresentations by Sheriff Dibba, but the suffering and experiences of the Gambian people under this devious regime, and the regimes' attempt to cover this up as also presented by Gambians present at this lecture, and the issues raised by these Gambians is fully documented and freely available 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~