>From: "Joe Sambou" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [>-<] PST: Ndam Serious Over Nawettan Pledge >Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:37:13 +0000 > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "Joe Sambou" ><[log in to unmask]> ] > > >You on track Mr. Juwara and I think more people should contribute to >put a stop to this tyranny. Thus, I appeal to all to support Waa in >preventing Yaya from scapegoating the youths in up country. We >should encourage Gambians that are willing to stand up to this >criminal outfit, regardless of party affiliations. We cannot let >Waa hang to dry, if we say we believe that Yaya is abusing Gambians. > I know some might be muttering, why we should support Waa in this >endeavor, when thousands of Gambians are starving and who are not >getting support from anyone. To that I say, this is more to do with >the protection of the freedoms accorded to all citizens by our >constitution that tyrant Yaya wants to revoke. It is just an >accident that it happens to be involving Nawetan, it could have been >anything else. Again, we cannot say that we abhor what Yaya is >doing to our country and people and not be willing to support those >that stand up to stop the insanity that is yaya. So please >represent. > >Chi Jaama > >Joe Sambou > > > > > >>From: "Ousman Gajigo" <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: [>-<] PST: Ndam Serious Over Nawettan Pledge >>Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 06:09:50 -0800 >> >>[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "Ousman >>Gajigo" <[log in to unmask]>] >> >> >>You go, Mr. Juwara! >> >> >>>From: "George Sarr" <[log in to unmask]> >>>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>>Subject: [>-<] PST: Ndam Serious Over Nawettan Pledge >>>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 08:12:50 -0500 >>> >>> >>> >>>Ndam Serious Over Nawettan Pledge >>> >>> >>> >>> Email This Page >>> >>> Print This Page >>> >>> Visit The Publisher's Site >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>The Independent (Banjul) >>> >>>February 28, 2003 >>>Posted to the web February 28, 2003 >>> >>>Banjul >>> >>>In what is being seen as a direct challenge to President Jammeh's >>>anti-nawettan policy the leadership of the National Democratic >>>Action Movement (NDAM) is on the verge of donating one thousand >>>footballs, jerseys and district tournament trophies to youths >>>around the country for nawettan competitions. >>> >>>According to Lamin Waa Juwara the donations are expected from the >>>external wing of the party and other Gambians overseas >>>particularly in France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United >>>States. >>> >>> >>>Mr. Juwara told a press conference in his residence in Brikama >>>recently that it would be a triumph of untruth over truth if >>>Jammeh's anti-nawettan policy should be honoured by youths who he >>>said were being discouraged from socializing in events as social >>>and popular as nawettan competitions. >>> >>>Juwara who said that clubs interested in football gears should >>>register with the party youth wing president, Pa Manneh, accused >>>President Jammeh of diversionary tactics to "sweep under the >>>carpet" the thorny issue of the economy, which has experienced its >>>worst decline since independence. >>> >>>He said Jammeh should have addressed the people on why his >>>government was failing in its economic policies and why they will >>>have to face further hardship. He said by calling on youths to >>>desist from nawettan, Jammeh was already undeservedly apportioning >>>blame on the people for the current situation in the country when >>>it was the making of his government. >>> >>>He said the Gambian leader's argument that preferring nooran to >>>nawettan competitions would veer the youth towards agriculture and >>>boost farm yields, was baseless and a ploy to divert public >>>attention from how the government has mismanaged the country's >>>affairs and reduced its citizens to destitution over the length of >>>time it is in power. Juwara who was invited to the National >>>Intelligence Agency (NIA) over his open attack against the >>>president's statement on nawettan, said it was preposterous of the >>>president to utter anti-social remarks as if laws existed or were >>>about to be passed by the National Assembly banning nawettan, >>>which he said has been hardwired into the Gambian social fabric. >>>He said such laws couldn't exist without "outrageously" >>>conflicting with existing citizen rights to freedom of >>>association, which are protected by an entrenched clause in the >>>1997 Constitution. >>> >>>The NDAM leader did not spare the Secretary of State for Youths >>>and Sports and The Gambia Football Association (GFA) over what he >>>called their "implicating silence" over Jammeh's pronouncement. He >>>said after Jammeh's remarks, the sports minister and the GFA >>>should have been the first to react and make it clear that >>>nawettan was an integral part of efforts to develop football in >>>the country. He said if political campaigns could not affect the >>>number of people who work on the farms, how could a short nawettan >>>season adversely affect farm work. >>> >>>"It made no difference that the election campaigns were held at >>>the peak of the farming season" argued Juwara who also pointed out >>>that if such political campaigns did not affect the farming season >>>how will nawettan adversely affect work on the farms. >>> >>>He added that football is a leisure affair, after a day's farm >>>work while a political campaigns especially going by the 1996 >>>campaigns were long drawn out. >>> >>>He said if Gambians should accept Jammeh's pronouncements then >>>they are accepting to be slaves to his whims and caprices. He said >>>NDAM would ensure that such a situation is not perpetuated. >>> >>> ô¿ô >>> ~ >>>George >>> >>>-- >>>Au Revoir >>>____________ __o >>>-/ _/ _________ -\<,_ >>>_/ / _/_/_/ (_)/(_) >>>_/_/ eor _/ g_/e _/_/ >>>[log in to unmask] >>>http://www.gambiansonline.com >>> >>>« L'un des fondements de la morale tient dans l'emploi judicieux >>>des mots >>>adéquats, au bon moment et au bon endroit. » >>> >>>« "Sahn joong moe low ful how jee yah ching wong" - "When the >>>mountain has >>>no tigers, the monkey will also declare himself king." Chinese >>>Proverb » >>> >>>« A bird is in the air but its mind is on the ground (Mandinka)- >>>Wherever you are it is important to remember where you come from >>>and what is important. » >> >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. 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