I am happy to be part of such a forum.I think its about high time. Is there anyway one can get a copy of the Gambia constitution? ----- Original Message ----- From: burang conteh <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, January 16, 2004 2:11 am Subject: Re: The Unfortunate Situation in the Gambia > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~