After all the posturing and furore, that was created by the ill-advised words of the president he has now succumbed to common sense after being warned of the dire consequencies that awaits his misguided threats towards the media practitioners. It has now been made clear that registering with the Media Commission is no longer compulsory, it is now left to those concerned to either choose or not to choose to register. After all common sense have become the winner in this saga, all those that took a principled position regarding this matter should be applauded. The lessons from this are immense it has demystified Jammeh as the omnipotent. From now on politicians and civic society must not allow the politics of whim and sentiments to take charge people must be ready to confront the injustices that are being perpetrated. This is the only way Jammeh will learn to respect the people, otherwise decrees of all sorts will become the norm of what is purported to be a democratic state. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~