In a message dated 10/14/03 10:54:51 AM Central Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > > I, the undersigned, do hereby petition The Gambia Government and its > governing bodies to release the illegally incarcerated Secretary General of > NDAM, Mr Lamin Waa Juwara now! > > Sister Jabou, > > The above is what your signature will support. > > R, > Soffie Sister Soffie, Thank you. This statement above was at the end of the document I read, but the same document also consisted of the NDAM statement which has been sent to teh Gambian papers and which I think was a very good move. Unless it has been changed, the way it was set up, the signed petition was not comprised of only the statement above, but this statement as well as teh NDAM statement which has been setn to the papers. Please sister Soffie, understand that I am not asking this question to be petty or for any other ulterior motive. I believe that it is imperative that as many Gambians as possible support and sign a petition that demands the release of Waa. However, the document gives the impression that the signatory is a NDAM supporter which is misleading and I cannot see how that can be a positive thing for NDAM. Someone else has stated that they felt they were misled because they thought that the statement you have above was the entire petition but found out it was not after they signed it. I believe you were copied to this email. That is the only point I am making sister. I am sure there was no ulterior motive intended by the preparers of the document, and i think ammending it may be in the best interest of NDAM. My question was not related to the concept behind the petition, but the actual content of the petition. I shall visit the site again and if the petition has been edited, you can count on my signature sister Soffie. Sincerely, Jabou Joh > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~