Binneh, welcome to the G-L, your contribution is highly needed in this time of uprooting the truth about the AFPRC regime, which occured during your days at the military. Best regards, Conteh Julla >From: Binneh s Minteh <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: The Unfortunate Situation in the Gambia >Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 17:09:39 -0500 > >The sinking of democracy and democratic principles in to a reflecting >pool in the Gambia dramatizes the sinking of the rational mind of Yaya >Jammeh in to a reflecting pool,that has failed to connect with a form of >reality outside in to the nothingness within.The democracy claimed by >Jammeh and his government is very contradictory to democratic norms.A true >democracy is one that stems from not only being a government of the people >for the people, but also a government that recognizes and encourages the >rule of law, respect fundamental human rights and respects constitutional >rights of all citizens. > Since the Military coup of July 22nd 1994,Gambians experience nothing >other than being exposed to an insidious degradation imposed upon all >citizens.A degradation ranging from t >orture and summary executions to >corruption, lack of transparency and a complete economic catatrophy of our >beloved country. > We all have to understand that in the civilize world of today, such >governments shall never be let to prevail. It is about high time for us to >wake up as Gambians and change the situation back home. Dialogue will never >change situations back home. A very strong Gambian opposition overseas >ready to sacrifice for the Nation is the only means to solve the current >situation. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >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 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~